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The wastage and theft of water is a national problem that costs South African municipalities billions of rand every year. Now a local invention from a company called MyWater, which allows municipalities to better monitor water consumption in poorer communities, is
The women’s ministry welcomed on Thursday the investigation of the gift of a wife to SABC acting chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. “As the department responsible for the championing of the rights of women, we cannot sit back and allow women to be treated like secondary
The national power grid would remain tight on Thursday, Eskom said. “Tonight we are expecting the same as last night … a tight balance, a very low reserve margin,” spokesman Andrew Etzinger said. “The balance between supply and demand will be challenged
A cyber criminal syndicate has used key-logging software to steal millions of rand from the Road Traffic Management Corporation’s (RTMC’s) bank account, Times Live reported on Thursday. The syndicate, reportedly made up of a husband and wife pair and at least three other people, allegedly splurged
Deputy communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams earned herself a tongue-lashing after using a swear word during her speech in the state-of-the-nation debate on Thursday. Attacking Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane, Ndabeni-Abrahams said: “As a person who had aspirations
Telkom wants to cut its ratio of staff expenses to revenue to 25% in the next five years, its acting chief financial officer Deon Fredericks has revealed. In the 2014 financial year ended 31 March, the ratio was 28,6%, down from 29,8% in 2013, a decline of 3,7%. The telecommunications operator
Telecommunications provider BitCo has reached an agreement with Chatz Connect to sell its home broadband product, which competes with Telkom’s fixed-line ADSL offerings, through Chatz’s network of retail stores. Chatz Connect, the largest of Vodacom’s independent dealers, is a big player in South Africa’s
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a television white-spaces spectrum pilot in Limpopo, using unused portions of radio frequency spectrum reserved for broadcasting to deliver Internet access. It hopes the project will encourage further deployments throughout Africa. The pilot follows the launch of similar
An alleged copper cable theft kingpin was expected to appear in the Polokwane magistrate’s court on Wednesday, Limpopo police said. Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said the 37-year-old man was arrested in Westernburg, outside Polokwane, on Tuesday, with copper cables worth R700 000. “Further investigations
ower constraints call for a “radical transformation” of the country’s energy sector, President Jacob Zuma told South Africans on Tuesday. “We need to respond decisively to the country’s energy constraints, in order to create a conducive environment for growth,” he said in his state of the nation address
