R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
During my current issue getting a refund for the broken No Man’s Sky PS4 game I noticed a discrepancy of credit card charges vs the advertised product price for the game. I pre-ordered the game for R 899,00 on the South...
When Sean Murray, the CEO of HelloGames, demoed No Man’s Sky, I thought that this space-sim is a must-have for my PS4 game collection. I pre-ordered the indy game for a steep R899 (about 60 USD) – the same cost...
You will recall that in October 2015 ISPA ruled in my favor against Afrihost. I was not 100% satisfied with the ruling as ISPA did not rule in my favor for the other complaints I raised. As part of the...
I have been a loyal Afrihost customer for several years, but since August 2014, Afrihost’s internet service deteriorated with many consumers complaining about throughput and the Afrihost executive team skirting the issue for several months without providing anyone with concrete...
South Africa’s CellC CEO Jose Dos Santos “proudly” announced that from today, 1st July 2015, CellC in co-operation with Facebook will offer zero-rated internet access to Facebook and a handpicked number of South African websites. In simple terms, you download a Facebook app...
In one of my previous posts about SSL implementation is poor across South African financial institutions, I raised the issue that most local banks do not implement security properly. As of yesterday, Google Chrome as launched enhancements, highlighting the insecurity of...
A decade filled with Xenophobic attacks and the South African government is incapable of containing a situation where shops and homes owned by Somalis, Zimbabweans, Ethiopians, Malawians and other immigrants have been targeted, forcing families to flee to camps protected by...
Reminder: Submission deadline 15th July 2015 4pm – please send an email to [email protected] with this: Dear Film and Publications Board, I am writing to add my voice on proposed Online Content Regulations as invited by Notice 182 of 2015 appearing in...
To celebrate the completion of one of their new residential properties, Galencia decided that it would be great to have a fireworks display in a residential area: Once pressure mounted from residents (and within a few days more than 300...
Kapsch.net has just posted their interim results for 2014 which shows a 80 million Euro liability with Sanral which is the equivalent of 1,1 billion Rand (or like our president would say: 1000 and 1 million Brazilians): In the board-presentation Kapsch has...
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