Mobile telecommunications infrastructure belonging to MTN and Vodacom has been torched and destroyed in KwaZulu-Natal, possibly as the result of conspiracy theories linking 5G and Covid-19.
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The total market value of cryptocurrencies surpassed $1-trillion for the first time on Thursday amid a frenzied and volatile rally in bitcoin to yet another record.
Government officials have called for stricter measures to curb soaring coronavirus infections at a meeting to discuss the state’s response to the pandemic, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Load shedding will be back, at stage 2, from 10pm on Wednesday, 6 January, Eskom has announced. The power cuts will be repeated on Thursday.
Bitcoin jumped to another all-time high on Wednesday, just two days after registering its biggest one-day decline since March.
Eskom has taken Unit One of Koeberg offline earlier than planned for scheduled maintenance, exarcerbating the risk of regulator load shedding in the months ahead.
A system using satellite data to send free alerts when trees are destroyed has been linked to a significant drop in forest losses in Africa.
South Africa’s biggest businesses said they are “seriously considering” a request by the government to help fund the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines as the disease curbs activity in the economy.
Six telecommunications companies have responded to the invitation to apply for access to radio frequency spectrum bands suitable for mobile broadband roll-out, with no real surprises among the names.
South Africa has tightened rules aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. These are the key restrictions published in the Government Gazette.