Load shedding is back, this time in the middle of the week, as Eskom struggles with supply problems. The power interruptions are set to start at 10pm on Tuesday and will run until 5am on Wednesday.
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Apple has a “clear opportunity” to offer a buying and selling mechanism for cryptocurrencies, according to a research report on Monday from RBC Capital Markets.
Tesla said on Monday it had invested about $1.5-billion in bitcoin and expected to begin accepting payment for its cars and other products with it in the near future. The cryptocurrency surged to a new record high.
Telkom’s mobile business is still flying. In a financial update for the nine months to end-December 2020, published on Monday, the company said service revenue from mobile soared by more than 40% year on year.
Shares in Mustek leapt by more than 13% on Monday after it told shareholders that its headline earnings per share would more than double in the six months ended 31 December 2020.
Vodacom South Africa said on Monday that owners of Apple’s latest iPhone 12 smartphones can finally connect to the company 5G network.
The rand weakened early on Monday after South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination plan suffered a setback over the weekend as the government put on hold the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine in its programme.
Some people are laughing through gritted teeth at Elon Musk’s tweets promoting dogecoin – the joke may ultimately be on all of crypto.
City Power, Johannesburg’s municipal electricity supplier, has moved to a two-hour load-shedding schedule and announced changes to its load-shedding blocks – both implemented with immediate effect.
Telkom on Friday said Dirk Reyneke will replace chief financial officer Tsholofelo Molefe, who resigned in December to join MTN Group, also as CFO.