No proposal has reached the regulator on making midday power cheaper to soak up surplus solar in South Africa.
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M-Net and KykNet are leaving the confines of Premium, cricket is dropping to R399 and Compact Plus is disappearing altogether.
Mncane Mthunzi takes the role in an industry whose US exports have collapsed 74% and whose NEV transition is stalling.
UN human rights chief Volker Türk says advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity, and is calling for agreed red lines.
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African Rainbow Energy and Power is looking to boost renewable power generation to become one of the biggest clean energy providers in South Africa and Africa.
The rand fell on Monday, ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England’s interest rate decisions.
The Office of the Chief Justice is investigating a R225-million tender that was allegedly riddled with irregularities.
Multichoice Group is looking to spend half its content investment on African shows with local actors and producers within the next two years.
MultiChoice Group will be ready to showcase the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 4K ultra-high-definition resolution, its CEO, Calvo Mawela, said.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced government intends prohibiting the importation and distribution of 2G devices by March 2023.
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A lightweight version of Google’s search app designed to take up less space and work on slower Internet connections has been released globally for the first time.
The cost of producing hydrogen using renewable energy sources is set to drop sharply over the next decade, making it competitive with supplies extracted from fossil fuels and enhancing its role in the clean energy transition.
European Union antitrust regulators are already probing Facebook s two-month-old libra digital currency project.
Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei has warned in an internal memo the company is at a “live or die moment” and advised underutilised employees to form “commando squads” to explore new projects.
Lack of certainty around the encryption and access control mechanisms to be used for digital terrestrial television, along with how millions of set-top boxes will be subsidised for poorer households, looks set to throw South Africa even further off track
Despite the relatively small number of fixed-line Internet connections and the still relatively high cost of mobile data, South Africa now has three music streaming services vying for consumers’ attention. And this is before the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox Music, expected soon. TechCentral
