Facing pressure from shareholders, Telkom looks set to outsource large chunks of its core business. A Telkom strategy document shows that the fixed-line telco is planning to outsource a substantial amount of its core business, including its network, the backbone of telecommunications in the country.
Lloyd Gedye caught up with Joe Jackson on the phone to find out what to expect from his upcoming tour to South Africa.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has established that MultiChoice attempted to take Telkom out of the picture just months before the regulator’s hearings to award new licences began. Since then the broadcaster has taken new licensee e.Sat out of the market with a deal that will see the launch of the e.News 24-hour news channel on the DStv bouquet in June.
Cape Town’s Ella Joyce Buckley has turned South African folk music on its head with her debut album, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Criminally ignored veteran songwriter Matthew van der Want is back, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Parliamentary oversight of parastatals will be dramatically scaled back and the flow of information about their activities into the public domain curtailed, if a new model punted by Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin is adopted. The proposal by Erwin is accompanied by a draft Bill that lays out how the new model would work. Stakeholders have been asked to comment on it.
While the introduction of new satellite broadcasters into the South African market is floundering, e.tv is less than a month away from launching its 24-hour news channel on the DStv bouquet. The new studios and newsrooms were bristling with activity this week when editor-in-chief Debora Patta took the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> on a walk-through.
Mooted amendments to the Competition Act, which could lead to jail time for executives overseeing collusion and price-fixing, could weaken the Competition Commission rather than give it more clout. This week Cabinet was expected to view the draft Competition Amendment Bill, which is reported to contain measures to deal with cartels in South African industries.
As jet fuel prices skyrocket, airlines the world over are closing down and analysts are speculating that the cheap-flight era is coming to an end. South African Airways, in the middle of a restructuring process to become profitable, could see its fuel bill almost double, which might lead to taxpayers having to bail it out again.
South African consumers fed up with the delay in Apple’s iPhone reaching our shores are paying excessive prices to get their hands on "grey imports", which are cracked to work on local mobile networks such as MTN, Cell C and Vodacom. But they might not have to for much longer. Vodacom’s spokesperson, Dot Field, said the mobile operator will make an announcement on the iPhone next week.