Two incidents at City Power’s Mayfair substation left the public broadcaster relying on generators for days.
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Sakeliga wants the high court to set aside Icasa’s decision on Solly Malatsi’s empowerment policy direction.
Telkom says Icasa’s equity rules go beyond the B-BBEE Act and may have deterred network investment.
Pick n Pay’s Vince Viviers on subscriptions, fresh food, Amazon, dark stores, Penny and personalisation.
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The CSIR has painted a bleak picture of the state of Eskom and energy supply in South Africa in its annual statistics on power generation for 2021.
Dubai is considering handing over two Gupta brothers who are wanted in South Africa for allegedly masterminding the looting billions of dollars from state entities.
Eskom has warned that there is an elevated risk of load shedding in the “coming weeks” as a shortage of generation capacity persists.
Energy regulator Nersa appears to be stepping up the pace when it comes to approving the registration of new private power generation plants in South Africa.
Short-term insurer Santam has acquired the remaining 49% stake it doesn’t already own in JaSure for an undisclosed sum.
South Africa’s economy grew more than expected in the first quarter, recovering to the level it was before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Countries should co-operate in developing the Internet, big data and artificial intelligence, China President Xi Jinping said in a letter to the China International Big Data Industry Expo.
The US-China technology Cold War is about to spread, and that will force leaders to make some difficult decisions.
Apple was sued by customers who claim the company is unlawfully disclosing and selling information about people’s iTunes purchases as well as their personal data.
US President Donald Trump says he may resolve a dispute over Huawei as part of a trade agreement with China, yet doing so would undercut American assertions the company poses a national security threat.
Media group Avusa said last week that 25% of SA video stores had shut up shop in the past year. Rather than the usual culprits of piracy, video on demand and the weak economy, one major industry player is laying the blame squarely at the door of Avusa-owned Nu Metro. Peter Scott, a director at
No matter what they choose to believe, telecommunications companies are little more than operators of “dumb pipes” and the “sooner they can get over it, the sooner they can move on”. That’s the view of Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig, who says social networks will play an increasingly important

































