Dos Santos has tough choices as Cell C boss

Asha Speckman|Published

The appointment of Jose Dos Santos to succeed Alan Knott-Craig as the new chief executive of Cell C has fuelled more speculation about the strategic path its owners ...

Net1 confident of hold on social grants contract

Asha Speckman|Published

Net1 UEPS Technologies is confident that it will maintain a grip on its R10 billion tender to distribute social grants nationally, even though the Constitutional ...

Vodacom gives SA no strings gift

Asha Speckman|Published

Vodacom has marked South Africa’s 20th anniversary of democracy by giving its local customers 1 gigabyte of data for free today.

Election windfall for ad industry

Asha Speckman|Published

Billions of rands are expected to flow into the advertising industry from marketing efforts by seemingly well-heeled political parties.

Tough call for Cell C

Asha Speckman|Published

Vodacom may hurt its profitability in the short term with a new 79 cents per minute prepaid call rate but it is smaller rival Cell C that could find itself caught ...

FedEx acquires SA’s Supaswift ventures

Asha Speckman|Published

Global logistics firm FedEx had concluded that the acquisition of South Africa’s Supaswift will broaden its footprint in rapidly growing countries in Southern Africa. ...

New pay TV services cheer progress

Asha Speckman|Published

New licensees eager to start offering services have welcomed three-month probation period.

Discover Digital gains foothold

Asha Speckman|Published

A growing demand for new content by consumers is stimulating the launch of new over-the-top (OTT) service providers such as Discover Digital, which will debut its ...

MTN to start high-speed fibre pilot next month

Asha Speckman|Published

Residents of gated communities and high-rise buildings are set to become the first consumers of the high-speed internet service that MTN South Africa will launch ...

Tough trading sees weaker MTN subscriber growth

Asha Speckman|Published

The effects of a tough trading environment in the markets where MTN operates on the continent and in the Middle East have resulted in weaker subscriber growth compared ...

Demand high for Advanced Health on AltX

Asha Speckman|Published

There are likely to be disappointed hopefuls when the listing of Advanced Health’s shares becomes effective on the the JSE’s junior AltX board tomorrow.

Database problem holds up the JSE

Asha Speckman|Published

The JSE opened an hour later than normal on Wednesday after a technical glitch.

Police urged to look into social grant tender

Asha Speckman|Published

Corruption Watch intends to approach the SAPS to investigate the R10bn contract for the distribution of social grants.

Now we can clip the wings of CPS – Sassa

Asha Speckman|Published

Net1 UEPS Technologies faces Sassa’s wrath over unlawful charges for airtime and loans.

Net1 UEPS shares dip after ruling

Asha Speckman|Published

Shares in Net 1 UEPS Technologies plunged as investors reacting to a Constitutional Court ruling dumped the volatile stock.

Net1 finalises R264m BEE deal

Asha Speckman|Published

Net 1 UEPS Technologies, the company that administers the national R10 billion social grant contract, has finalised a black economic empowerment deal for R264 million, ...

Business Connexion eyes debt to grow

Asha Speckman|Published

Business Connexion is looking to approach the capital markets to fund further expansion into the rest of Africa as it finds market conditions in its home base in ...

TMG cleared in share trade case

Asha Speckman|Published

Times Media Group (TMG) has been cleared in a JSE investigation into share trades that were transacted during the company’s closed period between its shareholders ...

Vodacom, MTN won’t appeal ruling on rates

Asha Speckman|Published

Vodacom and MTN have decided not to appeal a court ruling that authorised the industry regulator to implement new call termination regulations.

Pensioners threaten TMG with lawsuit

Asha Speckman|Published

Times Media Group faces legal action from pensioners accusing it of reneging on a 2001 agreement.

Mobile banking picks up, but so do scams

Asha Speckman|Published

More consumers are using mobile devices to bank online and this has resulted in a surge in security breaches.

Icasa seeks inquiry into SABC news deal with MultiChoice

Asha Speckman|Published

MultiChoice, a subsidiary of Naspers, and the SABC may face an investigation by the Competition Commission over an agreement that led to the 24-hour SABC news channel ...

MTN, Bharti allow cash flow across borders

Asha Speckman|Published

MTN Group has partnered with rival cellular network operator and former suitor Bharti Airtel’s African subsidiary in a cross-border remittance deal to transfer money ...

Namec forges deal with Chinese group

Asha Speckman|Published

The National Association of Manufacturers in Electronic Components and a Chinese firm are building a multimillion-rand set-top box assembly plant at the Dube TradePort ...

Communication: Radio station gets licence

Asha Speckman|Published

A new radio station has been granted a licence to begin commercial broadcasting in Gauteng.