Power utility Eskom has begun to ramp down planned maintenance to ramp up energy availability for the winter season. “Our winter plan formally kicked off on 1 April 2016 and runs
Author: Agency Staff
A recovery in commodity currencies and stability in the oil price boosted the rand to its highest level in four months on Tuesday. By 9am on Tuesday, the rand was trading at R14,38/US$
A 17-year-old from Somerset College in the Western Cape has achieved what is being regarded as the highest maths mark in the world. Dario Trinchero scored 100% for maths in the
Former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene has been appointed a non-executive director at Allan Gray. A spokesman at the company told City Press that Nene was appointed at a board meeting on
A vote for the ANC is a vote for the constitution, ANC president Jacob Zuma told a lethargic crowd, some of whom left during his speech, at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Zuma’s address at the ANC’s manifesto launch
The failure of the ANC and its president, Jacob Zuma, to fill the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth was a clear indication that the ANC was dead, according to Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema. He was addressing thousands of
Bitcoin bounty hunters could help stem the tide of movies leaking online illegally if a South African start-up has its way. Stellenbosch-based Custos Media Technologies says it’s common for the film industry to send out pre-release digital copies of movies to recipients such as reviewers or
The first antennae for the MeerKAT radio telescope – the precursor to the large-scale Square Kilometre Array project – will be ready for service at the end of June, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Friday. “Twenty-one antennae will be mounted and
The development surrounding the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is a sign to the world of Africa’s capability of producing excellence, science & technology minister Naledi Pandor said on Friday. The SKA project is an effort to build the largest and most
The forfeiture of R17 700 a Durban scrap metal dealer paid for stolen copper was negligible compared to chaos caused to the economy by the scourge of copper cable thefts. This was the opinion of a police officer after the Pietermaritzburg high court ordered