I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read that the “first Earth-like exoplanet” has been discovered. With nearly 2 000 exoplanets found to date, it is no wonder so many of them will resemble our planet in some way. But which
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Independent cellular service provider Altech Autopage is likely to be closed down as soon as February next year, with its million or so subscribers sold to the network operators for about R1,5bn
Imagine the horror. Waves of denial, smashing against the rocks of inevitability. Your brand new, US$9 000 radio controlled aeroplane has just flown over that far clump of trees, heading for the
An energy sector leader recently observed that the electricity crisis in South Africa is maturing (perhaps like cheese) from generation capacity problems to issues of electricity prices, tariffs
Vodacom’s latest numbers must be deeply worrying for its principal rival, MTN. While the latter is facing immense turmoil – a R75bn fine in Nigeria, the departure of its long-serving group CEO and
From Cape Town to Thohoyandou, more than 3 000 public health facilites span South Africa. In rural areas, the distance between health facilities can span hundreds of kilometres often covered via poor roads. In places like these, the difference between a
The first government-subsidised and locally manufactured set-top boxes for South Africa’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration project, have started rolling off a production line at an electronics factory in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. CZ Electronics
Legislation governing surveillance powers has appeared on both sides of the Atlantic: the draft Investigatory Powers bill has just been published in the UK while the US senate has voted through a proposed Cybesecurity Information Sharing Act. Following Edward Snowden’s revelations about
A home-grown cellphone brand, AG Mobile, which offers low-cost handsets into the mass market, is starting to challenge the big-name brands for dominance of the South African market. AG Mobile, an
After two weeks of uncertainty in which its share price fell by 17,5%, MTN finally provided some clarity to shareholders on Monday. The announcement that CEO Sifiso Dabengwa had resigned with immediate effect led to the first substantial engagement with the market since the operator was issued