This week’s episode is all about smartphone and tablets as Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and Christo van Gemert gather in the studio to discuss the week’s events at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Gadgets discussed include the Samsung Galaxy S5, the Nokia X, Sony Xperia Z2 and Xperia Tab

Communications minister Yunus Carrim was playing it coy this week when asked whether he’d like to return to the portfolio after the 7 May general election, which the ANC is once again expected to win. Responding to a question from TechCentral at a press

In 2012, when the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) awarded a crucial social grants contract, its R10bn decision turned mostly on a “key feature” — something that had been offered by just one of the bidders. The contract was for the payment of about 15m in government grants every month

The government’s investment in infrastructure, including in information and communications technology, continues to play a major role in South Africa’s recovery from the recession, economic development minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday. Patel and fellow ministers in the economic sectors

Communications minister Yunus Carrim has named CSIR president Sibusiso Sibisi and Research ICT Africa director Allison Gillwald as chair and deputy chair respectively of a new National Broadband Advisory Council, which has been established to advise the minister on the implementation of South Africa Connect

Mobile World Congress (MWC) was dominated by prominent new smartphones from heavyweights Samsung, Nokia and Sony, with most revealing new and flagship handsets, but some, like Nokia, choosing instead to focus on more affordable devices aimed at emerging markets. Although Taiwan’s HTC did not

JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion has announced an internal reorganisation meant to help it grow in international markets, it said on Tuesday. The process includes a change in the group’s executive team and the creation of a new group structure to allow for the

There’s a certain roominess in the studio this week as Brett Haggard and Benedict Kelly meet up to discuss the happenings in the South African technology sector over the past week. Topics under examination include mobile termination rates, the Samsung Galaxy S5, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Caxton and CTP Publishers has sold its entire shareholding in the Times Media Group to the Blackstar Group, it was reported on Tuesday. The sale was announced on Monday by TMG. This brings Blackstar’s holding in TMG to 32,3% of the

Communications minister Yunus Carrim has lashed out at mobile operators MTN and Vodacom for taking communications regulator Icasa to court over its final regulations governing mobile call termination rates, saying the industry’s inability to reach consensus was holding