Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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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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Africa Data Centres is acquiring Standard Bank’s giant data centre facility in Samrand, north of Johannesburg, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to the approval of the competition authorities.
JSE-listed 4Sight Holdings has agreed to sell its subsidiary Digitata, which it bought in 2017, for R91.9-million, to its original owners.
Top executives at JSE-listed IT services group EOH Holdings, including CEO Stephen van Coller, will have their salaries cut by 25%, while those earning more than R250 000/year will see their pay reduced by 20%.
EOH Holdings reported a 21.8% decline in total revenue to R6.4-billion in the six months to 31 January 2020, but losses decreased as it said it was making headway with its turnaround plan.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised the importance of social distancing after a former deputy minister shared a picture of himself and communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, and others, having a meal at his house.
WhatsApp has introduced new stricter limits on message forwarding in a bid to stop the spread of disinformation.
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Tesla stock is the new ultimate driving machine. Shares of Elon Musk’s electric-car maker climbed 1,4% as of 11.10am Friday, boosting its market capitalisation to US$61,6bn, about $280m more than BMW. Tesla now ranks as the
SoftBank Group is taking over Google parent Alphabet’s robot dreams, buying Boston Dynamics to pursue a future when more machines intermingle with humans. As part of the transaction with Alphabet, SoftBank
Donald Trump’s closest friends and allies have begun to publicly warn the US president that his Twitter tirades are fueling mayhem in the White House and risk jeopardising his presidency. “The tweeting makes everybody crazy,” said Trump’s
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company has helped UK officials investigate terror attacks, while reiterating his dismay over US plans to quit the Paris agreement on climate change
