Rape Crisis reaches out on Mxit

On Women’s Day (9 August 2013) the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust will launch its Rape Information Portal on Mxit. It will form part of Mxit’s “MySafety” app, which currently has 164 475 subscribers. Research conducted by Rape Crisis in 2011 showed that a lack of...

SA could cut government admin by 20%

The South African government could cut administrative costs by as much as 15% to 20% if it were to access information securely and process documents more efficiently, based on effective document process optimisation. Those results are based on the efficiency spike...

New Altron TMT structure revealed

New details have been released about the structure of Altron TMT (telecommunications, multimedia and information technology), the new division at Altron, to be headed up by Craig Venter, current CEO of Allied Technologies (Altech). Altron TMT comprises of Altech and...

Massive PC decline for Western Europe

PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 10,9-million units in the second quarter of 2013, a decline of 19,8% compared with the same period in 2012, according to Gartner. “The market exit of the netbook PC, and vendors reducing their inventory to get the new...

Trend Micro grows SA presence

Global security software vendor Trend Micro is furthering its investment and presence in the southern Africa region. “The South African market has an incredibly high growth potential. In fact when we decided to take a closer look at the market and map its potential in...

Pule guilty of misleading Parliament

Former Minister of Communications Dina Pule has been found guilty of wilfully misleading MPs by Parliament’s Ethics Committee. Briefing media yesterday, the committee said she will be reprimanded by speaker Max Sisulu. In addition, Pule will be suspended from...