It’s time to ditch old-fashioned concepts of energy access and embrace new technologies that can help propel South Africa into an era of universal access to electricity, according to PwC. In its report Electricity beyond the grid: accelerating access to
Three metro police officials have been injured after metered taxi drivers stoned two Uber cars and two metro police vehicles in Sandton on Friday. The attack took place at 12.30pm on Friday on
Fuel price increases at the end of May are set to be driven by both the weak rand and stronger international oil prices, the Automobile Association cautioned on Friday. It was commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central
Internet ride-sharing service Uber will switch on a cash payment option in South Africa next week as part of a pilot. Since launching in South Africa in 2013, Uber has only accepted credit
The founder of Technovera, a start-up company that uses technology to allow people with chronic conditions to collect their repeat medication in just a few minutes, has walked off with the R1m grand prize at 2016’s #Hack.Jozi Challenge. The City of Johannesburg
Absa customers will no longer have to ensure that they have an active data bundle to transact via the online application, the bank has announced. The Barclays-owned group said that it had concluded deals with network operators to offer
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday called for a snap debate on what it called the political assault against finance minister Pravin Gordhan and the national treasury. DA shadow minister of
Vodacom wants to work with one or more other major telecommunications operators in South Africa to deploy fibre-to-the-home broadband infrastructure to reduce costs and make the business case for
Home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba says citizens in the 25 to 40 age group will from Monday be able to apply for their smart ID card and passport at four of the country’s banks. “In our quest to deliver a quality service to our people
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and his party must pay for any damage to parliament during their eviction from the national assembly on Tuesday, Democratic Alliance chief whip John Steenhuisen said on Wednesday. “The DA will
