The Western Cape high court ordered on Friday that SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng be suspended with immediate effect, the Democratic Alliance said. “The Western Cape high court ordered that he be suspended with immediate effect pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing
Early e-commerce market entrant in Nigeria, Naspers’s Kalahari.com, came and went, with many suggesting it was inevitable given that the number of online customers was tiny. But Rocket Internet start-up Jumia and Konga, backed by Sweden’s Kinevik and Naspers, are now estimated by those
The ANC and the opposition on Friday claimed the SABC judgment vindicated their clashing views on whether the public protector’s findings are binding – an issue which is central to the Nkandla controversy. The ANC said the order went a long way in clarifying interpretations pertaining to
Love the company or hate it, Google has fundamentally changed the way we use the Internet. The company has set the standard for two of the Internet’s biggest drawcards, Web search and e-mail, for more than a decade. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down. This week, Google unveiled
A new report on mobile Internet use in Africa shows South Africa has mobile penetration of 133%, measured by active Sim cards. That’s much higher than that of Kenya and Nigeria, which are at 70% and 72% respectively. The study was conducted by On Device Research, a mobile research company, with a
Eskom interim CEO Collin Matjila has stirred controversy at the power utility over a R43m contract to sponsor The New Age’s (TNA) breakfast briefings, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. The new contract commits the cash-strapped power utility to sponsor around one TNA breakfast briefing
Telkom appears to be moving ahead with plans to move its head office from downtown Pretoria to its campus in Centurion, already the site of its main network operations centre and its mobile division. TechCentral first reported in June that Telkom was giving serious thought to relocating its head office to facilities closer
MTN South Africa, battered in recent years by the price war in the mobile industry, is showing signs that it could be on the mend. In the third quarter of 2014, it grew its subscriber base by 5,7% to 26,7m. That’s 1,4m net additions for the quarter. It says the growth was the result of “competitive offers
SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala on Thursday obtained an interim interdict in the Western Cape high court halting an inquiry into whether she lied about her academic qualifications. The announcement was made during a meeting of parliament’s portfolio committee on communications, which
Vodacom has completed a R1bn investment to increase the speed, capacity and range of its network in the Western Cape. The upgrade also includes the roll-out of 4G/LTE infrastructure across Cape Town. The operator says the network upgrade, which commenced in October 2012, was in
