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Power supply is stable, utility Eskom said on Monday. “At this stage, the system is constrained but stable,” its media desk said. “The risk of load shedding is there if anything unexpected happens.” Earlier in March, Eskom said unit six at its newly built
The South African National Editors’ Forum on Monday said it was appalled by the Western Cape government’s call for all provincial departments to stop subscribing to the Cape Times. “Sanef finds it appalling that the executive committee of the
Telkom chairman Jabu Mabuza is buying a 10% stake in black-owned investment company Sphere Holdings in what the latter is…
A leadership crisis at the department of telecommunications & postal services is threatening to boil over after director-general Rosey Sekese fired one of her deputies, Gift Buthelezi, via an SMS this week while he was on leave. TechCentral has established
Sabido Investments, which owns broadcasting assets including e.tv and eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), has announced it may have to close two loss-making divisions and has begun consultations with affected staff. The first business that may be closed down
SABC nonexecutive director Hope Zinde insisted on Friday that she is still a member of the public broadcaster’s board. “I want to assure you that I am still very much a member of the board of the SABC,” she said in a statement. The SABC board passed
Cell C was experiencing severe network issues on Friday morning, with customers of the mobile operator’s network not contactable.
The outage appears to have started just before 8.30am. Frustrated users have taken to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction, complaining
South African consumers aren’t going to have to wait long for the new Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, unveiled at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The new phones will go on sale in South Africa on 10 April, according to a posting on Vodacom’s
Parliament’s public enterprises portfolio committee is concerned at the suspension of four top Eskom executives, it said on Friday. “We register our concern regarding the stability and governance of the power utility, considering the current energy challenges facing the
Government has proposed establishing a range of cybersecurity structures to deal with the growing threat of cybercrime, cyberterrorism and other online threats. In the proposed Cybercrimes and Related Matters Bill, which is being circulated for comment
