Eskom has permission to circumvent some purchasing rules in order to boost critically low coal stocks at several of its power stations and avoid a return to rolling power cuts. The state-owned utility is seeking coal
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The adoption of cloud computing has soared in the three main markets in sub-Saharan Africa in the past five years, but South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria are using the technology very differently, according to new
Telkom’s wholesale division, Openserve, has introduced a speedier fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband plan offering 200Mbit/s download speeds to consumers. Previously, the company’s fastest FTTH
Vodacom said on Thursday that is has achieved 80% population coverage with 4G/LTE and claimed to be the first operator in South Africa to reach this target. Its 3G and 2G population coverage is 99.78% and
Facebook has responded to a letter from South Africa’s newly established Information Regulator, telling it that more local users of the social media platform may have had their data shared with UK data marketing
First National Bank is having another go at attracting the unbanked and underbanked in South Africa, announcing on Wednesday the launch of a mobile bank account that allows consumers to use either a feature phone or
The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered Webafrica to withdraw its latest advertising campaign, which uses the phrase “effing fast Internet”, where it might be heard or seen by children. The authority, which
The South African Revenue Service’s announcement that it considers cryptocurrencies to be intangible assets and not currencies has brought an end to widespread speculation about the nature of cryptocurrencies
The department of telecommunications & postal services is actively redrafting the controversial Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, with the minister, Siyabonga Cwele, set to outline more details in the
Shareholders in EOH have made their unhappiness known, with sizeable votes against five executive directors and significant resistance to its remuneration policy at Thursday’s annual general