Eskom has repeated its urgent call on electricity users to help it “beat the peak” this winter by switching off nonessential appliances between 5pm and 9pm each day. Briefing members of parliament’s public enterprises portfolio committee on Tuesday, Eskom CEO Brian Dames said that although
Limiting Eskom’s electricity tariff hike to 8% is likely to have far-reaching implications, public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba said on Monday. “While the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s [Nersa’s] decision … is welcomed, the implications of the lower tariffs and revenue approved on Eskom’s
Embattled communications minister Dina Pule on Monday came out guns blazing a week ahead of the start of a probe into her affairs by parliament’s committee on ethics and members’ interests, accusing Sunday Times journalists of engaging in a smear campaign against her in order to ensure their own business
A series of articles by the Sunday Times formed part of a smear and blackmail campaign, communications minister Dina Pule claimed on Monday. “The campaign was a highly sophisticated plot to blackmail me,” she told reporters in Johannesburg. “The Sunday Times thought it could coerce
Johannesburg- and New York-listed Electronic payments specialist Net1 UEPS Technologies has failed to conclude a black economic empowerment deal, blaming investigations around its winning of a multibillion-rand tender for the payment of South African social grants. A one-year option
Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has warned of legal action if the telecommunications regulator does not cut mobile termination rates by the end of the year, according to a report on Friday. “I will use everything in my power to get Icasa [the Independent Communications Authority of SA] to do its job,” Knott-Craig told Business Day newspaper.
These allegations from Mergan Moodley, the founder of On Digital Media (ODM), which owns TopTV, come on the same day the pay-TV station announced it would be discontinuing two channels from its bouquet for “operational reasons” in preparation for a new channel structure. “The IDC [Industrial Development Corp] has
Owners of Samsung smartphones and tablet computers will get 1GB/month of data at AlwaysOn hotspots for 12 months at no charge. The offer applies to Samsung devices purchased after March 2010 and users with multiple products will get 1GB/month of data for each device. Users must
A Johannesburg man is taking legal action against the National Gambling Board (NGB) after it withheld money he won through online gambling. “Any form of unlicensed online gambling in South Africa is prohibited and is a criminal offence,” board CEO Baby Tyawa was quoted in the Saturday Star as saying. He
Brett Haggard, Sam Beckbessinger and Guy Taylor get together to discuss everything but the news this week. Topics include LucasArts, up and coming social networks, Guy’s involvement in CloudAfrica, Facebook’s South African user base, HTC and Facebook
