Two new coal-fired power plants being built in South Africa are “badly designed and badly constructed”, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.

South African-born customer engagement company Clickatell has appointed former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan and other heavyweights to its board, it said on Tuesday.

Jealousy could be behind some of the criticism of Huawei in the West, the Chinese technology giant has suggested.

Naspers on Tuesday warned South Africans about a scam, in which criminals are trying to dupe people out of their money using the company’s name.

Mystery surrounds a decision by Microsoft South Africa to terminate two partner agreements with JSE-listed technology services group EOH.

MultiChoice won’t hike the price of DStv Premium in 2019, reflecting the pressure the pay-television broadcaster is under at the top end of the market.

Eskom is moving to stage-4 load shedding with effect from 1pm on Monday. This means that the utility will shed 4GW of electricity, up from the 2GW it was shedding on Monday morning.

Eskom started a second day of power cuts on Monday, creating uncertainty that endangers businesses that are highly dependent on the utility, a group representing the biggest electricity users said.

If Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos really wants his company’s movie production division to create a blockbuster hit, he might want to let them focus on his own life.

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