By May this year, Eskom will have paid businesses at least R2,9bn to cut back on power usage in a bid to prevent blackouts. Had the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) not rejected its request for provision to be made for an R8bn, five-year buy-back project, the amount, over a seven-year period, would
The joint committee on ethics and members’ interests has appointed a panel to look into the conduct of communications minister Dina Pule. According to committee co-chair Lemias Mashile, the committee took a decision on 20 February that, in terms of paragraph 3.1 of the procedure for the investigation
Samsung’s Ativ Smart PC is positioned as an option for those who want the functionality of a laptop and a tablet in a single device. Powered by Windows 8, this is a tablet computer that comes with a keyboard dock bundled. Despite being punted as all-in-one devices, most laptop-tablet
The crippling effect of an illegal strike by postal workers is easing, the Post Office said on Tuesday, adding that it expects to clear the remainder of the backlog in undelivered mail “within a few working days”. The Post Office says the strike at its two main mail-sorting centres
Brett Haggard, Steven Ambrose and Liron Segev get together in ZA Tech Show’s Johannesburg studio to discuss Telkom Mobile and 8ta, the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the latest news in the gaming industry, Dropbox’s acquisition of Mailbox.app, Windows Phone 8
Brett Haggard, Charlie Fripp and Steven Ambrose gather in a Cape Town hotel room prior to Samsung Africa Forum 2013 for a debate on the mobile industry and a round-up of some of the week’s top news stories. Topics discussed include the Samsung Galaxy S4
Two deputy commissioners have been appointed to serve six month terms on the Competition Commission, the economic development department said on Monday. “The two new deputy commissioners are advocate Oliver Josie and Ms Trudi Makhaya,” it said in a statement. Both of them
Communications minister Dina Pule has slammed allegations of nepotism against her and her boyfriend as a smear campaign. According to Pule’s spokesman, Siza Qoza, Pule believed she was the victim of a “politically motivated smear campaign [that] is characterised by people throwing mud at her in the hope that
Parliamentarians are likely to have to take personal responsibility for social media postings conducted during official proceedings, a weekend newspaper reported. “If a member sits in the house or a committee and sends out tweets, does the whole parliamentary privilege apply?” ANC member Cedrick Frolick, the house chairman
The Free State government’s control over information in the province appears to be growing with the recent takeover of the province’s only independent English-language newspaper by a company seen as having close ties to premier Ace Magashule and his senior officials
