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Eskom went into its 23rd day without load shedding on Monday, after the official opening of unit 6 of the Medupi power station. Medupi unit 6 was opened officially by President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, after being synchronised onto the national grid and a period of testing
PC sales in Africa and the Middle East fell by a massive 25,6% in the second quarter of 2015, the steepest decline ever recorded in the region for a single quarter, International Data Corp said on Monday. Overall PC shipments for the quarter fell to 3,3m
The country’s energy shortage is a serious obstacle to growth, said President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, when he officially opened unit 6, the first of six units at Medupi Power Station near Lephalale in Limpopo. This comes after Statistics South Africa announced this week that
Just one customer has complained to the National Consumer Commission (NCC) about disappearing mobile data, according to a spokesman. Rapid mobile data depletion has become a hot topic in South Africa this month, with complaints streaming into radio stations and on social
How and when mobile networks expire consumers’ unused data is coming under the spotlight again in South Africa, says National Consumer Commission (NCC) spokesman Trevor Hattingh. The NCC announced earlier this month that it is investigating contract price hikes by mobile networks
The investigation into how a highly restricted cellphone “grabber” came into the possession of normal citizens is a sensitive matter, the Hawks said on Friday. These are surveillance machines that can access bank transactions and jam cellphone network signals, and
Telkom customers can now buy apps from the Google Play Store directly from their smartphone or tablet and charge the cost directly to their bill if they’re a contract customer or to their available airtime if they’re on prepaid. Telkom is offering the service by integrating its event
Growth in international Internet capacity connected to Africa outpaces all other regions of the world, new research shows. African Internet bandwidth grew by 41% between 2014 and 2015, and by 51% compounded annually over the past five years, to reach 2,9Tbit/s, according to new data from
The department of communications has hit back at criticism over payments it made to cover a US trip by minister Faith Muthambi. The department spent almost R600 000 on a nine-day trip to a luxury goods show and folk art festival in the US, according to a reply in parliament
The State Security Agency would not be drawn to confirm or deny whether a secret operation was taking place at the SABC’s Durban offices as alleged by the staff on Wednesday. In a cryptic comment, an SSA spokesman said staff should ask the SABC if
