A persistent bias in favour of university qualifications over technikons coupled to a growing perception that tertiary education standards are dropping at some institutions is compounding the recruitment crisis in the IT industry

Egypt’s telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom says its fully owned subsidiary, Telecel Globe, has finalised a deal to sell its Namibian unit Powercom to Investec and Nedbank. A statement from Orascom on Thursday said the

Despite coming into effect on 1 April, the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) continues to encounter opposition and challenges to its legitimacy. Various parties have claimed that existing regulatory bodies provide consumers with the sort of protection

Microsoft has taken the wraps off its forthcoming operating system, codenamed Windows 8, which it hopes will give it the platform it needs to fend off rivals Apple and Google, especially in the emerging field of tablet computing

Data centre operator Teraco Data Environments has secured a further R158m in funding. The financing includes both equity and debt, with the World Bank’s International Finance Corp and the Development Bank of Southern Africa

The deadline for consumers to comply with SA’s Sim card registration law is 30 June and, according to communications minister Roy Padayachie, no extension will be granted. This comes after the original deadline of 31 December 2010 was extended

There is no link between the decision by Huge Group acting financial director Yvette Neveling to resign and its announcement just hours later that the company has failed to publish in 2011 financial results within the deadline prescribed by the JSE, says CEO

LG Electronics SA on Wednesday unveiled its second generation of 3D televisions, hoping the technology will gain more traction by doing away with the need for expensive glasses. The new line-up, the LED Cinema 3D range, priced from

Internet Solutions (IS) has acquired a majority stake in Synaq, the Johannesburg-based managed Linux service provider and messaging company, for an undisclosed sum. IS says the deal will help it address the demand from the small and medium enterprise

Just as undersea and terrestrial fibre connectivity is booming around and in Africa, an explosion in satellite capacity serving the region is also under way. The “dark continent” is getting connected to the global village. This week’s annual Satcom conference