A Telkom communications tower in Pretoria In a blow to overstretched South African consumers, Telkom on Tuesday said it plans to adjust tariffs for its fixed broadband and voice services. The JSE-listed company, which is 40.5% owned by the state, said in a statement that the increases are the result of “increasing operational costs and external economic pressures”. The price increases will affect the consumer and small and medium business (SMB) fixed broadband and voice portfolios and will take effect on 1 April 2025, Telkom said. “These adjustments … are essential to maintaining Telkom’s commitment to delivering quality service while…
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Novus has made a mandatory offer to acquire Mustek. The Competition Tribunal has conditionally approved the proposed merger in which Novus intends to acquire additional shares in ICT distributor Mustek.The tribunal has approved the proposed merger subject to employment-related public interest conditions.The latest development comes after the Competition Commission last month recommended that the Competition Tribunal approves, with conditions, In November, JSE-listed print, publishing and packaging manufacturing business Novus made an offer to buy JSE-listed ICT distributor Mustek.It told Mustek shareholders that it had acquired the beneficial ownership of ordinary issued shares in Mustek, which resulted in Novus beneficially holding…
Michael Jordaan Michael Jordaan, the former chief of First National Bank, is considering partnerships to grow Bank Zero as the app-driven firm seeks to challenge the country’s biggest finance institutions. Launched in 2021, the digital bank is set to break even within two years and has received interest in forming strategic linkups from a large insurer, a telecommunications company and a payments firm. “The next step is to scale up and it could just be that we do it in partnership,” Jordaan, Bank Zero’s co-founder and chairman, said in an interview in Stellenbosch, the location of his family’s wine estate,…
Smartz Solutions and Jasco Enterprise announce strategic partnership to drive contact centre innovation in Africa. Smartz Solutions, which positions itself as a leader in cloud-based contact centre technology, partners with Jasco Enterprise, a long-established technology and ICT solutions provider. This collaboration marks a significant step in transforming Africa’s contact centre landscape by delivering scalable, future-ready and cost-effective communication solutions.Partnership rooted in innovation and flexibilityJasco Enterprise, with its nearly 50-year heritage, has continuously evolved to meet the needs of businesses navigating digital transformation. Now, with a renewed focus on agility and customer-centric solutions, Jasco is expanding its contact centre offering beyond…
MTN Group on Monday cautioned that competition in South Africa’s telecommunications sector is intensifying. As a result, the consumer prepaid business in South Africa recorded year-on-year service revenue growth of just 0.8%, with a “slight slowdown” to 0.3% year on year in the final three months of 2024. “This was largely due to increased competitive intensity in the market as we increased prices in May 2024 and value-seeking customers continued to optimise their spend,” the group said in notes published with its results for the financial year ended 31 December 2024. The consumer prepaid business recorded year-on-year service revenue growth…
The South African Post Office seeks a managed network solution to address its electronic communication requirements. (Photograph by SAPO via X) It’s a quiet week on National Treasury’s eTender Portal, with government departments focused on the delivery of the reworked 2025 Budget speech from finance minister Enoch Godongwana. While several concessions were made to appease members of the Government of National Unity, further changes may yet need to be made before it gets the 50% plus one vote to be passed. It is amid this subdued activity that the beleaguered South African Post Office (SAPO) takes the headline with its…
MultiChoice Group has announced its price adjustments for the year ahead, and they’re mostly in line with inflation or below it – though some Showmax packages have received huge increases. The following monthly price adjustments have been made to MultiChoice’s various DStv bouquets: DStv Stream packages: No price changes DStv Premium (satellite): R929 to R979, an increase of 5.4% (Showmax is included) DStv Compact Plus (satellite): R619 to R659, or 6.5% (Showmax at 40% discount) DStv Compact (satellite): R469 to R479, an increase of 2.1% (Showmax at 40% discount) DStv Family (satellite): R329 to R339, or 3% DStv Access (satellite):…
MultiChoice says for Premium, Compact Plus and Compact subscribers, a concurrent stream on any device has been added. Pay-TV operator MultiChoice South Africa has announced its annual price and product adjustments for DStv and Showmax.Byron Du Plessis, CEO of MultiChoice SA, says: “Recognising the financial pressures faced by South African households, MultiChoice has implemented considered adjustments, focusing on enhancing value across its packages, with certain products receiving no increase, including all DStv Stream packages, Box Office movies and Showmax Entertainment with the ADD Movies premium movie bolt-on being reduced to just R49pm, a 38% price reduction.” In a statement, MultiChoice…
Telviva’s Rob Lith Cloud-based communications specialist Telviva, known for its unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) and contact centre-as-a-service (CCaaS) offerings that allow for better-quality conversations, has announced the launch of a South African first-to-market software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that gives businesses native voice capability within their Microsoft Teams environment. This gives organisations native voice capability within their Teams environment with extended PBX functionality. Telviva’s Call2Teams seamlessly integrates Microsoft Teams with Telviva’s voice system, offering native voice capability within the Teams environment at a 40% savings compared to using the traditional Microsoft Teams Phone system. The Call2Teams solution eliminates the need for…
The Wired4Women Awards have garnered phenomenal support from sponsors and the wider ICT community. The Wired4Women Awards, now in their second year, continue to receive phenomenal support from the South African business and tech sectors.Launched in 2024 by the Wired4Women Tech Forum, in partnership with Telkom and ITWeb Brainstorm, these awards are now firmly established as a prestigious platform that recognises and celebrates the significant contributions of women across various roles in the South African technology sector – from C-level executives and business leaders to innovators, entrepreneurs and emerging talents. The initiative aligns with the Wired4Women Tech Forum’s mission to…
