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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Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko has slammed the Competition Commission for intervening directly in prices in the data services market, warning using this “blunt and archaic” tool is an “ineffective instrument that may ultimately have unintended and deleterious consequences”.
Expect the night sky to start changing fast. One day soon, the stars we can see from Earth could be outnumbered by a vast swarm of satellites.
The police have arrested an individual in Cape Town suspected of illegally selling pirate Internet streaming devices and online content subscriptions.
Eskom said on Friday that it will escalate rotational power cuts to stage 4 from 2pm on Friday as it battles breakdowns at its generation plants and wet coal due to continued rains.
Vivo, one of China’s biggest smartphone brands, has been launched in South Africa. The company has partnered with Vodacom for the initial launch of devices.
Eskom said on Friday that persistent rain on the Highveld in recent days – which is not predicted to stop until the middle of next week – has contributed to the latest load shedding crisis.
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Samsung Electronics has blamed a minor battery manufacturing flaw for prompting a global recall of its Galaxy Note7 smartphones and is seeking more time to investigate the cause behind its deepest crisis in
Visa, the world’s largest payments network, introduced a mobile phone application to enable cashless transactions in Kenya, where the majority of wireless payments are being done through the nation’s biggest
Samsung Electronics lost US$22bn of market value over two days as investors factor in a bigger hit to its bottom line from widening bans and warnings on its Note7 smartphones. Shares have plunged 11% since Friday, the biggest
For more than a week, Samsung’s shares survived reports of its exploding Galaxy Note7 smartphone, a worldwide recall, and news of the “heartbreaking” US$1bn bill. Yet calls by airlines and regulators for passengers to follow somewhat mundane
