Is MultiChoice taking the Mickey?

Five hours and over one hundred slides later, MultiChoice was done explaining why the company disagrees with the draft findings of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) that were released in 2019. ICASA believes that limited broadband access, the high cost of data and low average internet speeds will limit the growth of over-the-top (OTT) media services like …

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Naspers blocked from buying WeBuyCars

Naspers is a giant – the company is worth over R1.1tn (yes, trillion)! To give you an idea of how enormous that number is, that’s only slightly less than the total taxes collected by SARS in the 2019 financial year. Amongst a zillion other things, Naspers owns AutoTrader and OLX. Back in September 2018, they announced an intention to acquire …

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