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In a resounding black economic empowerment success story, the value of the 20% investment in MultiChoice South Africa by BEE shareholders has increased by 20 times. The shares are currently trading around R170 each and, including total dividends paid to date of just
In spite of disputes about race and transformation, Stellenbosch University is cranking out research at such a rate that it climbed 88 places on a worldwide university ranking released on Tuesday. It came in at 302 on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2015/2016
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has moved closer to traders and to other world markets with the installation, by Dark Fibre Africa, of a direct fibre link between the bourse’s head office in Sandton and Teraco’s data centre in Isando, east of Johannesburg. The 32km
MultiChoice has announced a new upgrade for its high-end DStv Explora personal video recorder (PVR) satellite decoder. A new software update, which will be delivered automatically from 15 September to all active Explora PVR decoders, promises improvements to
A subsidiary of French telecommunications company Orange plans to launch its own video-on-demand (VOD) offering in South Africa next year. Orange Horizons currently operates a retail business in South Africa where it sells smartphones and devices via its local
After more than a month of no load shedding, Eskom on Monday evening announced that it would implement stage 1 load shedding between 7pm and 10pm “due to loss of generating units”. News of the blackouts comes after the power utility warned on
Unofficial imports are hurting sales of a new Indian phone brand in the country, says a local representative. Unofficial, grey or parallel imports are typically cheaper than officially licensed products because they are void of aspects such as warranties or free screen repair programmes
Eskom has kept the country’s lights on for five weeks, following a gruelling period of load shedding during winter. However, the power utility cautioned on Sunday that the power system will be tight in the coming days owing to maintenance work. It will undertake planned maintenance
South Africa is set to become the first country outside the US to offer Seagate’s new storage cloud solution when it is launched later this month by the American company’s local partner, Sithabile Technology Services. Seagate Storage Cloud will be hosted at Teraco
President Jacob Zuma has announced that cabinet has approved a bill that will help curb copper theft and any vandalism of infrastructure because disrupting infrastructure will be regarded as a more serious crime. The president said these crimes hamper
