Articles by Brandon Gregory, Page 4
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Fri, October 25th, 15:00 · Brandon Gregory
MultiChoice SA undergoes management changes
MultiChoice South Africa has announced changes in management with chief executive officer (CEO) Collins Khumanlo opting to take some “time out” after his 17 years with the pay-TV company. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 14:30 · Brandon Gregory
DoC is run like a spaza shop – Kholwane
South African minister of communications Yunus Carrim is running the Department of Communications (DoC) like a ‘spaza’ shops (an informal convenience store), according to Sikhumbuzi Kholwane, chairperson of the parliamentary communications portfolio committee. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 11:00 · Brandon Gregory
DoC hosting broadband policy workshop
A workshop dedicated to the drafting of South Africa’s broadband policy is being hosted by Yunus Carrim, the minister of communications, today in Pretoria. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 10:20 · Brandon Gregory
Smart ID cards may be too expensive for poor – DA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has raised concerns over the costs of the smart ID card set to replace the green bar-coded ID books, which may place unnecessary strain on the country’s poorest. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 08:00 · Brandon Gregory
Technology investment vital to online retail success
Retailers have to make business-critical decisions daily given the constant evolution of online retail, according to Christo Briedenhann, country manager for Riverbed Technology Africa. → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
FNB’s eWallet shows growth in African operations
First National Bank’s (FNB’s) eWallet is showing significant growth in the last financial year with a 119 per cent year-on-year increase in its African operations. → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 17:30 · Brandon Gregory
Tariffic launched in SA to combat overspending on mobiles
Tariffic, a technology designed to analyse, manage, and optimise clients’ mobile phone spend, has launched in South Africa, claiming it is set to reduce monthly spending on mobiles by as much as 90 per cent. → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 16:30 · Brandon Gregory
Malawi demands answers to Zuma comments during e-toll speech
The Malawian government has summoned South African high commissioner Cassandra Makone to explain president Jacob Zuma’s comment pertaining to Malawi’s roads during a speech on e-tolling at the African National Congress (ANC) manifesto forum earlier this week. → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 12:20 · Brandon Gregory
No special e-toll courts planned – SANRAL
For the time being there are no special courts planned for the prosecution of e-toll non-payers, despite reports indicating the contrary, said the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL). → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Shift to rail could offset e-toll costs – Barloworld Logistics
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and a private logistics partner have signed a collaboration deal in a move to accelerate South Africa’s goal of shifting rail-friendly cargo from the roads, which could result in a decrease in e-tolling costs for freighter companies. → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 06:00 · Brandon Gregory
Generation Y’s hardening stance against corporate BYOD policies
As emerging technologies enter the workplace, Generation Y’s stance against the corporate bring your own device (BYOD) trend increases, said Fortinet, the worldwide provider of network security appliances. → Read more
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Wed, October 23rd, 18:00 · Brandon Gregory
DoC achieves nothing on job creation, set-top box manufacturing
South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC) has achieved nothing with regards to ICT job and hub creation, broadband penetration and set-top box manufacturing, the National Treasury has said in its statement on medium-term policy. → Read more
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Wed, October 23rd, 17:00 · Brandon Gregory
Vavi e-tolling Twitter comments “unfortunate” – SARS
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has dismissed suggestions Zwelinzima Vavi, secretary general of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), was suspended because of his stance on e-tolling. → Read more
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Wed, October 23rd, 13:20 · Brandon Gregory
Officials investigated over Dina Pule “cover-up”
Officials involved with an alleged cover-up involving Dina Pule, the former minister of communications, are being investigated by the Public Service Commission, said Yunus Carrim, communications minister in South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, October 23rd, 09:00 · Brandon Gregory
Government computers need anti-porn software – ACDP
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) has recommended anti-pornography software be installed on government computers after a government official was exposed for spending ZAR123,000 (US$12,500) of taxpayers’ money to download content, mostly pornography. → Read more
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Tue, October 22nd, 17:30 · Brandon Gregory
Presidency blames media for distorting Zuma’s e-toll comments
The South African Presidency has termed media reports of president Jacob Zuma calling Africans backward as a distortion. → Read more
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Tue, October 22nd, 15:30 · Brandon Gregory
Zuma must withdraw insulting statement on e-tolling – DA
President Jacob Zuma should withdraw his statement regarding the e-tolling of Gauteng’s freeways, according to Mmusi Maimane, the Gauteng premier candidate for the Democratic Alliance (DA). → Read more
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Tue, October 22nd, 14:00 · Brandon Gregory
SANRAL welcomes Jacob Zuma’s stance on e-tolls
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has welcomed comments made by President Jacob Zuma that e-tolling is a world-class standard. → Read more
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Tue, October 22nd, 11:20 · Brandon Gregory
ODM shareholders seek court interdict to stop StarTimes’ business rescue
On Digital Media (ODM) shareholders are reportedly unhappy with the China-based StarTimes’ bailout of the ODM business rescue plan and are attempting to take the South African pay-TV operator to court in order to halt the proceedings. → Read more
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Tue, October 22nd, 09:00 · Brandon Gregory
Britehouse to host hackathon
South Africa’s Britehouse Group is to host an internal hackathon on November 1 to kick off its Innovations Factory, with the aim of encouraging collaboration, innovation and the creation of customer solutions across the group’s companies. → Read more
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