528 MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has been awarded conditional shares worth nearly R40-million under the telecommunications group’s long-running performance share plan, the company disclosed on Tuesday….
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Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa to step down
717 Outgoing Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa Mikel Mabasa, CEO of the Automotive Business Council (Naamsa), is stepping down after six and a half years in the role, the industry body said on…
South Africa Inc must wake up to quantum threat
417 Phumzile Madonsela South African enterprises are not putting enough effort into understanding quantum computing and how it could either threaten or benefit their businesses. That’s according to Phumzile Madonsela, director at…
Activist billionaire in R1.1-trillion bid for Universal Music
334 Singer Taylor Swift is signed to Universal Music. Image: Reuters Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square on Tuesday proposed merging its acquisition vehicle with Universal Music Group with a plan to list in…
Canal+ calls out absurd complexity of DStv’s packages, pricing
401 The 17 different packages and ‘complex’ add-ons in SA are not ‘what consumers want’ Canal+ Group, the new owner of MultiChoice, says one of the three key pillars in turning around…
Theft and power cuts hammer SA telecoms operators
403 Telecommunications infrastructure theft and power outages continue to hold back connectivity in South Africa, with the cost burden on mobile and fibre operators more than doubling in a year. According to…
Cape Town start-up powers six-month Netflix production with the sun
301 Cinergy’s CineRay mobile solar PV system powering production for season 2 of Netflix’s One Piece A Cape Town start-up has powered an entire Netflix production base camp on the sun for…
FirstRand taken to the dry cleaners in high court
414 Bank was told it needs to be cross-examined on its accounting and other defects in case against customer FirstRand Bank’s attempt to repossess the home of customer Jan Dry at the…
Donovan Marsh on AI and the future of filmmaking
316 Award-winning South African film director Donovan Marsh has pivoted to artificial intelligence filmmaking and believes generative AI tools could fundamentally reshape how movies are made – and who gets to make…
R230-million in the bag for Endeavor’s third Harvest Fund
476 Endeavor South Africa CEO Alison Collier Endeavor South Africa has announced the final close of its Harvest Fund III at R230-million, bringing together institutional investors and founder capital to back later-stage…