A sluggish renewables roll-out and a looming 2029 supply gap may complicate the timing of Eskom’s plant closures.
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In an aggressive move, Capitec Connect will now offer free on-net calls and consumer financing for smartphones.
Eskom is working with Nersa to develop a framework to monetise a daytime surplus created by the boom in rooftop solar.
South Africa’s largest retail bank by client numbers says the roll-out has moved well past the experimental phase.
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The partnership between MTN Group and Meta Platforms will focus on network enhancements for voice and video calls.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday named MTN Group chairman Mcebisi Jonas as South Africa’s special envoy to the US.
The rand strengthened on Monday, boosted by news that the ANC may back down on a plan to raise VAT.
South Africa is on the cusp of starting a traded electricity market that will give consumers a choice of power products.
Sony has announced price increases for the PlayStation 5 in key markets – and South Africa may not be spared.
The first model from Chinese upstart Leapmotor to hit South Africa’s roads is the C10 REEV, which has a 1.5l petrol engine designed purely to charge the car’s battery.
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Former Microsoft product chief Panos Panay will lead Amazon’s unit responsible for Alexa and Echo products.
The CEO of Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin, Bob Smith, will step down at the end of the year.
Phantom Liberty, the long-awaited expansion to Cyberpunk 2077, had received a “very positive” rating on Steam.
The fabric used on iPhone 15 cases, called FineWoven, has been panned for being prone to scratches and stains.
Eskom has admitted it has a solution to its highly unreliable ageing fleet of coal power stations. This time, however, the plan is not the clichéd definition of insanity (which seems to have been the plan over much of the last decade).
About 81.3% of those who wrote matric in 2019 passed. What the country is not hearing about from the minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, is the drop in performance in mathematics.
