128 At AfricaCom 2025, GlobalData, a top data analytics and consulting company, unveiled its latest industry white paper, “Unleashing the Potential of Carrier-Grade Hybrid Cloud in Sub-Saharan Africa 2025”, highlighting key insights…
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too many cooks will spoil the mobile broth
104 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has warned that a mobile market with too many players – which includes some 30 MVNOs now operating in South Africa –…
where will it come from?
213 There are still uncertainty and contradictions about how NHI will be funded, with fundamental questions about its feasibility and affordability. Government says it will need R457 billion for NHI by year…
Vodacom is pumping after a powerhouse half year
127 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub Vodacom Group has reported a robust set of interim results for the six months to September 2025, buoyed by continued revenue growth, a rebound in its…
Telkom expects massive earnings spike
150 A Telkom communications tower in Pretoria Telkom expects to more than double its headline earnings per share (Heps) in the six months to end-September 2025. Basic earnings per share (Beps), meanwhile,…
what economists and consumers want to hear
161 Economists are hoping for significant changes in the MTBPS, while tax payers are waiting to see if the tax brackets will be adjusted. After Budget 2025 was postponed twice, South Africans…
Fintech fires up Vodacom’s half-year results
143 Vodacom’s financial services business is becoming a much bigger contributor to group revenue. In its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2025, released on Monday, Vodacom reported fintech…
How South Africa’s broken Rica system fuels murder and mayhem
158 The brutal murder of Armand Swart, wrongly identified as a whistle-blower, was believed to be orchestrated through a network of phones, including a disposable “burner” phone found on suspects, according to…
MTBPS: Small businesses need more than promises
137 Garth Rossiter says government needs to step up and provide the basics to support SMEs’ growth. With the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana expected to deliver his medium-term budget policy statement…
DStv woos customers with free upgrades
110 MultiChoice Group, now owned by Canal+, is ramping up its turnaround strategy with a festive season campaign designed to claw back market share. The pay-television operator has launched “Thol-iUpsize”, a DStv…