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Eskom’s application for a 16% price hike over five years is vital to cushion the economy against a shock of a sudden tariff rise, public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. Briefing the parliamentary committee on public enterprises, Gigaba was reluctant to declare whether Eskom’s
The fourth-generation long-term evolution (4G/LTE) version of Nokia’s new flagship handset, the Lumia 920, will go on sale in November, the Finnish handset manufacturer said in a statement on Tuesday. The Lumia 920 is Nokia’s new flagship device powered by
Copper theft declined in September, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Tuesday. The chamber’s copper theft barometer showed a decline to R14,7m for the month, from R17m in August and R19,7m in July. “This is the lowest level in
As e.tv and government head to court this week in a dispute over who should own and manage the crucial set-top box control system for digital terrestrial television (DTT), state-owned signal distributor Sentech has moved to allay fears that it will charge what it likes if it manages the system. E.tv
Nashua Mobile has extended its flat-rate data products, Xtreme Data and Xtreme Data Premium, to some Android-powered Samsung Electronics smartphones after earlier introducing the plans on certain Nokia handsets earlier this year. The
Eskom has asked for a 16% increase in electricity prices each year for the next five years, the parastatal said on Monday. This would more than double the price of electricity from 61c/kWh in 2012/13 to 128c/kWh in 2017/18. Eskom has submitted its application
Vodacom Group looks set to please its shareholders with a robust set of financial results for the six months ended 30 September 2012, despite increasing downward pressure on tariffs in its largest market, SA. The telecommunications group expects headline earnings
It emerged last week that Eskom plans to kit out consumers’ homes with expensive but energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) downlighters and other power-saving gear free. Now, the utility says the project is set to continue well into next year as it strives
Democratic Alliance MP and communications spokesman Marian Shinn wants communications minister Dina Pule to lay criminal charges against the “official or officials” who authorised the withdrawal of R4,7m to pay a tax bill. According to Shinn, the
Alan Knott-Craig has resigned as CEO of Stellenbosch-based social networking and instant-messaging service Mxit after disagreeing over strategy with major shareholders in the company, who include former FirstRand executives Paul Harris and GT Ferreira. Mxit is 90% owned by
