Archive for ‘January, 2012’

Drama at TopTV as CEO negotiates exit

TopTV is set for a shake-up at the top, as the CEO of parent company On Digital Media, Vino Govender, looks set to leave the broadcaster. A source that spoke on condition of anonymity said that Govender would be leaving On Digital Media this week

Ntshingila joins MultiChoice as SuperSport boss

Former Absa chief marketing and communications officer Happy Ntshingila has been appointed as SuperSport’s new CEO, the sports channel said on Tuesday. Ntshingila would report to the MultiChoice SA group CEO Imtiaz Patel, SuperSport spokesman Clinton van der Berg said in a statement

ZA Tech Show: Episode 196 – ‘Making up the numbers’

ZA Tech Show: Episode 196 – ‘Making up the numbers’

The ZA Tech Show podcast team talks about Nokia’s Lumia 800 launch, the furore surrounding personal financial management website 22seven, Facebook’s planned listing, developments at Google, the Megupload bust, the end of piracy and much more besides

Qatar to take control of Cell C?

Qatar has made an offer to buy Saudi Oger’s 55% stake in Oger Telecom, Cell C’s parent company, according to a report on wire service Reuters, which quotes unnamed sources reportedly familiar with the matter. The deal, if it happens, will give Qatar control of Turkey’s Turk Telecom and Cell C. Saudi Oger is controlled by the family

South Africans still love BlackBerry

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the past year. Yet, almost half (44%) of SA smartphone users have a BlackBerry, new research from Strategy Worx Consulting has found. BlackBerrys make up 3,3m of the 7,5m smartphones in use in SA

Start-up Snapt: making money from open source

Start-up Snapt: making money from open source

Johannesburg-based open-source software start-up Snapt < http://www.snapt-ui.com/> launched only in August 2011 but already it’s drawing interest from top drawer customers, mainly international clients, including the US National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa). The company uses open-source software

Tough times, but tech still booming

Deloitte expects demand for consumer devices to continue to grow in 2012, even in countries that continue to feel the effects of the global economic downturn. Developed markets, however, are expected to experience lower growth in technology sales than emerging markets. Deloitte

Material: a moving tapestry of Jo’burg life

Material: a moving tapestry of Jo’burg life

Material, the upcoming SA film produced by Internet entrepreneur Ronnie Apteker and starring Riaad Moosa, surprises in two ways: firstly, it’s as tender as it is rambunctious and, secondly, it’s actually pretty good. Consider it Apteker’s apology for setting the hoodlums from Straight Outta Benoni loose

Pule intervenes over SABC top post

The SABC has been asked to suspend its search for a chief operating officer, the communication ministry said on Monday. Communications minister Dina Pule had made the request to the board after reading a newspaper report on the process being followed to fill the position, said ministry spokesman Siyabulela Qoza

Eskom struggling to balance supply, maintenance

Eskom is struggling to maintain a balance between a steady power supply and a growing need to maintain old power stations, the state-owned energy company said on Monday. “Most power stations are in mid-life and require increased maintenance. However, maintenance has been continually shifted in order to ensure we meet

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