Following major problems that brought Eskom’s Medupi power station to its knees last week, Medupi manager Rudi van der Wal is leaving Eskom to take up a position overseas.
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Adobe has picked Illustrator as the next major application it will put on Apple’s iPad, the latest effort to create a version of the software maker’s top desktop products for mobile devices.
Deloitte has become the latest international company dragged into South Africa’s government-linked corruption scandals.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said Eskom’s financial position “remains untenable” and urged non-paying citizens to change a culture of non-payment.
Scientists have developed an “artificial skin” that they say can wrap around devices such as smartphones and make them ticklish.
Eskom has said no load shedding is expected on Monday and the probability of load shedding is low for the week.
Eskom ended controlled blackouts on Saturday as power supplies improve, it said in a statement.
The company that runs Africa’s largest public Wi-Fi network is being liquidated after the unprofitable business failed to secure new investors.
In South Africa, solar and wind are in, and coal is gradually on the way out. That’s the key takeaway from the latest Integrated Resource Plan, which maps out the energy mix for the next decade.
Long-term exposure to blue light emitted by smartphones, laptops and other digital devices may lead to brain damage and speed up the ageing process, scientists say.