The Competition Commission has recommended the approval of MTN’s acquisition of a majority stake in Afrihost. It won’t impose any conditions on its support of the deal, it said on Wednesday. TechCentral reported in early June that the

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has tabled a final revised wage demand to the South African Post Office (Sapo), the union said on Wednesday. “We have tabled what we view as our final counter proposal and call on management of

E.tv chief operating officer Bronwyn Keene-Young has quit following the resignation earlier this week of CEO Marcel Golding. Keene-Young, who is married to Golding, reportedly handed in her resignation on Wednesday in a strongly worded letter that slams

Updating contact information with suppliers can be tedious when you move house or change your contact information in some other way. Now, a South African start-up wants to do away with all of that PT and make is quick and simple for anyone to update their contact details with any of

In 2004, Bill Gates pronounced usernames and passwords dead. Gates, a man consistently thinking ahead of the crowd, was right. Most of us — including our employers and the online services we rely on — just haven’t caught up yet. Gates’s statement came at a time when the devastatingly simple consumer-focused

Power utility Eskom on Wednesday called on consumers to switch off geysers, pool pumps and all non-essential appliances from 6pm to 8pm to prevent the need for power cuts. “The power system is severely constrained today and will

Apple has become the benchmark against which other notebook, tablet and smartphone manufacturers are being compared. It’s not that Apple makes the most technically superior products – although sometimes it does. Rather, it’s

Investors in fibre telecommunications infrastructure should not expect the sort of returns that South Africa’s big operators have come to enjoy. Instead, they should be satisfied with the returns traditionally enjoyed by providers of

SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng will appeal against a court ruling that he be suspended, his lawyer said on Tuesday. “That notice of appeal is in the process of being served on the lawyers of the Democratic Alliance

Fast-growing JSE-listed Adapt IT has acquired 100% of the equity of AspiviaUnison, a cloud telecommunications service provider, in a deal worth as much as R200m. The Durban-based Adapt IT will acquire all intellectual property and technology