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The power grid will be severely constrained for the rest of the week, parastatal Eskom said on Tuesday. “It is possible that we may go through today [Tuesday] without implementing any load shedding,” spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said. “If any of our

The market has failed to deliver broadband to all South Africans, hence government’s decision to intervene, naming Telkom as the…

Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has called on telecommunications operators to work more closely together to reduce costs in an environment where input costs continue to rise but where prices for telecoms services continue to decline. Joosub says one

Broadband Infraco appears to be in limbo. After national treasury made no mention of the state-owned telecommunications company in its latest budget vote allocations, an Infraco spokesman has downplayed industry talk that it will soon be put up for sale. “Broadband

Samsung made it clear at the launch of its two new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, on Sunday evening that it’s taking direct aim at Apple as it fights to make up ground

It’s Mobile World Congress time again, and that means most of the world’s smartphone manufacturers (notably barring Apple) are getting ready to wow audiences with their latest and greatest handsets

The Democratic Alliance on Sunday called for clarity in relation to reports that the communications ministry spent an unauthorised R1,6m on newspaper advertisements. “It is reported … that this expenditure did not go through the proper approval processes

If you’d invested R40 000 in the shares of Durban-based technology company Adapt IT five years ago, you’d be a millionaire today. Adapt IT’s shares have risen by a spectacular 2 400% in the past five years, making it the best performing technology counter on the JSE

MultiChoice has announced annual price hikes for its various DStv bouquets. The top-end DStv Premium bouquet will rise by 5,1% to R699/month, from R665/month previously, with the “access” fee for personal video recorder owners rising by R5 to R80/month, an