Smart meter installations are lagging sharply, undermining Eskom’s ability to end load reduction timeously.
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AI data centres are starving the rest of the market of RAM and other components, pushing up the price of PCs, servers and everyday electronics.
Short-form content is developing as a new paradigm that traditional broadcasters and streamers are taking seriously.
Trade minister Parks Tau has appointed a new SEZ advisory board, blending government, business and technology expertise.
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Eskom on Wednesday warned that rotational blackouts could return at any moment as its struggled to meet demand for electricity with 11GW in unplanned breakdowns in its generation fleet.
Bitcoin’s recent run higher has brought out a lot of old predictions – and some new ones – about the future of crypto prices.
Revenues for African e-commerce heavyweight Jumia slid by 10% in the second quarter, dashing hopes that lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of the Covid-19 would lead to a flood of online orders.
The R3.8-billion claim Eskom has made against former executives as well as former minister Mosebenzi Zwane and the Gupta brothers, is a matter of principle, CEO André de Ruyter said on Tuesday.
The appointment of a white treasurer at Eskom has become mired in allegations of racism, deepening a political dispute between a rabble-rousing opposition party and a cabinet minister.
Manufacturers all along the solar supply chain have boosted prices in the past month after a 19 July explosion forced the shutdown of a major polysilicon factory in Xinjiang, China.
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The US is in talks with private companies to build a secure 5G network amid concerns about China and cybersecurity, said two administration officials familiar with the plans.Talks are preliminary, and key decisions over funding
When Michael Dell led a group taking his company private four years ago, he extolled the virtues of shading the company from the scrutiny of the public markets. Now he’s considering taking the computer maker public again. What’s changed
Intel, whose microprocessors dominate the PC market, gave an upbeat quarterly and annual sales forecast, signalling optimism that demand will persist even as the industry scrambles to fix vulnerabilities in its PC and server
n a break from Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May takes her crusade against technology giants to Davos. “No one wants to be known as ‘the terrorists’ platform’ or the first choice app for paedophiles,” May is expected to
The SA subsidiary of US multinational Microsoft plans to pump R472m into local black-owned SA software companies over the next seven years. It’s a move aimed, in…
Vox Telecom will feel “short-term pain” as wholesale mobile call termination rates fall. But the AltX-listed company should be able to rebuild lost profit within two years…

































