142 Icasa CEO Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo Communications regulator Icasa expects to appoint a service provider, or providers, next month to run South Africa’s next major radio frequency spectrum auction. However, the regulator has…
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Eskom unions spurn above-inflation wage offer
120 Two of South Africa’s biggest trade unions have rejected an improved 6% salary increase offer from state-owned power utility Eskom, their representatives said on Tuesday. Eskom has dragged on the economy…
SA firms turn to automated dispatch as crime perception soars
135 Six South African cities rank among the worst in the world for perceived crime. The problem is not that security companies fail to respond but rather how long it takes them…
Phasing out prime rate doesn’t mean lower loan repayments, but more transparency, says Sarb
128 The prime lending rate has been set 350 basis points above the repo rate since 2001. The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) has tabled its proposal to remove the prime lending…
iOCO goes desert storming with Saudi Arabia cloud expansion
112 Richard Vester Johannesburg-listed technology services group iOCO has expanded its operations in Saudi Arabia, growing its cloud practice in the region through a partnership with Amazon Web Services. The expansion is…
Blu Label lands electricity trading licence from Nersa
115 Blu Label co-CEO Mark Levy BluEnergy Trading, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited Group, has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by energy regulator Nersa, allowing it to buy…
How the JSE All Share changed over three decades
165 Gold and platinum shares account for more than 25% of the JSE’s benchmark index, which adds a ‘significant amount of risk’ to the bourse. No index globally is static. Indices change…
Scaling modern, data-driven farming across Africa
148 Chris Duvenage, business unit manager digital at NEC XON AgriLogiq and NEC XON have announced a strategic partnership that brings together advanced agricultural technology expertise and enterprise-grade digital infrastructure to deliver…
Why getting your small business online costs less than you think
119 Does the idea of a website still feel like an unnecessary expense? Maybe you already trade from a physical store, sell at markets or use social media to reach customers, and…
Oni-Tel set to reinvigorate dark fibre in South Africa
140 Global fibre infrastructure providers are moving towards modernising networks to keep up with the bandwidth demands of artificial intelligence, increased use of edge computing and growth in 5G, according to Mordor…