Mobility 2006: Peter Searll, Are mobile South Africans techno-literate?
Southern Africa is populated with people often with total illiteracy-can we expect these population of techno – don’t know how to effectively usage mobile technologies at their disposal. What form of digital divide in mobile is crippling South Africa-is it complete lack of mobile knowledge or inability to effectively use such technologies? The answer lies […]
Mobility 2006: Paris Mashile, Complexities of regulating costs for telecommunications in South Africa
The chairperson of ICASA Mr. Paris Mashile addressed the opening session of Mobility 2006 conference. Despite being accused a “losers” for delaying the introduction of mobile number portability by the current edition of Financial Mail today. His address was largely to justify state heavy regulation within the mobile industry in favour of protecting the […]
Digital Citizens Indaba on Blogging
I’ve been in Port Elizabeth for the last few days and supposedly on holiday. Yesterday I did a quick interview about Mxit on BayFM and tomorrow I’m going back to do a short sales working with their sales staff. The big news is that on Thursday and Friday this week I will be participating in […]
My 1st Sunday Times feature!
On Thursday, 7th September I spent the afternoon with Buddy Naidoo, journalist at the Sunday Times, the biggest national Sunday newspaper in South Africa. When he arrived for my interview, I was sitting with Carmel Fisher, Roxanne on eTV’s Backstage. It seems this interviewed was inspired by the article in the Sunday Independent (part1, part2), […]
Have a Heart with John Vlismas & Riaad Moosa
Damn! I booked for this event on Monday, 2 October…and now I realised I have a trip I’m going to be in Cape Town on this date.From the makers of the original Laugh Out Loud stage show comes a new reason to live…HAVE A HEART. Join comedians John Vlismas, Riaad Moosa and their friends to […]