The first batch of smart ID cards will be issued to a list of prominent South Africans this month, home affairs minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday. She announced that on Mandela Day, 18 July, the smart cards would be issued to individuals including president Jacob Zuma, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, archbishop
Pay-television operator MultiChoice is facing an investigation by Botswana’s Competition Authority over whether its prices and the way it structures its channels amounts to anticompetitive behaviour. According to a report, the decision to launch the probe follows a complaint laid by a member of the
Mobile operator Vodacom wants 25% of its service revenues in South Africa to come from converged services, including from providing fibre-based broadband access and cloud-based applications, to companies of all sizes, within the next five years. That’s the word from Vodacom Business chief officer
Telkom’s share price has rallied by more than 40% in less than two months, despite a run of bad news from the company. Analysts are buoyed by the change of leadership and some of the decisions taken subsequently, but suggest that without further clarity on Telkom’s long-term strategy, the stock gains may be
When Andrew Lynch and Kiril Dobrev, both 26, finished their studies last year, they realised professional life made it far more difficult to meet new people than student life. So, they started Weaver http://www.joinweaver.co.za/, a service that pairs a group of three friends with another group in the hope that new friendships
Insufficient competition between mobile broadband operators is keeping prices higher than they should be and slowing adoption of the Internet by South African consumers, the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) said on Wednesday. The association, which represents
Adam Oxford fills in for Brett Haggard this week, leading Ben Kelly and Steven Ambrose in a discussion that’s both laid back and paranoid at the same time. The panel discusses general news and advice in the physical and data security space, South Africa’s new ID card,s, Sony’s new announcements
Business confidence remained fragile and hit a new low last month, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Wednesday. The Sacci Business Confidence Index sank from 90,4 in May 2013 to 90,2 last month. In June 2012, the index was at 94,9. The average for the
Sentech has shut down the signals that allowed people in South Africa’s neigbouring countries to receive free-to-air broadcasts from the SABC and e.tv using a range of cheap, imported decoders. The decoders were able to pick up Sentech’s satellite broadcasts from its Vivid service because the signals were
The launch of smart ID cards and the opening of a new bridge are among activities set to take place on Mandela Day, cabinet announced on Tuesday. “As part of Nelson Mandela Day, the phased roll-out of the smart ID card will be launched,” acting cabinet spokeswoman Phumla Williams said in a statement, issued after last week’s
