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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
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The Delta coronavirus variant, first identified in India, appears to be dominating new infections in South Africa, local scientists told a news conference on Saturday.
The third wave of Covid-19, which is driven by Gauteng, will spread to other provinces. This is the warning from acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane.
Dimension Data’s newly appointed CEO, Werner Kapp, said the company’s parent, NTT, sees Africa and the Middle East as ripe with potential.
Modelling prepared for the provincial government shows that the peak of a third wave of Covid-19 infections in Gauteng is expected soon.
Eskom on Friday said it will implement a conditional 1.5% wage increase, potentially setting the stage for a showdown with unions, which had been demanding far more.
South Africa aims to more than double the rate of daily Covid-19 vaccinations over the next month to more than 200 000 as more Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson shots arrive, health officials said on Friday.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled a cheaper electric crossover SUV, the Model Y, in a bid to regain momentum after a rough start to the year.
Facebook said a shift in the setup of its computer servers caused a widespread outage described as the largest ever recorded to hit the social media network and its other services.
Facebook is under criminal investigation in the US over the alleged sharing of user data with some of the world’s biggest technology firms, a report has claimed.
Gravity Industries’ multi-gas turbine engine Jet Suit has been granted the right as the inventor of an apparatus enabling an individual to fly.
The African leg of a new submarine telecommunications system that will serve markets in the North and South Atlantic will be ready for service in the first quarter of 2014. The cable will offer high-speed global connectivity to SA, Angola and Nigeria. That’s the word from the Wasace Cable Company, which is building the
Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, hit the ground running in the months after its launch in 2010, offering compelling products and spending a small fortune plastering its brand across billboards and newspapers. But industry insiders say the mobile operator hasn’t managed to capitalise on its early































