In May, Michael Jordaan announced that after ten years as CEO of FNB, the time had come for him to step down as of the end of 2013. Jordaan indicated that the commute between his Johannesburg office ...

The Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter at Mxit’s Wonderland By Michelle Atagana and Matthew Buckland Just over a year ago, on a rainy August morning, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr took a long walk along a ...

South Africa's first feature phone messaging service, Mxit, has decided to donate essential company assets and close up shop on the back of a steady decline in active user numbers. On Friday, Mxit ...

Three quarters of young people regularly talk to strangers on the South African social network MXit, raising concerns about the risks for young people on the mobile Internet, according to a study ...

EVERY so often we hear public complaints about the controversial networking systems that are being offered to the youth, Mxit and Facebook. ... EVERY so often we hear public complaints about the ...

Naspers sold its 30% stake in Africa’s largest mobile instant messenger, MXit, to technology investment firm World of Avatar for an undisclosed amount, two of the companies said on Thursday. MXit and ...

World of Avatar, the investment vehicle founded by Alan Knott-Craig, has acquired MXit from Naspers and former MXit creator Herman Heunis for an undisclosed sum. “We bought MXit because it is the ...

Mxit's new app is the first paving stone on the road to a new Mxit, as it seeks to deepen the smartphone experience and push into other emerging markets, with the aim of becoming bigger than Facebook.

South African mobile social network, Mxit, has appointed Francois Swart as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Swart stepped into the role of acting CEO in October 2012. Shareholder Paul Harris says, ...

De Lille recently called for “Government to intervene to protect our most vulnerable” against “grown men, who use MXit to lure these girls and boys into their traps.” De Lille further called for ...