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There were no power cuts planned for Monday but the electricity grid remained constrained, Eskom said. “There is no load shedding being implemented at present,” Eskom’s media desk said in an e-mail. “The power system is constrained and will remain so for
Namibian power utility NamPower is currently exporting electricity to its South African counterpart Eskom, which is struggling to meet demand, an official said Monday. “We are currently exporting up to 200MW of electricity to South Africa
MTN told communications regulator Icasa on Friday that it should block Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel because the deal would give the country’s largest mobile operator an unfair advantage. At public
Cell C made an impassioned plea to communications regulator Icasa on Thursday not to approve Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel, warning that the deal would result in a lessening of competition
Access to radio frequency spectrum owned by Neotel would give Vodacom “some breathing room”, relaxing constraints on its ability to compete and allowing it to offer more 4G/LTE and 2G capacity on its networks
Government is working together with municipalities to consider the recommendations made by the e-tolls advisory panel and their implications, Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Thursday. “The provincial government
Elements of the Gauteng e-toll system must be reviewed, Gauteng premier David Makhura announced on Thursday. These elements related to the affordability, sustainability and administration
Eskom is like a car that has not been maintained, its CEO said on Thursday. “The metaphor of a car is very useful. If you continue to drive a car without maintaining it, it will carry you but at some point it breaks
Korea’s Samsung Electronics is not buying Canada’s BlackBerry, the two companies said overnight, denying a Reuters report that an acquisition was on the cards. The newswire quoted an unnamed source as saying that Samsung had recently offered
Government shares responsibility with Eskom for the power problems gripping the country, Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona said on Thursday. “The government co-owns the problem because some
