Author: Staff Reporter

First National Bank has appointed company insider Sashin Sookroo as CEO of its mobile virtual network operator business.

William Mzimba, head of Vodacom Business in South Africa, is stepping down from the company after a five-year tenure.

Eskom will continue to impose load shedding at stage 6 – equalling the worst cuts the utility has imposed.

Bard, is now available in Swahili, the first African language to be supported by the generative AI platform.

Vumatel plans to deploy advanced technologies allowing it to launch home fibre broadband packages with speeds of 10Gbit/s or more.

The intensification comes just days after the electricity minister praised Eskom for maintaining lower levels of load shedding.

Higher demand for electricity as a result of a powerful cold front has meant intensified load shedding.

Some 72% of companies in South Africa don’t submit annual returns and therefore don’t meet basic legal requirements.

Vodacom South Africa has partnered with the Johannesburg Roads Agency to ensure traffic lights along major intersections operate during load shedding.

The Information Regulator has issued a R5-million administrative fine on the department of justice.