Three women were assaulted by thugs – apparently supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters – at a Vodacom franchise store at the Mall of the North in Polokwane on Sunday.

In the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg, both load shedded, chat about the feasibility of disconnecting oneself from the Eskom grid.

Cash-strapped power utility Eskom should rely on bond markets to raise the funds it needs rather than expecting bailouts from the government, finance minister Tito Mboweni said.

Published last week as an audio podcast, TechCentral is pleased to now bring you the full, fiery debate on e-tolls between Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage and ETC CEO Coenie Vermaak in high-definition video.

The price of petrol will plummet by R1.84/l on Wednesday, thanks to a stronger rand exchange rate and a sharp fall in international oil prices.

Cell C’s network was down for more than two hours on Saturday after Eskom load shedding caused the air conditioning to fail in a key data centre.