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South Africa’s most-used social network, Facebook, will this weekend remind South African users to register to vote – the last chance they’ll have to do so before the local government elections on 3 August. It’s the first-ever voter registration campaign that
Fibre optics allow for the communication of data at the speed of light. But the amount of data that can be sent along any optic fibre is limited by how much information you can encode into the light wave travelling through it. Currently, optic-fibre technology uses
An Uber driver was hijacked outside Cape Town International Airport on Thursday night, the company confirmed. “We have been in touch with the rider and driver-partner to offer our support and we are relieved to hear both of them are okay,” an Uber
Home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba and President Jacob Zuma launched the department of home affairs’ electronic channel (e-Channel) project on Thursday. Gigaba said the department collaborated with four major banks to
Internet ride-sharing app Uber says it could theoretically reduce Johannesburg traffic by almost a million cars if it introduces its car pooling option in South Africa. Uber launched in South Africa in 2013, and the service is available in
Internet ride-sharing service Uber says reports about 200 of its partner drivers striking in Cape Town are exaggerated. Reports emerged on Wednesday night saying that about 200 Uber drivers stopped working and marched toward the company’s Greenpoint office
Absa has warned its clients of downtime across its electronic channels this weekend as it upgrades its systems to “improve infrastructure stability”. The systems are expected to go offline at 10pm on Saturday evening and return to service
The department of energy has refuted claims that South Africa’s nuclear procurement process has been stalled indefinitely. The department says it has noted that a member of the opposition in the portfolio committee on energy stated
The former chairman of communications regulator Icasa, Paris Mashile, has been reappointed to the authority’s decision-making council with immediate effect. News of Mashile’s return to Icasa comes as the authority names four new councillors
Some 200 Uber drivers have picketed Uber’s Cape Town office after the company said it was cutting prices on its entry-level UberX service by up to 20% to spur demand in the winter months, it has been reported. Eyewitness News said the
