The Apple Planned Obsolescence Conspiracy Theory Party – of which I’m a vocal, card-carrying member – obtained a substantial piece of new evidence this week: Apple acknowledged it had issued a software update that slows down
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The ANC has agreed that SA’s migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television should happen in June 2019, the party’s communications subcommittee chairperson Jackson Mthembu confirmed on Wednesday
Online audio services company iono.fm has announced it has secured a new funding round. The Cape-Town based firm has raised an additional R4m from Clifftop Ventures, the venture investment arm of Clifftop Colony
The average speed of streaming on Netflix in South Africa lags behind major developed markets, though the country is almost on par with India and Brazil. Statistics from the global video-on-demand provider show that
MTN Business and Huawei have launched a usage-based product for insuring drivers. Initially using MTN’s 2G and 3G network, the intention is to use the mobile operator’s Internet-of-things network when it offers
Energy regulator Nersa on Friday announced that it granted Eskom little more than a quarter of the 19.9% tariff increase it applied for, for 2018/2019, and in fact slashed its revenue to considerably less than it
Huawei has rubbished a claim it owes R22m to Fantastic 1 Mobile, with which it partnered in 2016 to open Huawei-branded retail stores across South Africa, saying there is “no basis” to the company’s claim. The stores were
Matshela Koko was reinstated by the board of Eskom to his role as acting CEO, on Friday morning. Previously the head of generation at the state utility, he was suspended and subject to an internal probe relating to the company’s
Five Huawei-branded stores have been closed after an ugly dispute over non-payment allegedly amounting to millions of rand to a local partner of the Chinese consumer electronics giant. Nisaar Ally, owner of Fantastic 1 Mobile, which
South Africa is seeking to raise as much as R4bn from the sale of part of its 39% stake in Telkom to raise funds for the country’s unprofitable state airline and post office, according to two people familiar with the