Gauteng’s heatwave has not affected power consumption during the critical peak period, Eskom said in a statement on Thursday. Although the simmering heat heightens electricity demand during the day because of the increased use of air conditioners, there is a reprieve after
Altron disclosed on Wednesday that it has fully impaired intangible assets related to the failed Altech Node set-top box and home automation system to the tune of R44m in the six months ended 31 August 2015. TechCentral first reported last month that Altron had decided to pull the plug on the service
Telkom is migrating two of its fixed-line prepaid voice services from copper to a wireless “fixed-line lookalike” service. Customers of its Waya-Waya and PrepaidFone services are affected by the move. The company emphasises that its mobile prepaid users are not affected by
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Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has, over the years, alternated between trolling his fans and pandering to them and trolling them by pandering to them. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain might be his most intricate stunt yet, though it is disguised as a fairly routine action game for much of its running time
The Zimbali estate in KwaZulu-Natal has been rated as South Africa’s most exclusive housing estate for 2015 by Hurst & Wills and New World Wealth, a global wealth intelligence and market research company. This 700ha estate is located next to Ballito, 45km north of Durban. Along with
Dimension Data’s Middle East and African operation has acquired the remaining 60% of software house Britehouse it didn’t already own from a consortium made up of Remgro, Convergence Partners and Britehouse management. The IT group has held a 40% stake in Britehouse since
Microsoft on Tuesday surprised industry watchers by revealing it’s getting into the laptop computer business, taking the wraps off a powerful, 13,5-inch notebook PC, the Surface Book, that doubles as a tablet. The machine, which starts at US$1 499 (about R20 500 before VAT
The renewables sector has attracted R192,6bn in investment, of which 28% (R53,2bn) is much-needed foreign investment, a report by the department of energy shows. The State of Renewable Energy in South Africa report, which was released at the South African International
South Africa is likely to have between 692 000 and 917 500 active video-on-demand households by 2020, according to new research by BMI-TechKnowledge. The finding forms part of BMI-T’s South African Consumer Digital Lifestyle Research Programme, which surveyed
