South Africa’s energy crisis eased as Eskom scrambled to repair broken plants and supplemented supply using gas turbines and pumped-storage facilities.
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Eskom, South Africa’s biggest polluter, has asked for additional emission exemptions at two of its biggest plants, a request that will increase environmental protests against the state-owned utility.
Google has unveiled its annual “Year in Search” lists, showing South Africa’s top-trending searches included some bizarre queries such as “Why were corn flakes invented?”
US creative software giant Adobe will begin levying VAT on South African subscribers from 2020, the company said on Wednesday.
Apple has started selling its new Mac Pro desktop computer on Tuesday, complete with eye-watering pricing options that can push the cost north of $50 000.
President Cyril Ramaphosa cut short a trip abroad to deal with an escalating crisis at the state power company, as week-long blackouts threaten to tip the economy into recession.
Batteries that don’t have time to recover fully and criminals taking advantage of power cuts are two of the factors making life difficult for South Africa’s mobile networks as rolling blackouts continue into a sixth day.
Just Eat has rejected Naspers spin-off Prosus’s higher bid saying that the latest offer still significantly undervalues the company.
Zimbabwe’s state-owned Zesa Holdings escalated power cuts to as long as 24 hours after losing regional power imports and local generation capacity remains critically constrained.
A new computer module created by Bosch can be used to turn any pair of glasses into smartglasses, the company has claimed.