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Former Altech CEO Craig Venter, who quit the Altron group last year after 27 years working for the business started by his father Bill Venter, has lifted the lid on his new venture. The new company, ClickaBet, is a sports betting website that Venter

Naspers-owned Internet television provider ShowMax on Friday said that it is expanding to 36 additional countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ShowMax was launched in South Africa in August 2015

Renewable energy has failed to provide energy when Eskom most needed it, CEO Brian Molefe said on Thursday. Speaking at its quarterly “state of the system” briefing in Cape Town, Molefe said renewable energy is like a very old cellphone. The

In five years, South Africa might have a surplus of electricity generation capacity, which it can export to neighbouring countries, Eskom CEO Brian Molefe said at the utility’s quarterly “state of the

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has mooted investments in the infrastructure and ICT sectors in South Africa and Africa. Ramaphosa was wooing potential investors at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Kigali in Rwanda

There will be no load shedding this winter and next summer, Eskom CEO Brian Molefe said at a system status briefing in Cape Town on Thursday. He said the power utility does not anticipate load shedding for the 2016/2017 financial year