Author: Staff Reporter

Massmart’s troubled general merchandise retail chain Game has relaunched its website, with a focus on e-commerce, as part of a turnaround strategy.

Eskom will implement rolling blackouts during the Tuesday evening peak, following a similar schedule to Monday, as it continues to battle plant breakdowns.

Phillip Dukashe, Eskom’s group executive for generation – and a 26-year veteran of the state-owned power utility – has resigned.

After a lull of just two days, Eskom will revert to cutting the power because it can’t keep up with demand for its only product.

A striking number of mid-sized companies in South Africa that have been hit by ransomware attacks are paying the attackers, new research has found.

Eskom on Monday warned that its system is again under “severe” pressure, and that load shedding during the evening peak is a distinct possibility.

Eskom said it would reduce load shedding to stage 1 from 10pm on Friday evening, even though plant breakdowns remain high at 16GW of capacity.

Inq., a technology company in Andile Ngcaba’s Convergence Partners portfolio, is acquiring South African cloud technology solutions provider Syrex.

Vodacom South Africa will buy much more of the electricity it needs for its operations from renewable energy sources within the next three years.

Webafrica is pulling the plug on its physical offices, with its more than 500 employees to work completely remotely, making it one of the biggest companies to do this.