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Cape Town-founded agritech start-up Aerobotics has raised $17-million in a series-B funding round led by Naspers.

Eswatini – formerly Swaziland – has become the first, and possibly last, country in Africa to sign a pledge to join the outgoing Trump administration’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme.

The supreme court of appeal has thrown out MTN South Africa’s appeal against a judgment ordering it to pay R11.4-million in damages, plus interest, to a dealer whose business was shut down in 2011.

Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo.

Eskom has firmed up a plan to implement load shedding in Johannesburg in two-hour blocks, instead of the current four-hour interruptions, with effect from 19 January.

Eskom’s official three-month outlook for demand and generating capacity shows a high likelihood of load shedding every single week until mid-April. But there is reason for encouragement.

National treasury is considering raising taxes as one of several possible mechanisms to fund the vaccination drive against Covid-19, Business Day reported on Monday.

Debt-laden power utility Eskom is extending power cuts into Monday after delays in restarting some key generation units.

Residents and businesses in Johannesburg may soon find load-shedding times reduced from the current four-hour blocks, to the two-hour blocks imposed elsewhere in South Africa.

Facebook’s WhatsApp is delaying the roll out of new business features following user backlash over the company’s data sharing practices.