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Just when we thought things were starting to stabilise, Eskom is back to remind us that all is not well with South Africa’s electricity system.

South Africa’s economy contracted back to pre-pandemic size in the second quarter, weakened by the country’s worst-ever power cuts.

Bitcoin’s been called a lot of things. Buzzy, beguiling, baffling, even bogus. But never boring. Yet, of late, it’s been eerily subdued.

South Africa’s petrol price will fall by the most in two years, increasing the chances that inflation may be near a peak.

Government has proposed that South Africa switch off its 2G cellular networks by June 2024 and its 3G networks by March 2025.

MTN Group has settled $300-million in Eurobonds that were due in 2024 early, helping deleverage its balance sheet.

The .ZA Domain Name Authority has defended draft regulations that ISPs last week warned would undermine the popularity of the .za domain space.

The Information Regulator has established online portals for public and private bodies to use to submit their Popia reports and to register their information officers.

Telkom and three state-owned enterprises have called for “drastic measures” to deal with infrastructure vandalism and theft in South Africa.

The Internet Service Providers’ Association has warned that draft regulations dealing with .za domains could damage the popular .za brand.