Eskom has declared force majeure – unforeseen circumstances that prevent the fulfilment of a contract – on one of its biggest coal suppliers, Exxaro Resources, setting the stage for possible legal action.

Society is seemingly trapped in amber, frozen in place by the coronavirus. But really we’re speeding ever faster toward a technological future.

Telkom group executive for regulation Siyabonga Mahlangu joins TechCentral for a discussion on Icasa’s emergency temporary spectrum relief and what it means for operators, including Telkom.

Contact tracing apps must be made with privacy at their heart and only keep data as long as necessary, governments have been told.

Independent energy producers were finally making headway in their bid to persuade government to revive long-stalled plans to buy more renewable power when they encountered a new obstacle: the coronavirus.

Alibaba Group will invest $28-billion on cloud infrastructure such as data centres over the next three years, a major effort to extend one of its fastest growing businesses to more countries.

Google and Facebook will be forced to pay media companies in Australia for publishing their news under what the government says is a world-first mandatory code of conduct.

TechCentral asked South Africa’s largest mobile operator whether it can take immediate advantage of Icasa’s emergency temporary spectrum assignments and how it plans to use the allocations.

Against all expectations, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back for another lockdown episode of TalkCentral.

Government will consider a proposal for a once-off wealth tax during an economic recovery planning meeting on Monday, according to a report on Sunday.