Upheaval continues at Telecoms Department
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) has lost its third Deputy Director General (DDG) in five months. DDG for Administration Sam Vilakazi resigned this week. Earlier this month the DDG for ICT Policy and Strategy, Themba Phiri, was fired...Africa offers asset management growth
New research from PwC projects that traditional assets under management (AuM) in 12 markets across Africa will rise to around $1,098-trillion by 2020, from a 2008 total of $293-billion. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 9,6%. Traditional...KZN university wins MTN challenge
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has won the inaugural MTN SA Foundation ICT Challenge and the overall National Championship title at the recent Enactus National Competition 2015. The championship title has qualified UKZN to represent South Africa at the...Western Cape signs LAN deal with Sizwe
The Western Cape government signed a five-year LAN (local area network) contract with Sizwe Africa IT Group, for the provision of LAN equipment and services to schools in the Western Cape. Premier Helen Zille and Minister Debbie Schäfer say in a joint statement that...
Gloomy picture for SA jobs
Although unemployment improved during the second quarter of 2015, overall figures paint a gloomy picture. Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2015 show that South Africa’s working-age population was 36-million people, 15,7-million employed, 5,2-million unemployed and 15,1-million “not economically active”.