Category: <span>Business</span>

There’s nothing unusual about Cell C’s decision to migrate its contract and mobile broadband customers to Vodacom’s radio access network – it’s all part the company’s new strategy. That’s according to CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson, who said in an interview with TechCentral on Thursday that the company plans to use both the Vodacom and MTN networks to provide cellular services...

South African retail giant Pick n Pay has announced that its chief executive officer Richard Brasher will retire, and will be succeeded by Pieter Boone. The changes take effect from 21 April 2021. Boone is a former chief operating officer of Metro AG, and a retailer with extensive international experience. He was appointed following an...

Massive queues at banks and ATMs with little social distancing have been flagged as potential COVID-19 super spreaders and banks have now been instructed to provide sanitisers at all their cash machines. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said that during the festive season people were at risk as they queued mostly at...

The Beer Association of South Africa (Basa) has rejected the government’s decision to extend the ban on the sale of alcohol and has warned that many small businesses in the sector will simply not survive the ban. The group said that 30% of local breweries have already been forced to permanently shut their doors and...

Lockdown extension and curfew changes “Based on the recommendations of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), Cabinet has decided to maintain the country on adjusted level 3 lockdown,” Ramaphosa said. Most of the existing restrictions will remain in place, and most gatherings – including social gatherings – will not be permitted. The hours of curfew...

In a move designed to bolster The Sharks’ ambitions of becoming a global force in world rugby, the KwaZulu-Natal franchise has welcomed a dynamic new investor as their majority partner. MVM Holdings, an international investment consortium spearheaded by Marco Masotti, has entered into an agreement to purchase a 51 per cent majority stake in The...

Though the growing number of job losses may cause many job seekers to lose hope amid their search, data shows that the top of the year could be more promising as January and February are the most popular months to look for work. And while the pandemic has certainly impacted the pace of hiring for employers, Glassdoor...

For the past few years, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been looking to get married. After its advances were spurned by the likes of General Motors and Volkswagen, a merger with France’s Renault looked possible, until FCA boss Sergio Marchionne died in 2018. Then, in October, news arrived that FCA had found a new French friend—Peugeot SA. On Monday, Peugeot’s shareholders voted...

WhatsApp encourage its users to agree to its new privacy policy within the next month, or else lose access to the app. Agreeing to the terms will mean that a user’s private data, including their phone number, will be shared with Facebook, which owns WhatsApp. All users must agree to the new terms by 8 February 2021,...

With no gigs, concerts or tours for most of 2020, creatives have had to find another way to engage their audience and inevitably this has meant digital content creation. 2021 is the year we’re going to see a considerable shift in creators becoming deliberate content creators and curators.Not only are they going to have to...