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South Africans could soon experience their first-ever stage four load shedding after Eskom confirmed that the stage allocation would be altered. The current stages of load shedding are stage one, when 1GW is cut from the grid; stage two, when 2GW is cut from the grid
The names of 26 bidding organisations that have each won a piece of South Africa’s R4,3bn set-top box tender have finally been revealed by the state agency tasked with the project. Last week
Independent power producers praised the energy department’s announcement on Thursday that it would be opening the door to a host of new possibilities for the private sector to contribute to the production
Wits University researchers have developed a way to accelerate light that could eventually lead to much faster Internet speeds and benefits for medical technology. Prof Andrew Forbes and his team of the
Technology group Gijima, which plans to delist from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange soon, is in trouble with the bourse after failing to submit its interim report within the three-month period stipulated
First National Bank said on Thursday that it will provide 10 000 generators at “significantly discounted prices” to small businesses and residential clients in an effort to “alleviate the immediate
Business Connexion, the IT services group currently the subject of a R2,7bn takeover by Telkom, has turned in a robust performance in the six months ended 28 February 2015, with diluted headline earning per share rising by 23,6% on the back of a 16%
Pro-government newspaper The New Age received an advertising injection of more than R2m from the department of higher education, which joins a host of other departments in directing advertising
Less than three weeks after Vodacom hiked its subscription fees for a range of contract packages and a week after Telkom revealed plans to hike line rental fees, MTN is following suit, announcing it intends revising subscription rates for its contract and data plans
Finland’s Nokia has agreed to purchase France’s Alcatel-Lucent for US$16,6bn. The deal will allow them to compete more effectively with market leader Ericsson and fast-growing Chinese rivals Huawei and ZTE. The boards of both companies have approved
