Vodacom SA MD and group chief operating officer Sipho Maseko is leaving the mobile operator to “pursue other interests” after only nine months in the role. It is unclear who will replace Maseko, where he is going, or what prompted his sudden departure. Maseko, who joined the company in

If the crew of the first Shuttle arriving in space bumped into some Martians, and assuming the crews were predominantly male, talk would quickly turn to comparing rocket sizes and the specifications and relative performances of their craft. If the Martians asked the embarrassing question

I’ve had two main reactions from people when I’ve shown them the Samsung Galaxy S3. The first is usually to gasp in awe at the size and brilliance of the S3’s 4,8-inch Super Amoled screen. The second is usually to worry if it’s not perhaps just a little too big. After a week with the device, I can say

JSE-listed retail group JD Group has appointed its group executive for new business development for retail, Marco van Niekerk, as the new CEO of Incredible Connection. In addition, JD has made various changes and new appointments to Incredible’s executive team

Ethiopia’s state-owned Internet service provider, the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio-Telcom), has begun performing deep-packet inspection of all Internet traffic in the country. The country’s government recently ushered in new legislation that criminalises the use of services such as Skype

Struggling Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia will slash an additional 10 000 jobs, on top of 14 000 job losses in 2011, as it struggles to make headway against Samsung and Apple in the smartphone market. The company, headed by Canadian national Stephen Elop, says it aims

Cell C is making its promotional reduction in the cost of calls to selected international markets permanent and has filed the new rates with the Independent Communications Authority of SA. At the same time, it has added Hong Kong and Australia to the new calling plans. Calls to the US, UK, India, Pakistan

Events of the past week have shown that it’s become more urgent than ever that government sell its stake in Telkom . If it continues as a significant shareholder, it risks further undermining one of SA’s most important companies and inflicting long-term damage on SA’s economy. The opportune

If DStv-operator MultiChoice gets the go-ahead, get ready for Web addresses such as bigbrother.mnet and guide.dstv sometime next year. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has released a list of the applicants for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that will supplement existing

When I sit down with Saki Missaikos, the new Internet Solutions (IS) MD, at the canteen at Dimension Data’s sprawling campus in Bryanston, north of Sandton, he immediately takes a shine to my new Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone. He confesses that he’s moved almost wholesale to Apple