South Africa faces “another era of isolation” if it persists with coal power generation, the CEO of Eskom said, arguing a pivot to cleaner energy would boost the competitiveness of the country’s exports.
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Eskom is starting a pilot programme to allow businesses to buy green power. It gives businesses a mechanism to purchase clean energy from the utility without having to own a renewable energy generator.
South Africa may limit the use of public amenities to the people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the health minister said.
Standard Bank said on Wednesday that customers using its mobile banking app have been experiencing slow response times and intermittent problems when trying to log in.
Unit 1 at the Koeberg nuclear power station near Cape Town tripped on Monday, but Eskom – which operates the facility – said there is no reason for concern about safety.
Mark Harris is stepping down as MD of Altron unit Altron Nexus and will be replaced with immediate effect by financial director Kennedy Chinganya. Harris will “handle special projects” until end-November.
Tencent investor Prosus – the spinoff of JSE-listed technology and media conglomerate Naspers – is placing its bet on India as the next big technology market.
Eskom has posted a fourth consecutive annual loss as it continued to service a mountain of debt, repaired ageing plants and lost electricity revenue because of a drop in demand.
Microsoft has announced that the next major version of Windows will be available for installation starting on 5 October, though not all users will be eligible to get it on launch – if they can get it at all.
Adapt IT, the software services group that is currently the subject of a takeover by Volaris Group, said on Tuesday that it expects to report a 1% improvement in revenue for the 12 months to June 2021.