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Electricity demand has remained static, requiring an urgent change in future energy plans, National Planning Commission member Anton Eberhard said on Wednesday. “Electricity demand today is still at 2007 levels. It’s unprecedented. In the entire history of the electricity industry in South Africa
Mapping is one of fastest-growing areas in companies’ IT expenditure. Three-quarters of large companies and two-thirds of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) expect to spend more of their budgets on digital mapping services this year. These are just some of the findings
The high court in Pretoria will hear an application to appeal against e-tolling on Friday, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said. “Outa remains committed to this case, which largely seeks to protect citizens’ constitutional rights, along with challenging the onerous, expensive, inefficient and cumbersome matters
Communications minister Dina Pule has placed her director-general, Rosey Sekese, on “special leave”, potentially igniting a new round of turmoil in the troubled government department. Pule’s spokesman, Siya Qoza, confirmed the move on Monday morning after the Sunday Times carried
Tellumat, one of the companies hoping to build set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television, says if e.tv succeeds in its bid for free-to-air broadcasters to manage the control system for the boxes, this could lead to further delays in the already long-delayed migration away from analogue broadcasts
South Africa’s online streaming music market has gone from nowhere to crowded in a matter of months. This week, another online music service, France’s Deezer has been launched — or “soft-launched”, according to a company source. France’s Deezer, which enjoys a close
An application to broadcast three pornography channels has been made with the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), TopTV has confirmed. CEO Eddie Mbalo said in a statement that while the law encouraged public participation, the final decision rested with Icasa, and depended on the merits
Orange, the mobile arm of France Telecom, is entering South Africa’s cellular communications industry with the intention of launching a fully fledged virtual mobile network operator (MVNO) with one of the country’s network providers. However, the launch of the MVNO is not imminent
Orange has denied there is any link between the closure of local online e-retailing website eXpansys.co.za and the France Telecom-owned mobile operator’s decision to partner with eXpansys in the UK to sell electronics goods to South Africans. eXpansys.co.za was operated by the
Cell C is losing its chief financial officer. Fabrizio Mambrini, who joined the mobile operator five years ago, has tendered his resignation and will leave its employ soon, TechCentral has learnt. Mambrini will return to Oger Telecom, Cell C’s parent company, where
