FMF advocates flat tax rate

Minister Gigaba appears to have his back against the fiscal wall and will probably announce tax hikes in his 21 February budget. This is according to the Free Market Foundation, which cautions him to rather heed the advice of former UK Prime Minister Winston...

Users sell privacy for ‘free’ services

Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram … chances are that most people use at least one of these social media sites. However, when signing up for a social media account, most users are more concerned about which profile picture to choose, than about reading the...

Sustainable funding for SOEs

In his “New Deal” for re-igniting job creation and economic growth, President Cyril Ramaphosa identifies the need to restore state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as drivers of economic growth and social development. Lullu Krugel, chief economist at PwC Africa,...

ICASA urged to speed portability review

The further implementation of the principle of number portability as envisioned in the draft number portability regulations currently under review is a welcome step in the liberalisation of the telecommunications sector. However, ICASA is urged to speed the review of...

Liquid Telecom is MEF’s African partner

Liquid Telecom has become the first company to be chosen by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) standards body as its MEF 3.0 African partner. MEF 3.0 is a transformational framework for defining, delivering, and certifying agile, assured, and orchestrated communication...

Hackathon for Cape Town water crisis

Concerned organisations and citizens, business leaders, home-owners, scientists, design shapers, among others will be taking part in a hackathon this weekend (24 and 25 February 2018) at the Cape Town Science Centre in Observatory. In addition to the hackathon, the...