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A Randburg man is believed to be the first person to appear in court for refusing to pay e-tolls, Beeld reported on Wednesday. According to the court papers, Bulgarian Dr Stoyan Hristov Stoychev drove his Hyundai i30 without one of its number plates, changed the “C” on
Technology company Mustek has told shareholders that it expects to report a strong improvement in headline earnings for the six-month period ended 31 December 2014. “Mustek’s headline earnings per share are expected to be between
Fuel retailer Engen and logistics company UTi Distribution have announced plans to roll out e-commerce lockers at Engen forecourts, starting in Sandton in Johannesburg. The news comes just months after Makro announced that it was working
A new smartphone application, developed by Cape Town-based “consumer engagement agency” iKineo, has been launched to showcase the Winelands of the Western Cape to tourists. Available only for the iPhone for now, the app, called Sideways, allows
There is an app for everything these days and, given that power cuts have become part of everyday life for South Africans, a quick search on your favourite app store will return a growing number of load-shedding applications to help you through these dark days
The African News Agency, which plans to syndicate stories across the continent, will open its doors in March, founding CEO Chris Borain said on Tuesday. “With Sapa terminating its services on 31 March, we intend to
Government on Tuesday dismissed a hoax statement saying it had been warned by Eskom the main power grid could crash, plunging the country into darkness for over two weeks, the department of communications said. “The message regarding Eskom is not
The first commercially available smartphone running Ubuntu, the open-source operating system developed by Canonical – the company founded by South African technology billionaire Mark Shuttleworth – is about to go on sale. Sadly, the phone won’t immediately
Stage one power cuts will be implemented on Monday afternoon, electricity provider Eskom said. The company posted on its Twitter feed at 2.30pm: “Stage 1 load shedding to be implemented from 4pm to 10pm due to shortage of capacity
A year after announcing that its CEO, Mark Simpson, had decided to leave the company to “pursue personal interests”, undersea cable operator Seacom has appointed Byron Clatterbuck to the role. Seacom founder and executive director Brian Herlihy
