195 MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot has confirmed major changes are coming to the loss-making Showmax platform, reaffirming that the current model is not sustainable. In a wide-ranging interview with TechCentral on…
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Spar CEO resigns with CFO to take over in March
216 He is not the first Spar CEO to jump ship amid uncertainty. Angelo Swartz resigned as Spar Group CEO on Friday morning. It comes as the group faces a hefty lawsuit…
SABC Plus tops two million registered users
193 SABC Plus, the free online streaming platform, has reached two million registered users, the public broadcaster said in a statement on Thursday. According to the SABC, the SABC Plus platform continues…
Government’s plan to turn SA into a construction site
149 The state owns 88 000 buildings and 5m hectares of land yet pays R6bn a year in leases. The state’s enormous property portfolio of 88 000 buildings and five million hectares of…
MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hikes for 2026
235 MultiChoice Group CEO David Mignot. Image: (c) Aurelien Pierron For the first time in many years, DStv subscribers will not face a price increase in April – a significant strategic shift…
South Africa’s dynamic spectrum breakthrough
184 The author, Paul Colmer The digital divide in South Africa just got its most credible solution yet. After years of planning, trials and technical validation, dynamic spectrum sharing has moved from…
R57bn profit sees Gold Fields deliver R4bn special dividends to investors
199 Chile ramp-up and bullion rally drive record returns. Gold Fields Limited has delivered a massive nearly three-fold increase in annual profit, as record bullion prices and a strong ramp-up at its…
Health department caught in a lie? MPs tear ARVs tender worth R15.5 bn apart
315 Data shows most ARVs are imported into South Africa. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and a large group of senior officials appeared before the parliament’s portfolio committee on health, where they were…
Blu Label takes R5.2-billion Cell C hit, touts clean slate ahead
174 Blu Label Unlimited Group will post a massive basic earnings loss for the six months to end-November 2025, driven almost entirely by a R5.2-billion accounting hit linked to its disposal of…
Budget 2026 predictions: 10 money points households need to track
184 ‘Paying close attention helps you plan with confidence rather than reacting under pressure.’ As South Africans count down to the 2026 National Budget Speech, many question whether the minister has any…