Author: Staff Reporter

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.

Eskom will implement load shedding from 5pm on Tuesday – and the rolling power cuts will last until next Monday.

The price of diesel will jump again this week, adding further impetus to inflation, which is threatening to burst above the Reserve Bank’s 3-6% target range.

Zapper has launch tap-on-phone payments, allowing consumers to pay with a tap of their smartphones, irrespective of whether or not they have the Zapper app.

Long-serving MetroFibre Networx CEO Steve Booysen will step down from the fibre-to-the-home operator at the end of May.

Sony has revealed the South African launch date and pricing for PlayStation Plus, its rival to Microsoft’s popular Xbox Game Pass subscription service.