Author: Staff Reporter

Eskom warned on Monday of a high risk of load shedding, especially during the evening peak from 5pm, due to a “continued shortage of generation capacity”.

The data centre business in Wiocc Group plans to establish 100 “edge” data centres in smaller centres across South Africa by year-end.

Vox, the company formerly known as Vox Telecom (and before that, DataPro), is changing its name again – this time to Vivica Group.

After recent price increases on some tariff plans by MTN and Vodacom, Telkom has followed suit with price bumps on its own.

Stellenbosch will play host to a planned trial of the feasibility of introducing electric minibus commuter taxis in South Africa.

Investment app developer Franc has raised R8-million in “seed extension” funding led by 4DX Ventures and is using the money launch a B2B offering.

Spar is gearing up to take on Shoprite Group’s Checkers Sixty60 and Pick n Pay asap! in online grocery shopping in South Africa.

Vantage Data Centers, the US company building a data centre campus in Midrand, has signed a 20-year energy supply deal with SolarAfrica.

Eskom has warned that there is an elevated risk of load shedding in the “coming weeks” as a shortage of generation capacity persists.

Energy regulator Nersa appears to be stepping up the pace when it comes to approving the registration of new private power generation plants in South Africa.