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IDs get smart 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
The national rollout of ID cards has begun Despite numerous attempts, the DHA did not respond to enquiries on the exact budget allocated to the smart ID card rollout. However, in May, Pandor said in ...
FOURTH TIME LUCKY? 6 Aug 2013 | 08:47 am
Can Yunus Carrim achieve the elusive turnaround at the DOC? The second week in July saw Pule being given her marching orders by the president, Jacob Zuma, following months of controversy and criticis...
NEOTEL FOR SALE? 17 Jul 2013 | 01:00 am
SA’s mobile duopoly could be eyeing the company While talk of a buyout has had the rumour mill turning for years, recent reports have heightened the hearsay, with SA’s two main mobile rivals, Vodacom...
RIPE FOR THE PICKING 3 Jul 2013 | 01:00 am
Can Orange succeed in SA? This year saw the commercial entry of French telecommunications company Orange into SA and, while the operator has expressed a long-term ambition of launching as a fully-fle...
BEAN COUNTER TAKES SITA REINS 19 Jun 2013 | 01:00 am
Treasury’s former accountant general expected to tighten financial controls However, what is not yet clear is why SITA would need such specific skills at a time that it is meant to be wrapping up its...
ALL CHANGE AT TELKOM 5 Jun 2013 | 08:39 am
But is anything really different? Instead, the past half-a-decade has been characterised by a litany of bad decisions, some by its ever-changing board, and others prompted by government; Telkom’s sin...
Battle for dominance 15 May 2013 | 01:00 am
Android tops a market set to reach 1.4bn devices this year Today, smartphones have become computers in their own right, with an ABI study predicting that 1.4 billion smartphones will be in use by the...
UNPACKING THE SKA 2 May 2013 | 01:00 am
How SA is benefiting from the project MeerKAT, SA’s prototype project, will be incorporated into the SKA. Construction will start in 2016/17, with some elements operational by 2020, and full operatio...
Under fire 17 Apr 2013 | 01:00 am
Can Dina Pule continue as minister? But perhaps that is of little comfort to the under-fire minister, who is increasingly seen as fighting for her political life, as the allegations that have surface...
SPY GAMES 3 Apr 2013 | 01:00 am
Espionage goes high-tech Cyber espionage is nothing new. For years, companies have been losing hundreds of billions of dollars to cyber espionage and cyber crime, and spending fortunes trying to prev...