There is a high possibility of rolling blackouts on Friday, Eskom said on its Twitter account. “The load-shedding prognosis today [Friday] remains high and is dependent on the performance of the power plant,” the power utility tweeted. Eskom implemented stage
Mobile operator Vodacom has surprised by market by announcing plans to hike contract tariff plans from 1 May. Vodacom intends increasing the subscription fees on selected contract price plans
Two more SABC board members were removed on Thursday, the public broadcaster said. “The SABC board of directors today [Thursday] convened a meeting to conclude the business of the special board meeting that was adjourned on 12 March,” the broadcaster said in a
Brett Haggard, Steven Ambrose and TechCentral’s Duncan McLeod gather for a discussion about (among other things) the demise of GigaOm and the state of the media industry, BlackBerry’s insanely expensive smartphone, Apple’s insanely expensive smartwatch, Office 16
Eskom will implement stage two rolling blackouts on Thursday, the power utility said. “This is due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and
The supreme court of appeal yesterday dismissed StarSat’s leave to appeal a high court judgment that communications regulator Icasa had erred in granting it a licence to broadcast pornography. The news
The Payments Association of South Africa (Pasa) is moving ahead with plans to fine merchants that have failed to comply with 3-D Secure, a new layer of verification for online payments. And it’s got some online retailers hot under the collar. While not everyone’s happy
Telkom has once again renewed its cautionary notice to shareholders, informing them that it remains locked in negotiations with rival MTN about a deal. “Shareholders are advised that Telkom and MTN South Africa remain in discussions regarding the
A conference on small and medium enterprises hosted by the department of telecommunications & postal services was thrown into disarray on Tuesday after police were called in to remove the president of one of the factions of a warring grouping of black industrialists
Far from having any plans to change Vodacom’s name to match parent Vodafone, Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao revealed in Johannesburg on Wednesday that the global telecommunications group could
