MTN warns of fake social media accounts

MTN has issued a warning to customers about two parody social media accounts, MTN AWOOF Giveaway and MTN Free Dashout, that purport to be official MTN accounts. The company stresses that these are not MTN’s official accounts, nor have they been endorsed by MTN...

SA population edges up

South Africa’s mid-year population is estimated to have increased to 58,78-million in 2019, according to the report released by Statistics South Africa. Gauteng continues to record the largest share of South Africa’s population, with approximately...

Data privacy the biggest regulatory threat to big tech

Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) will face regulation in 10 main areas over the coming years, with data privacy representing the main focus, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. GlobalData’s latest report, “Data privacy –...

Ntuli returns to HPE as MD

HPE has announced that President Ntuli has been appointed as the MD for HPE South Africa, effective 1 August 2019. Ntuli joins HPE joins from Dimension Data MEA where he held the position of regional executive sales: South East Africa and was responsible for driving...

Mabuza takes on interim Eskom position

Jabulane Mabuza has been appointed as the interim executive chairman and acting group chief executive of Eskom, effective 1 August 2019. The announcement was made by the Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan at the Eskom Annual General Meeting yesterday (29...

Huawei shows robust growth for H1 2019

Huawei has announced CNY401,3-billion revenue for the first half of 2019, a 23.2% increase over the same period last year. The company’s net profit margin for H1 2019 was 8.7%. According to Huawei’s chairman, Liang Hua, operations are smooth and the...