Load shedding steals Christmas for Eskom bosses – again
For the second year in a row, Eskom management and key staff members will not take leave in the festive season as the power utility struggles to halt power outages.
Traditional broadcasters are losing the battle for sports rights
Comcast’s Sky dominated coverage of Europe’s top club soccer competition in Germany for the past two decades. Now the streamers are taking over.
Vox unveils affordable remote surveillance with Guardian Eye WiFi Camera
Promoted | Vox has launched its Guardian Eye WiFi Camera, giving home and even small business owners access to an affordable, easy-to-install remote security surveillance solution.
Interview: Cathy Smith on repairing SAP Africa after ‘kickbacks’ scandal
Podcast | Following the explosive reports in 2017 that SAP Africa paid “kickbacks” to Gupta-owned companies to secure contracts at state-owned enterprises, MD Cathy Smith has said the organisation is on the mend.
A quantum computing future is unlikely – here’s why
Due to the inevitability of random errors in the hardware, useful quantum computers are unlikely to ever be built.
Car makers shed 80 000 jobs as electric shift upends industry
It’s turning out to be one of the worst years ever for auto workers across the globe amid shrinking demand and a tectonic shift in vehicle technology.
We will not allow SOEs to fail, by Cyril Ramaphosa
As the SAA business rescue demonstrates, we will not hesitate to do what it takes to return our SOEs to financial and operational health. By Cyril Ramaphosa.
No, blockchain is not going to disrupt your industry
Blockchains. They’re all the rage. The fervour of blockchain believers has been matched only by the furious scepticism and dismissal of its naysayers. Can we just stop? Please! By Cayle Sharrock.
CompCom takes a machete to South Africa’s telecoms industry
The Competition Commission’s final report on the data services market in South Africa is, frankly, an embarrassment. It amounts to regulatory overreach and dangerous populism that could threaten billions of rand in planned investments in the coming years. By Duncan McLeod.
The Irishman is a Netflix hit, even if few make it to the end
The Irishman, the thee-and-a-half hour gangster epic that debuted on Netflix last week, was seen by 13.2 million US viewers over its first five days of release, a solid showing for a film on the streaming service.
