Vodacom customers, revenue up in tough quarter

Vodacom has reported group revenue up 1,5% (0,7%) to R23-billion and service revenue up 2,4% (1,6%) to R18,9-billion for the quarter ended 31 December 2018. Group customers increased 7,1% to 79-million, up 5,4% in South Africa and 9,3% in international operations....

Terror attacks at lowest level since 2011

Worldwide terror attacks decreased by one-third in 2018 compared to 2017, while resulting non-militant fatalities fell by more than one-quarter, according to the annual Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre (JTIC) Global Attack Index by business information...

High-capacity microwave a key enabler for 5G

5G open up new possibilities for operators across the globe, so a higher capacity microwave backhaul becomes even more important to ensure high-quality mobile broadband. This year’s Ericsson Microwave Outlook report discusses how this demand can be met with...

Sites helps to map polling stations

With this weekend (26-27 January) being the IEC’s final registration weekend for voters, its important for South Africans to quickly and easily find their nearest voting station. The IEC has launched a useful online Voting Station Finder tool...

KZN puts itself on show for investors

Kwa-Zulu-Natal (KZN) is shaping up to be an attractive investment target. The real manufacturing gross value added (GVA) for KwaZulu-Natal was estimated at R80,8-billion, making it the second highest contributor to the South African GVA behind Gauteng. This is...

Inflation drops to 4,5% in December

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on January 23 that consumer price inflation declined notably from 5,2% year-on-year (y-o-y) in November 2018 to 4,5% y-o-y in December. Christie Viljoen, PwC strategy and economist, unpacks the figures The latest reading was...