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By Staff Writer Telkom on Friday announced an overhaul of its fixed line product offering with the launch of Unlimited Home Internet and voice plans. For the first time, fixed line consumers are now able to choose their internet speeds and get uncapped data and unlimited anytime Telkom voice calls for free. This includes calls to over 6 million Telkom fixed and mobile numbers, and discounted calls to the top 30 international destinations. In addition, consumers will also receive at least 1GB of mobile data per month, to stay connected while on the move. Telkom has been taking a stand…
By Staff Writer Sygnia chief executive and South Africa’s richest woman Magda Wierzycka has ended the JSE-listed company’s relationship with KPMG over the Gupta links. According to Mail & Guardian report published Friday, Sygnia fired KPMG over its alleged role in state capture. The Guptas, a wealthy Indian family living in South Africa, are at the centre of state capture allegations. The Gupta Leaks revealed that KPMG South Africa failed to raise alarms when businesses controlled by the Gupta family diverted about R30 million of public money to pay for a family wedding. The Gupta Leaks also exposed KPMG for its…
By Staff Writer South Africa’s business mogul Andile Ngcaba, the chairman and the majority shareholder of the ICT (Information Communications and Technologies) specialist investor Convergence Partners, has sold his stake in Dimension Data and has left the IT services group, according to Techcentral. Techcentral said Convergence Partners has sold its stake in Dimension Data Middle East and Africa for an undisclosed sum. Ngcaba served as chairman of Dimension Data’s Middle East and Africa operations. The contractual investment term with Dimension Data ended in September 2016 and Convergence Partners negotiated a “consensual exit to the investment” with the IT company. In 2004,…
By Staff Writer The Bank of Baroda would close the accounts of the controversial Gupta family at the end of August, Business Day reported on Thursday. However, Business Day said that the Bank of Baroda initial closure was meant to take place at the end of March. The bank has been closing its transactional accounts, however, the difficulty has been to close the family’s large loan accounts. The newspaper added that the Guptas intend interdicting the bank from closing their accounts. This move follows the closure of the Gupta accounts in 2016 by four major banks in SA, with the Bank…
By Staff Writer South Africa’s mobile phone operator Cell C has appointed Nihmal Marrie as its chief digital officer to steer the digital transformation of the company and execute an aggressive strategic focus in the digitization of the business. He takes up his new position at Cell C on 1 August. Marrie joins Cell C from the Liberty Group, where he served as Divisional Director: Digital and Customer Value Proposition. In this position, he drove and managed dHub (Digital Hub), which was created to generate innovative digital solutions for the retail business within Liberty. Also within Liberty, Marrie has worked with big…
By Zhao Likun, GM Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) South Africa. The smartphone manufacturers that survive in the future will be the ones with technological strength, are adaptive to changes and responsive to user demands. Huawei has a visionary game plan for its smartphones to rise up to this challenge. In 2015, the company first came up with the concept of Intelligent Phones and has been developing meaningful innovations in technology and design since. The company’s collaboration with Leica has resulted in the dual-camera capacity of its flagship phones which is a now a benchmark for photography products. Huawei has…
By Staff Writer South Africa’s short-term insurer MiWay announced late on Tuesday in a statement that an Independent forensic audit proves that the Racist mail is fake. MiWay hired independent forensic auditors, Cyanre – The Digital Forensic Lab, to conduct an audit after a snap shot of an email sent from a MiWay employee, circulating on social media. The email called MiWay black clients “baboons”. The email stated: “Good day Nobu, This is a reminder of yesterdays managers meeting. The final decisions was to reject 90% of claims made by black people as from 1 August 2017. They are an…
By Staff Writer A German company, Software AG, is embroiled in the latest Gupta leaks for allegedly offering kickbacks to Gupta-controlled firms to secure for their help government tenders. Software AG entered into an apparent kickback agreement with a Gupta-controlled company in an attempt to secure a R180-million contract from Transnet Freight Rail, according to the latest reports from amaBhungane and Scorpio, emails and documents. Software AG agreed to pay Global Softech Solutions (GSS) up to 35% of the value of the contracts it secured with Transnet, the department of correctional services, Mangaung municipality, Sasol and MultiChoice, according to the…
by Ben Dickson Should it make a difference for your Internet Service Provider whether you’re browsing your timeline on Facebook, reading your emails in Gmail, or reading the latest post on TechTalks? According to net neutrality, it shouldn’t. Net neutrality is the principle that rules ISPs should treat all internet traffic equally and avoid playing favorites, throttling, blocking or providing paid prioritisation. What does that all mean? We’ll get there in a minute. In the past years, as the internet has transformed from being a luxury to a vital commodity, net neutrality, which is also referred to as “open internet” and…
By Staff Writer It seems as if Vodacom is ready to go back to Nigeria and try its luck after leaving Africa’s biggest market in 2004 and dropped plans to invest R1.3 billion. Nigeria is jewel cellular operators are prepared to fight over because, although the market is still in its infancy, its population of 120 million promises huge returns eventually. Vodacom, the Vodafone-owned mobile phone operator, has expressed interesting in buying Nigeria’s 9Mobile, according to Nigeria’s THISDAY report, published on Sunday. The newspaper stated that it authoritatively gathered that BUA Group, Virgin Mobile, and Vodacom amongst other investors, have…