The Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Wednesday vowed to fight the proposed offer of voluntary packages to Telkom workers. “Even if Telkom can use a different concept or wording like voluntary severance packages or early retirement, it means retrenchment, which as CWU we will
An application by TopTV to broadcast three pornography channels will be heard by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa…
The share price of BlackBerry, the long-suffering smartphone manufacturer until recently known as Research in Motion, leapt higher on Monday on renewed speculation that China’s biggest PC maker, Lenovo, could make a play for the company. BlackBerry’s share price shot
South by Southwest (SxSw, or “South By” as those in the know refer to it) is now in its 20th year of existence, and more than ever the premier gathering for those who work in the interactive, digital arena. Running from March 8 to 17, it is being held in Austin
A two-day seminar on electronic voting (e-voting) and counting technologies concluded in Cape Town on Tuesday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said. The purpose of the event was to stimulate debate on electronic voting and counting, vice-chairman Terry Tselane said in a statement
Brett Haggard, Andy Hadfield and Adam Oxford get together for a roundup of what’s been going on in the South…
Brett Haggard, Aki Anastasiou, Steven Ambrose and Charlie Fripp gather in a corridor at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona for a reportback on what the industry had to show off. Topics include near-field communication
It’s a sweltering hot day in the ZA Tech Show’s Johannesburg studio as Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Ben Kelly get together to discuss the Samsung Galaxy S4, the PlayStation 4, the Nokia 206 and much more
New York’s Radio City Music Hall will be packed to the rafters on Thursday night for an event that is garnering almost as much hype as an Apple launch. Samsung Electronics will use the event to unveil the Galaxy S4, the successor the best-selling Android smartphone of 2012, the S3. But the
The crippling strike at the Post Office’s Johannesburg and Pretoria sorting centres hasn’t been called off officially but employees are returning to work. The backlog in undelivered mail is expected to take up to four weeks to process. The strike
