Author: Staff Reporter

Eskom will implement stage-2 rotational load shedding until at least Sunday, it said on Thursday. Rolling blackouts will begin at 9am and last until 6am on Sunday at the earliest.

More than a month after freak simultaneous submarine cable breaks disrupted Internet access in South Africa and other African countries, international connectivity has been fully restored.

A R1-billion smart electronics factory in East London, Yekani Manufacturing, is seeking business rescue in an effort to avoid being liquidated, according to a newspaper report on Wednesday.

German car-making giant Volkswagen is preparing for the introduction of its electric vehicle line-up on South African roads through the local launch of the e-Golf pilot project.

MultiChoice Group has created an Innovation Fund to invest in small businesses in the video entertainment and technology sectors.

It’s been a grim start to 2020 for some South African-listed technology companies, which have seen their shares battered on weak earnings updates and negative investor sentiment.

MTN South Africa said on Tuesday that it’s some making progress in fighting the scourge of cellphone tower battery theft, though the problem is far from being overcome.

MultiChoice will hike the price of some DStv bouquets on 1 April, but the increases have been kept well below inflation as the broadcaster battles weak consumer spending and rivalry from online streaming platforms.

Adapt IT’s headline earnings per share for the six months ended 31 December 2019 will fall by as much as 51.7%, the software group said in a trading statement after markets closed in Johannesburg on Friday.

Dimension Data’s Internet Solutions has become the second company, after Vodacom, to sign an agreement with Liquid Telecom South Africa for the procurement of wholesale 5G services.