Author: Agency Staff

Household electrictifation rises to 85,5%

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Eskom took credit for accelerating the number of households connected to the electricity supply, after Statistics South Africa revealed on Thursday that levels increased “consistently from 77,1% in 2002 to 85,5% in 2015”. This came as Stats

Gun drawn in airport Uber dispute

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An argument broke out between an Uber and metered taxi driver, resulting in one of them pointing a firearm at the other near King Shaka International Airport, police said on Thursday. The two became involved in an argument at a Sasol petrol

Demand pushes up bitcoin value

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Demand for cryptocurrency bitcoin has soared in the past week, with prices surging just over 20% on South African-linked exchange BitX. The price of a bitcoin on BitX has risen from R7 443 at 2pm on 26 May to R8 998 at 10am on

Set-top box saga is costing SA dearly

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Government’s slow advance on its digital television set-top box roll-out is holding back faster, more widely available mobile Internet services, say experts. It’s been almost a year

SA firms slow to adopt IPv6

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South African companies have been slow to adopt new Internet protocols that could undermine efforts to secure online transactions and grow the internet, says an industry insider. “While

Spike in malware on SA machines

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South Africans are unwittingly downloading thousands of malicious programs designed to steal financial information, a security company has warned. Trend Micro has reported that the malware

Global CFOs rally behind SA

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In a strong vote of confidence in South Africa, the International Association of Financial Executives Institutes on Wednesday announced it will host its 46th World Congress of

Accept TV judgment, Shinn tells Muthambi

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Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has urged communications minister Faith Muthambi to accept the judgment of the supreme court of appeal over the long-running battle over encryption of free-to-air digital terrestrial television signals in