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.

Eskom expects to launch its turnaround strategy in 2019 after at least two delays of its much-anticipated recovery plan, as power cuts blanket the nation.

Naspers has its sights set on acquisitions as it targets “significant investments” for its $10-billion cash pile in the next couple of months, chief financial officer Basil Sgourdos said.

Monero lead maintainer and Tari co-founder Riccardo Spagni returns to the TechCentral podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about the great cryptocurrency crash of 2018 and the importance of privacy in the digital age.

Naspers first-half earnings climbed 39% as it made further progress in turning a profit at its myriad Internet businesses, it said on Friday.

Netflix and other streaming video providers may be a long-term threat to MultiChoice, but the pay-television operator isn’t seeing too much of a challenge just yet, an analysis of the latest financial numbers from parent Naspers suggests.

If all goes as planned with the scheduled SpaceX launch on Sunday, a start-up called HawkEye 360 will have a trio of satellites resembling toaster ovens circling the globe, scanning for pirate radio.