The Chinese smartphone maker adds the X500 and X500 Pro Max to its growing devices portfolio in the South African market.
Five different amounts, cited across hundreds of pages, are at the heart of the dispute over who actually funded Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate’s fight against Vodacom.
Tracker Becomes a Techco | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 15 – 19 September 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Tracker is evolving from a vehicle recovery service into a full technology company, with CEO Dillan Fernando telling ITWeb TV that it now serves more than one million customers and processes 200 million data points a day, using AI to deliver insights for fleets.
Errol Elsdon offered a stake in a separate court case as security for funding Nkosana Makate’s Please Call Me battle, but the trust says he had no agreement with it.
The mystery funder behind Nkosana Makate’s early legal fight: two decades of litigation funding, bitter court battles and the scandal-hit Living Hands trust.
Errol Elsdon, who claims he is entitled to 40% of Nkosana Makate’s ‘winnings’, vanished from the Please Call Me story for years, then reappeared as the face of a company few can verify exists.
Vodacom says the data behind Please Call Me’s success never existed, though its own documents show revenue tracking was discussed and dropped.
Cell C's R12.6bn Turnaround | ITWeb Tech Headlines | 17-22 August 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Cell C added 1.3 million subscribers and cut net debt by 64% in its first full year as a JSE-listed company, with group revenue climbing to R12.64 billion. Meanwhile, Standard Bank is shifting from just using AI tools to becoming a fully AI-enabled organisation, with more than 39 000 staff, 72% of its workforce, now active generative AI users.
Raining Men has been in business rescue since 2019, but the man who stepped into the shoes of its directors has a troubled history.
Five Vodacom executives and the company secretary sell a combined 63 216 shares, worth about R9.93 million, to settle tax obligations.
The company announces board changes, which will see chairman Saki Macozoma retiring and replaced by Khumo Shuenyane.
Customer frustrations include network outages, billing disputes and failed service channels, a study finds.
Court papers show how Nkosana Makate’s early funders turned against each other, trading conspiracy claims and alleging a hidden romance over who gets a cut.
Cellphone claims are just 4% of National Financial Ombud’s cases, but it is concerned insurers reject them on SIM card grounds alone.
ITWeb TV: Vumatel targets underserved areas with fibre | Episode #134
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Vumatel chief commercial officer, Simon Butler, discusses the fibre network operator’s ambitions to connect more homes in the previously shunned areas. He also touches on the challenges of construction mafia in the roll out of fibre, as well as the impact of the Vodacom-Maziv deal. #Fibre #Connectivity #DigitalEconomy