Sentech’s claims about the unaffordability of workers’ wage demands are misleading, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Friday. “The statement by Sentech management as released on 30 July seeks to mislead the public about the current state of affairs in a wage dispute prevalent between Sentech management and
Two men suspected of hijacking a truck carrying laptops were arrested on Thursday in Midrand, Gauteng police said. The truck was hijacked by men in a Silver Corsa bakkie and a white BMW in Allandale Road, Captain PN Tsinyane said. “They escorted the truck
MTN may be in talks to buy a stake in giant Indian telecommunications operator Tata Teleservices and its associated business Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra). The Hindustan Times quotes unnamed sources with knowledge of the discussions as confirming talks are underway. “It is too early to comment on the level of discussions
Ahmad Farroukh has replaced MTN South Africa CEO Zunaid Bulbulia with immediate effect. Bulbulia has been named chief operating officer of the MTN group, which is the role that Farroukh has filled until now
Will it be a case of second time lucky for Vodacom? The mobile operator has finally relaunched M-Pesa, the mobile payments platform that has proved enormously successful in Kenya and Tanzania, in South Africa, hoping it will
First National Bank is poised to become the first South African financial services institution to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The bank is at an advanced stage of discussions with Cell C to launch the MVNO, two independent sources with knowledge of the plans have told TechCentral. The news comes just a day after
Vodacom Business has opened a new, 3 000sq m data centre in Midrand as it opens up its focus on providing cloud services to its clients. The data centre, the mobile operator’s eighth such facility, has been built to be energy efficient and to minimise the impact on the environment, a spokesman said. Vodacom Business South Africa
Quadrocopters in South Africa have made headlines in recent months over whether it’s legal to use them. But quadrocopters are not just tools for filmmakers or toys for fun — there is a more serious side to them, one that could change the way we look at robotics. A South African robotics student living in Switzerland is working with some of the brightest
Zimbabwean telecommunications operator Econet has launched an international debit card with Mastercard in a move expected to cut reliance on banknotes in the cash-strapped country. Econet said it expects to issue at least three million debit cards over the next five years, equal to roughly a quarter of Zimbabwe’s
Vinny Lingham, the South African entrepreneur behind online gift card service Gyft, has hit pay dirt. Lingham has agreed to sell the company, which is based in San Francisco, to First Data, a big player in the payment technology space, for a rumoured figure of more than US$54m
