Browsing: Pieter Uys

Vodacom hints at broadband price cuts

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Vodacom has hinted that it will cut data prices in the next few weeks as competition in SA’s mobile industry hots up. The telecommunications group’s CEO, Pieter Uys, hinted at looming reductions in mobile

Knott-Craig eyes return to SA telecoms

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Former Vodacom Group CEO Alan Knott-Craig is giving serious thought to returning to the telecommunications industry when his restraints of trade with his former employer come to an end early next year

A little bird told us

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On Sunday evening, DA political strategist Ryan Coetzee held a “town hall meeting” on Twitter. It went off rather well, and the party plans to host them weekly. It’s clear social media are becoming an important new electioneering

Vodacom goes red, restructures its business

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“This is not an April fool’s joke. This is for real.” With those words, Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys took the wraps off Vodacom’s new red and white branding, bringing it in line with the corporate colours

Special podcast: Padayachie press conference

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After meeting with technology industry leaders on Friday, communications minister Roy Padayachie held a press conference with selected executives who participated in the discussion. Here is the podcast

Who was invited to Padayachie roundtable

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Communications minister Roy Padayachie hosted technology industry leaders at a roundtable on Friday to discuss ways of growing the sector and creating jobs. Here’s who attended the event

SA, broadband bolster Vodacom

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Vodacom’s share price shot up 4,5% on Wednesday after it said a solid performance at its key SA subsidiary and strong growth in demand for data bolstered its numbers in its third

Vodacom hunts for new SA MD

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Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys is interviewing candidates for the crucial position of Vodacom SA MD following the promotion of Shameel Joosub to the position of CEO of Vodafone’s operation in Spain

Vodacom in fresh attempt to save DRC unit

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Vodacom and the minority shareholder in its subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congolese Wireless Network (CWN), have agreed to appoint NM Rothschild & Sons to explore options for Vodacom Congo. Vodacom and CWN have

Vodacom eyes data boom

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Vodacom SA is stepping up its focus on mobile data as demand for broadband booms. The company, which is rolling out its own fibre network to connect its base stations, is already talking about upgrading