Browsing: KPMG

Experts are divided on the impact that the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act, due to take effect in the near future, will have on the South African economy. Some say it will hamper local businesses while others maintain it will enhance trade with countries that have stringent

Technology group Gijima is facing a difficult and uncertain future after it warned on Tuesday that it had failed to comply with financial covenants related to borrowings of R213m and auditor KPMG warned of “the existence of a material uncertainty which may

KMPG has released a new report on customer service in the prepaid mobile industry worldwide that has found that providing excellent customer service across the board is the key to keeping customers loyal and reducing churn. The company undertook a study

Tower sharing may be the solution to the dual problem of increasing demand for network capacity and the revenue pressures facing SA operators. Johan Smith, head of Africa telecommunications group at KPMG, says the industry, regulators and government need

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

Siemens has declined to comment on a decision by the department of labour to terminate its 10-year IT contract with the German-owned firm, saying it has not seen a report which recommended

The department of labour will not renew its 10-year IT contract with Siemens and plans to seek redress for failures by the electronics giant in the 22 months before it runs out. This route was recommended by KPMG in a report handed

Microsoft’s proposed R472m black empowerment deal will finally come to fruition after months of delays and discussions with the department of trade & industry. Microsoft was supposed to announce the names of four

Microsoft is waiting for the department of trade & industry to give it the go-ahead for its empowerment plan where it wants to invest nearly R500m in several local black-owned software development companies.

Microsoft will at the end of August announce the names of the black-owned SA companies into which it plans to invest nearly R500m. That’s the word from Microsoft SA spokesman Adrian Wainwright, who says the company has received more than 650 applications from interested IT companies.