Free Wi-Fi pioneer and non-profit Project Isizwe has launched the second phase of its wireless Internet access project in the Pretoria area, rolling out 213 new “Free Internet Zones” to schools in Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve
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Facebook’s Instagram has launched a new one-to-one visual messaging application for iOS and Android called Bolt – and it’s launched the product first in South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore. The Bolt app, which appears to be a response to the wildly popular Snapchat, lets users “capture and send photos and videos to friends with just
Consumers will see an additional electricity price hike next year after energy regulator Nersa announced on Thursday it had approved the regulatory clearing account for Eskom. “The National Energy Regulator of South Africa
Eskom warned that load shedding may worsen this winter as the power utility battles with electricity outages caused by problems with its ageing infrastructure. Speaking at a joint meeting of parliament’s portfolio committees on energy and public enterprises
Samsung Electronics has announced plans to open a television manufacturing plant at the Dube TradePort north of Durban by the end of the year. The company will invest US$20m (about R210m) in the facility between now and 2018
JSE-listed IT services firm Business Connexion (BCX) hopes its sale to Telkom is finalised by late November or early December, although the company has admitted it could be delayed if the transaction is challenged
Eskom will know by September how government plans to help it remain financially sustainable, public enterprises minister Lynne Brown told MPs on Tuesday. Addressing parliament’s portfolio committees on energy and public enterprises, Brown said an inter-governmental task team had come up with several options for Eskom’s financial problems
There was nothing wrong with cabinet members having business interests as long as there was no conflict of interest, communications minister Faith Muthambi said. “Government has noted media reports which highlight the private business interests of President Jacob Zuma and members of the executive,” Muthambi said in a statement on
Concern has grown over the appointment of President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Thuthukile Zuma, to the position of chief of staff at the department of telecommunications and postal services at the age of 25, earning her a salary of nearly R1m/year. Public opinion has been split over the news, with some calling for an end
The total remuneration bill for Telkom’s executive and nonexecutive directors as well as its prescribed officers has declined between the 2013 and 2014, the telecommunications group’s latest annual report, published