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South Africa will soon agree on a comprehensive, unified approach to turning around Eskom, according to the public enterprises minister.

Whirring away in the bowels of an office block in northern Johannesburg is a crypto mine that is rated among the most profitable in the world.

While South Africa will remain on the coronavirus alert level 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on citizens who have not vaccinated to do so immediately.

The price of petrol is going up again – and this time it’s pushing the retail cost of the fuel above R20/l for the first time in South Africa’s history.

Icasa has licensed “provisional” spectrum to operators, ahead of an end-of-the-month deadline to do so, in the process resolving the threat of legal action.

The SABC has issued a request for proposals from suppliers as it prepares to launch an Internet streaming service that is likely to be a key component of its future strategy.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said things are improving at Eskom and that government is aware of the importance of reliable and stable electricity supply.

South Africa said a British ban on flights over a new Covid-19 variant seemed rushed, as EU authorities prepared similar moves.

South African scientists are working “at lightning speed” to ascertain how quickly the concerning new coronavirus variant can spread.

The rand weakened beyond R16/US$ for the first time in a year amid growing concern over a coronavirus variant.