Browsing: Robert Gumede

Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of JSE-listed technology group Gijima, will step down at the end of the year after five years in the job. In a statement to shareholders, the group’s board says there will be a formal handover period of three months to a new CEO. It has

IT mogul Robert Gumede was awarded R53m in damages and costs by a UK court against his former business partner John Sterenborg, it was reported on Monday. The UK ruling reinforced an order by the high court in Johannesburg in favour of Gumede in 2006, Business Day reported. “I was labelled as a corrupt

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will probe the “flawed” R2,4bn IT tender, “Who Am I Online?”, awarded to technology group Gijima. The contract was awarded in 2007 and later cancelled after costs ballooned. According to City Press newspaper, Madonsela will investigate whether Gijima CEO Jonas Bogoshi

Another tumultuous year is almost at an end for the SA information and communications technology industry. It was a year of falling telecommunications prices, increasing competition, upheaval in politics and drama in the regulatory environment. Our “Newsmakers of the Year”

IT billionaire Robert Gumede, who is a substantial investor in JSE-listed IT group Gijima, and his long-time friend and business partner, Ivor Ichikowitz of defence and armaments group Paramount, have pulled the plug on their plan to

The SABC has been ordered to apologise to the Mail & Guardian newspaper for broadcasting an “inaccurate” and “distorted” story about one of the newspaper’s journalists

Gijima, the IT company controlled by controversial businessman Robert Gumede, is seen as too important to be allowed to fail, according to a source familiar with the thinking behind this week’s deal between the company

SA mobile operator MTN is muscling in on what traditionally has been rival Vodacom’s turf of rugby sponsorship. The cellular operator, better known for its support of cricket and soccer, has signed

The ANC is discussing claims that it owes JSE-listed IT group Gijima R29m, the party said on Sunday. “The matter of the money still owed is receiving attention at the highest level of the organisation