Winds of change at SITA

Winds of change at SITA

Although the State IT Agency (SITA) is behind in implementing its turnaround plan, there is a new spirit of innovation and partnering at the organisation. With a new board and new CEO having taken over recently, the original turnaround plan can be said to have...

Telkom CFO suspended

The board of Telkom has suspended the company’s chief financial officer, Jacques Schindehütte, pending a disciplinary process. The board was recently made aware of certain allegations and appointed an independent law firm to investigate them. The results of the...

New GM for MWeb Business

MWeb has appointed Debbie Pretorius as general manager (GM) of MWeb Business. Pretorius has worked in the Internet service provider (ISP) industry for the past 15 years. Most recently she headed up MWeb Business’ operational activities, and was responsible for...

Bhat to take on VMware job

Ravi Bhat has been appointed at the new regional director for VMware, ending months of speculation about who will lead the local office of one of the fastest-growing IT companies in the world. Bhat’s most recent position was as director of the IBM Software Group at...

Telkom announces new CIO

Telkom has announced the appointment of seasoned IT veteran LenDe Villiers as chief information officer (CIO) effective as of 1 November 2013. Group CEO, Sipho Maseko, welcomed the appointment in recognition of the company’s determined efforts to build a team that...