The auditor-general has agreed to investigate the awarding of a deal worth as much as R140m for development of an integrated Free State government website, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. “The DA has received confirmation from the auditor-general that Free State premier Ace Magashule’s
Pay-television operator MultiChoice’s new bouquet of channels, the DStv “Family pack”, effectively replaces the two poorly performing DStv Select bouquets it introduced in partnership with Vodacom six years ago. Although the broadcaster will continue to offer the Select bouquets
Simon Duffy has stepped down as nonexecutive chairman of Cell C after six years in the role. He is succeeded by Oger Telecom chairman Mohammed Hariri. Oger owns a controlling 75% stake in Cell C. Hariri is also vice-chair of Oger Telecom parent Saudi Oger, where he has
The new tender for the controversial project was cancelled three days before the finalisation of a major tender to install Internet-connected computer labs in the province’s public schools. At a media conference on Tuesday, Gauteng finance minister Mandla Nkomfe said the department had decided to review
Telkom will launch commercial fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) broadband products “within weeks”, Telkom Mobile MD Attila Vitai says. In an interview with TechCentral, Vitai has disclosed that the company expects to have
The decision to dissolve the embattled SABC board and appoint an interim board was bulldozed through parliament, opposition parties claimed in the national assembly on Tuesday. Speaking during a short debate in the house, Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn said the problems at the SABC, which led
The SABC board was officially dissolved after a heated meeting of parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Tuesday. Before the disbanding, one of the last two remaining board members, Suzanne Vos, gave the committee her views on the events leading up to the resignation of nine board members
Telkom has unveiled a redesigned brand for Telkom Mobile, it’s cellular arm, saying the change, which involves a de-emphasis of the name 8ta, reflects the fact that the company is now “mature enough” to attract higher-spending customers away from longer
Let’s make a mobile OS that will rival Apple’s iOS, and let’s give it away for free. Clever thinking by Google, at the time. As of early 2013, Google’s Android operating system has come to dominate smartphones worldwide, with Samsung taking the lion’s share of this dominance. The irony is
Pay-television operator MultiChoice has launched a new DStv channel bouquet called the “Family” pack, which will be launched on 9 April at R175/month. DStv Family will consist of more than 45 channels, 17 of which have not been on
