South Africa’s struggling state-owned power utility said it will implement a second day of controlled blackouts to prevent a total collapse of the electricity grid amid a shortage of capacity.
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Adobe is nearing the consumer launch of Photoshop for Apple’s iPads a year after it was officially announced. However, the application will lack some key features from the desktop version.
The world land speed record of 1 228km/h is under threat. The Bloodhound LSR car has arrived at Hakskeenpan in the Northern Cape and will now run tests.
Shareholders of 4Sight Holdings have demanded an explanation as to why a special meeting, which took place on 11 October to remove and appoint directors, was “improperly” and “unlawfully” adjourned.
Global technology distributor Ingram Micro appears to be poised to shut its South African operation.
Amazon Web Services said on Wednesday that Old Mutual has struck a wide-ranging deal with the South African financial services group to shift a large portion of its IT workload to the cloud.
Eskom implemented power cuts on Wednesday amid maintenance problems. The rand weakened as investors fretted about the effect on economic growth.
Eskom on Wednesday began a series of scheduled rolling blackouts, the first in seven months, as a shortage of supply meant there wasn’t enough electricity being produced to meet demand.
The head of Google’s devices division has admitted he tells visitors he has smart speakers in his home before they enter the building.
Eskom said on Wednesday that it will implement stage-2 load shedding from 9am on Wednesday, with outages likely to continue until 11pm.