Author: Gugu Lourie
Global media and internet firm Naspers  has tapped Laurent Le Moal, former PayPal Europe VP, as the new global CEO of its payment services platform PayU. By Staff Writer The worldâs largest Payment Services Platforms, which is owned by Naspers, has operations in 16 countries In his role as PayU CEO, Le Moal joins the Naspers management team to lead its payments business, reporting directly to Naspersâ Group CEO, Bob Van Dijk. Laurent Le Moal will lead PayUâs strategy and growth, building on the companyâs position in high growth markets around the world and developing payment solutions which meet the local market needs of both consumers…
MTN and Vodacom have declared war on consumer interests. The infamous duopoly wants to limit how we use Internet services like WhatsApp – and it has nothing to do with fairness, competition or the future of South Africa. To the contrary, it is all about maintaining their stranglehold on a vital artery feeding our countryâs economic and social future. By Jose Dos Santos, Cell C CEO The two mobile networks have now successfully lobbied Government to investigate potentially regulating Over-The-Top (OTT) services, like WhatsApp. I suppose it was inevitable, given their views of OTT applications, Vodacom, for example, believes: âYou…
Gareth Cliff’s legal time on Tuesday morning filed an urgent application to have the radio presenter reinstated as an Idols judge. The application was lodged in the Gauteng High Court. M-Net has up until 10:00 on Wednesday, 20 January to oppose the application, and another 24 hours after that to file their answering papers. On Monday, after failed negotiations between M-Net and Cliff’s legal team, a notice of intent to continue with action to have the radio personality reinstated was served to the broadcaster. Cliff’s lawyer, Erik Mabuza says M-Net made one major concession by agreeing to remove his…
Itâs common to first see exciting new technologies in science fiction, but less so in stories about wizards and dragons. Yet one of the most interesting bits of kit on display at this yearâs Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was reminiscent of the magical Daily Prophet newspaper in the Harry Potter series. By Stuart Higgins Thin, flexible screens such as the one showcased by LG could allow the creation of newspapers that change daily and display video like a tablet computer, but that can be rolled up and put in your pocket. These plastic electronic displays could also…
The $3.9 billion (R59 billion) fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) could bankrupt the mobile phone operator as it represents 95% of its annual turnover, MTN’s Nigeria CEO Ferdi Moolman told Leadership newspaper. By Staff Writer Africa’s largest mobile phone operator was given a December 31 deadline to pay the fine for its failure to disconnect 5.2 million subscribers who did not register their SIM cards. The payment deadline has expired. The South African-based telco has hired seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to fight the R59 billion fine in the Federal High Court in Lagos. The…
eNCA senior anchor Andrew Barnes has shown remorse for mocking Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga live on air and would return to his anchoring position following a two-week suspension, eNCA said on Monday. By Naledi Shange, NewsAgency “He has shown remorse for his conduct and the company has also accepted his internal apology. The nature of the sanction remains a matter between eNCA and Barnes. He has apologised on air and sent a letter of personal apology to the Minister,” eNCA’s head of corporate affairs, Vasili Vass, said on Monday. Two weeks ago, Barnes mocked Motshekga’s pronunciation of the word…
WhatsApp will no longer charge subscription fees, the firm announced on its official blog post. By Staff Writer The company said the fee that was charged to its users after a year of use hasn’t worked well. “For many years, we’ve asked some people to pay a fee for using WhatsApp after their first year. As we’ve grown, we’ve found that this approach hasn’t worked well. Many WhatsApp users don’t have a debit or credit card number and they worried they’d lose access to their friends and family after their first year,” writes the company in its blog. It added that over…
ANC Youth League president Collen Maine says Absa Bank is responsible for the strain that the rand is under and for that, “the bank must fall”. By Karabo Ngoepe, NewsAgency Maine visited the Absa branch at The Grove Mall in Pretoria on Monday, where he closed his account and moved his finances to a different bank. “Absa must fall. They are colluding to bring down our economy,” he said shortly after coming out of the bank. Maine said Barclays, which owns Absa, did not have the interests of the country at heart and was responsible for the collapse in December. “Barclays…
South Africa start-up Fastvan plans to ârevolutionise and reinventâ the industry of logistics in South Africa by moving the entire system online, creating increased automation, efficiency and transparency. By Gugu Lourie Fastvan, has craeted an innovative app that enables businesses to track their orders in real-time via an in-app map. It was developed in San Francisco, US. The app is aaimed at empowering businesses to deliver their orders in real-time, it enables Fastvan to give customers tools to know where their parcel has gone during its delivery journey. It also allows customers to enjoy a quick and on-demand…
Gareth Cliff’s legal team on Monday afternoon confirmed that Advocate Dali Mpofu has been appointed as the lead attorney in the defamation case he is threatening to file against M-Net. News that Cliff intended filing a R25m lawsuit against M-Net for defamation and unfair dismissal broke early on Monday morning. He is threatening to sue M-Net for R5m for defamation; and another R20m for breach of contract after getting axed from Idols SA. Cliff’s team confirmed that legal papers were handed over to M-Net on Friday. Cliff’s lawyer Eric Mabuza confirmed to The Juice that Mpofu will be leading the…