Every year for almost twenty years now, the Mail & Guardian has selected 200 top young South Africans and featured their stories of resilience, hope and perseverance, and creative and innovative thinking. By all accounts, getting down to just 200 is an arduous task, as there are many exceptional entries. What this tells us is […]
Last year, the Competition Tribunal prohibited Vodacom’s purchase of a stake in Remgro’s fibre businesses — Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). But then, South Africa’s minister of trade, industry and competition, Parks Tau, submitted notice to appeal. This is worrying. While Vodacom marketed the proposed transaction as an effort to “connect underserved communities”, a […]
Industry experts at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference called for a ‘human-centred’ approach to digital transformation
Recent data shows that 60% of South African workers regularly use generative AI tools, ahead of those in several Western countries
A labour appeals court order reinstated the employees to their posts after they were outsourced to WNS eight years ago
The outsourced employees are still fighting for their jobs after the Labour Appeals Court ruled in their favour against WNS
Despite what some say about the Takatso deal’s collapse, the private sector has made strong inroads at public enterprises
The employees have won an appeal against WNS after being unfairly dismissed during the implementation of a labour outsourcing agreement
State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper
The M&G takes a look back at the share price crashes, the historic leadership changes and the surprising appointments
The JSE-listed phone operator has asked that the auction be postponed to 2025, as the group and its competitors are reeling from tough economic conditions
Experts share how women can access the mining, ICT and wildlife sectors
A group of former employees are fighting for their jobs which were outsourced to WNS Global Services SA eight years ago
Experts say a Vodacom-Maziv marriage would make the entity dominant in the market
The communications minister said the telecommunications company was still strategic to the state’s programme
The former chief executive is credited with saving the company by making inroads into the mobile market
Analysts suggest the former chief executive is interested in taking over Telkom in order to facilitate a deal with MTN, consolidating the local telecommunications space
As a collective, these new brand influencers have been doing some game-changing work
The share price of South Africa’s third-largest mobile operator has gone down by more than 85% since reaching its all-time high in 2007
Melon Mobile will piggyback on the MTN network for complete coverage, including 5G connectivity
Telkom plans to retrench 15% of its employees across the group as the sector rebalances after the online boom during the pandemic
With Eskom and most other entities in states of disrepair, the relevance of the department of public enterprises is questioned
The telecommunications group said the parties had decided a suitable transaction was not possible at this time
The Telkom-Rain deal is still on the table but analysts are divided on whether it will be successful
Deal flounders over exclusivity issues related to separate proposal by Rain
Considering the high cost of data in the country, the South African government should build up this vital public entity rather than sell it to the highest bidder, whose interest is profit not service
The notion of governments owning and fiddling in telecoms is outdated and unnecessary, according to communications experts
Discussions are at an early stage and there is no certainty that the transaction will be consummated, both companies say
The document, drafted ahead of the governing party’s policy conference later this year, poses the need for broader public-private collaboration
President Cyril Ramaphosa has underlined the importance of expanding digital access to help to grow the economy
The telecoms company says the court’s findings may affect the recent spectrum auction and its outcome
Sale of mobile telecommunication spectrum is ‘a significant milestone in our reform agenda’ — Ramaphosa