Friday, July 4, 2025

Koos Bekker To Be Replaced As Naspers CEO

One of South Africa’s greatest entrepreneurs, Koos Bekker, is stepping down as CEO of Naspers, a company he helped build into the monster it is today. Click for more, as well as our interview with Koos.

Journalist Leaps To Death From Naspers Building

Die Burger has reported that a freelance journalist named Alan Bowen fell from the 26th floor of the Naspers building in the early hours of this morning. His body was discovered in the parking area below.

Naspers Stocks Have Just Torn Through R1,000 Per Share

Koos Bekker’s Naspers is doing very, very well. Thanks for asking. And it’s all on the back of TenCent, and a weak Rand. This, from Fin24: At 10:22, Naspers shares, which gained over 80% this year, were changing hands at a new record high of R1010.98, tracking a surge in Tencent shares in Hong Kong. […]

Thursday Morning Spice

What does Vodacom/Naspers Partnership mean? Guess who tried to sign Schumacher. Snapchat turn down massive offer. Someone stole Nic Cage’s ‘sex photos.’ Opium cultivation soars to record highs. Hawks investigate ongoing Krejcir-related deaths.

WeChat – The App That Will Eat Whatsapp’s Lunch

The newest kid on the personal communication app scene is WeChat. Having burst on to the global market after a lengthy incubation in China, the Tencent-owned startup is proving to be one of China’s most promising players on the tech scene, and it is threatening to take Whatsapp’s lunch money.

Exclusive Interview With Naspers CEO – Koos Bekker [Podcast]

Naspers CEO Koos Bekker visited the 2oceansvibe Radio studio on Wednesday morning, on the “Hard Willi” show with Richard Hardiman and Lindsay Williams. Prompted by our own questions, as well as tweets coming in from listeners, Koos covered a range of topics, from radio and print media, to the local and international online landscape. Besides being a […]