Author: Staff Reporter

Seacom has acquired the metropolitan fibre network of Kenya’s Hirani Telecom to serve its enterprise customers in the country.

So far this year, Eskom has experienced 342 unit trips against a target of 196, 4.61GW of load losses against a target of 3.97GW and 23.1% unplanned load losses against a target of 18%.

The state-owned power utility said the rolling cuts will begin at 9am on Tuesday and last until at least 5am on Saturday, two days before South Africans go to the polls.

Customers can now use their virtual cards in Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, Garmin Pay and Fitbit Pay as well as in the bank’s own tap- and scan-to-pay solution.

Eskom will implement stage-2 load shedding from 9pm on Saturday until 5am on Monday, the state-owned electricity utility said on Twitter.

Metrofile has agreed to buy 70% IronTree Internet Services from the founding shareholders, with the remaining tranche to be bought in 2024.

MTN South Africa on Thursday unveiled MTN Online School, a free virtual platform offering educational resources for grades R to 12.

Vodacom South Africa is launching Sim cards made from recycled plastic to reduce the harm they cause to the environment.

Netflix is hiking the price of two of its most popular plans in South Africa, the Standard and Premium tiers, with immediate effect.

Bank Zero account and transaction fees will also remain exactly the same next year, meaning they have been unchanged since the mutual bank went into beta last year.