Twitter has released its annual review of the top trends on Twitter for the year, in South Africa and around the world. The 2015 “year on Twitter” round-up reveals the top trends in South Africa. In the news category, two of the top
Author: Staff Reporter
Roads agency Sanral will now accept the e-tags used in Gauteng’s electronic tolling system at many of its toll plazas countrywide. The company said in an e-mail to clients on Friday that the tags can now be used on a wide range of toll roads, provided
The Competition Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the sale of Altech Autopage’s subscriber bases to mobile operators Vodacom, MTN and Cell C be approved without
WeChat Africa has announced plans to invest R50m in technology start-ups in Africa “to support local entrepreneurs and technology innovations”. WeChat, which is developed by Tencent
Government investment manager, the Public Investment Corp (PIC), has finalised its acquisition of the state’s 13,9% equity stake in Vodacom. Government is set to use the proceeds of the sale to the PIC to help fund Eskom. At the current share price
Troubled diversified technology group Altron has announced it will consolidate its head office, with subsidiaries Altech and Bytes – currently housed in a building in Woodmead, Johannesburg – moving to Altron’s head office in Parktown. The move will allow
Chinese fibre-optic cable manufacturer Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Company has announced plans to establish a telecommunications fibre cable manufacturing facility at the Dube TradePort
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to emulate fellow billionaires, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, by giving away most of his amassed fortune to worthy causes. In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, celebrating the birth of his daughter
Telkom has dramatically expanded its uncapped 4G/LTE offer to 520 base stations, taking the product, which offers unmetered wireless broadband from R599/month, to seven provinces outside Gauteng. It has also upped the number of neighbourhoods in Gauteng that can get the deal
Telkom has signed a deal with Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt to promote its fibre-to-the-home broadband offerings. Telkom filmed Bolt in his home country of Jamaica last weekend for the promotional material it intends using to advertise its fibre products. The telecommunications