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After successfully halting analogue switch-off on 30 June, e.tv has said it knows it needs to vacate the analogue spectrum bands as soon as possible.

The South African market has evolved, and continues to evolve, differently from many other places in the world.

Eskom said there was still a high level of absenteeism among its workforce due to a strike and that it could take weeks to clear a maintenance backlog.

Eskom is offering workers a 7% wage increase after the utility lost units during illegal protests that plunged South Africa into the worst blackouts since 2019, sources said.

Eskom and trade unions cited progress in talks to end a strike that has caused South Africa’s worst power cuts in more than two years.

The constitutional court gave communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni a bloody nose on Tuesday after it sided with e.tv in a high-stakes legal battle.

Eskom has announced that for only the second time in history, the country will be subjected to stage-6 load shedding.

Eskom has warned that there is a “very real risk” of stage-6 load shedding during the evening peak on Tuesday as an illegal strike at Eskom intensifies and turns violent.

A plan by Tencent’s major backer, Naspers-controlled Prosus, to further cut its stake in the company fuelled concerns among investors on Tuesday.

Takealot Group has built a powerful platform that will stand it in good stead in an increasingly competitive market, said Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk.