King to pawn... In an expensive "game of chess", Dave King has finally sorted out his tax issues with SARS and will end up paying over R700m to SARS. As he puts it: "When this tax dispute arose many years ago, I took a conscious decision not to cooperate with the authorities. That was a mistake." Still on the money front, Satawu says SAA can afford the 12% increase the union is demanding, but if you want to get away from it all... the strikes, the demands, the claims and counter-claims, then Mango has come to your rescue with a scheduled service between Johannesburg and Zanzibar. Talk about a captive audience... but a nice gesture, so one hopes the inmates took the lessons to heart when Ligwalagwala FM set out to motivate the inmates of Middelburg Prison with a live radio show aimed at discouraging criminal elements and activities amongst youths. Finally, while no show-off himself, and with no hint of a swagger (but still quite the charmer), our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the Renault Clio is a swaggering charmer. Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | The Department of Communications hosted an Inter-Departmental Stakeholder Workshop on ICT in Pretoria earlier this week as the second step in engaging South Africans as part of the ICT Policy Review Panel. Read more >> |
[Gareth Tudor] Protecting data has become of the utmost importance for organisations today, as information if the lifeblood of a business. There are many consequences should sensitive information fall into the wrong hands, however, as the workforce has become increasingly mobile, protecting all of an organisation's data has become more complex and challenging. Read more >>
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 | DStv has launched its new PVR decoder, the Explora that is said to offer a number of improvements, enhancements and welcome tweaks over its predecessors, even if it isn't a revolutionary new technology. Read more >> |
 | [Thabiso Mochiko] Personal computer distributor Mustek will ramp up the distribution of tablet products in a bid to grow revenue from that segment to offset the decline in personal computer sales. Read more >> |
Consumerisation and mobility will continue to be the top trends driving technology in 2014 and beyond, says Gartner research vice president Chris Howard - and the continuing growth of the 'Internet of Things' extends the human-machine relationship. Read more >>
 | execMobile has launched Unlimited, a solution which gives business travellers an uncapped data solution when travelling overseas in 110 countries. Read more >> |
 | Despite a difficult economic climate‚ media group Caxton CTP Publishers & Printers managed to lift headline earnings per share by 11.7% from 109.8 cents to 122.6 cents for the year to June. Read more >> |
 | Company takes issue with some claims made in 'MTN bids farewell to another executive'. Read more >> |
 | SABC channels will soon be broadcast on signal distributor Sentech's direct to home satellite (DTH-S) platform, the two parties have announced. Read more >> |
 | In today's extremely tough economic conditions, many businesses are effectively being excluded from the cloud revolution because they cannot afford uncapped, unshaped and unthrottled business connectivity solutions. Read more >> |
 | The MTN Business App of the Year Awards event took place earlier this week at The Venue in Melrose Arch and saw SnapScan being awarded the title of Best App of the Year for 2013. Read more >> |
 | [John Mc Loughlin] One of the biggest threats to businesses big and small, could be sitting in your organisation right now. Insiders can reveal company secrets, bypass security controls and infect the network with malware - through malice, stupidity, carelessness or the unmonitored use of company systems. Read more >> |
 | [Issued by Sage VIP] Sage VIP launched the VIP People Payroll and HRIS system in South Africa 24 months ago as a brand new, state-of-the-art HR and payroll application, targeting large to enterprise size businesses in Africa. Read more >> visit press office >> |
 | LONDON, UK: New research from leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, reveals electricity accounted for the majority - 29%, of UK consumer online searches for energy-related services made on mobile devices in April. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: British mobile phone giant Vodafone neared a US$130bn deal to sell its US joint-venture stake to partner Verizon in a blockbuster deal that could change the face of the global telecom sector. Read more >> |
 | HELSINKI, FINLAND - Beleaguered Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia will sell its mobile phone unit to US group Microsoft for €5.44bn, it said on Tuesday, 3 September. Read more >> |
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL / BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN: A rocket carrying an Israeli communications satellite has been successfully launched from a Russian facility in Kazakhstan, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said in a statement on Sunday. Read more >>
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating allegations that three employees at leading smartphone maker HTC stole trade secrets to sell to Chinese firms, reports said on Saturday. Read more >>
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple last week began letting US iPhone owners trade in their smartphones for credit towards buying new models. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: Vodafone is in talks on a possible sale of its stake in US joint-venture Verizon Wireless said to be worth more than US$100bn, the British mobile phone giant has announced. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: The popular New York Times website returned to service on Wednesday, 28 August, after hackers forced it down for nearly a day, with a group backing Syria's government claiming responsibility. Read more >> |
YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar's parliament has passed a telecoms bill paving the way for licensed international firms to operate, state media said on Wednesday, in the latest move to open the potentially lucrative mobile market. Read more >>
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft on Tuesday, 27 August, began sending a revamped version of Windows to computer, smartphone or tablet manufacturers that will use the new software. Read more >> |
VILLA TALEA DE CASTRO, MEXICO: Ignored by telecom firms, a remote Mexican mountain village now runs its own mobile phone network to communicate with the outside world. Read more >>
 | BEIJING, CHINA: China has been hit by the "largest ever" attack on its Internet structure, crashing the country's .cn servers, according to a government-linked agency. Read more >> |
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