159 Spar Group has revised its SAP roll-out strategy, separating its finance systems migration from distribution centre operations in an effort to reduce disruption – a move that comes as the wholesaler…
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Xbox chief Phil Spencer retires from Microsoft
187 Outgoing Microsoft Gaming chief Phil Spencer Microsoft has announced that gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years at the software maker, in a major leadership shake-up. The company named…
The real reason MTN is bringing its towers back in-house
248 MTN Group’s decision to acquire 100% of IHS Towers reflects a strategic U-turn from the asset-light model it had been pursuing, but it doesn’t mark the start of a broader industry…
MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hike
144 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…
Service is everyone’s problem now
149 If you’re leading technology in a South African organisation right now, you’ve probably felt the same tension: service expectations keep rising, while teams stay lean. It shows up in the small…
Free Market Foundation slams treasury’s proposed gambling tax
148 The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is demanding that a national 20% tax for online gambling proposed by the national treasury be withdrawn and reconsidered within South Africa’s existing decentralised regulatory regime….
What Gen Z really thinks about the tech world it inherited
184 My smartphone is face down on my desk as I write this, not because something is wrong with it but because I am trying to finish one thought without it interrupting…
Showmax ‘can’t continue’ in its current form
176 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…
SABC Plus tops two million registered users
174 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…
MultiChoice scraps annual DStv price hikes for 2026
219 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…
