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Six of Eskom’s generation units tripped on Monday, dramatically increasing the chances of the return of rolling blackouts this week.

A Hisense factory in Atlantis, north of Cape Town, was reopened on Friday after it was temporarily closed by government over allegations it was not compliant with Covid-19 regulations.

New research from GfK suggests there has been a marked shift by South African consumers to online shopping, with most likely to continue using e-commerce, even after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.

Higher education, science & innovation minister Blade Nzimande said the 64-dish MeerKAT, the pre-cursor to the Square Kilometer Array, will be expanded by 20 dishes at a cost of R800-million.

MultiChoice Group is adding two, 24-hour ESPN sports channels to its DStv platform following an agreement with Walt Disney Co. The channels will be launched on DStv on 29 July.

After several weeks of trading in narrow ranges, bitcoin breached $10 000 on Sunday for the first time since early June.

Eskom’s gross debt surged to R480-billion after the struggling state-owned power utility borrowed from its lines of credit, documents show.

A man who ripped off equipment from mobile phone base stations in the Western Cape has been sentenced to 500 years in prison, though he will spend no more than 13 years behind bars in practice. 

Woolworths saw online food sales for its South Africa business leap 87.8% in the 52 weeks to 28 June as consumers turned the Internet and shunned stores amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

MTN Group expects to report an increase in earnings per share of at least R3.45, or 140%, in the six months to the end of June 2020.