Fast-growing independent data centre operator Teraco Data Environments has increased the size of its medium-term funding facility to R400m. The additional funding has been secured from Barclays Africa

Early results from a pilot project, whereby customers are charged higher rates for power on selected peak demand days, were “very promising”, Eskom said on Tuesday. “The critical peak

Eskom began stage two power cuts as of 11.30am on Tuesday, the power producer said. Spokesman Khulu Phasiwe confirmed the utility was escalating blackouts from stage one, implemented earlier

Theft of vehicles is about as old as the notion of transport – from horse thieves to hijackers. No longer merely putting a brick through a window, vehicle thieves have continually adapted to new technology, as demonstrated by a new method to steal a car without the

Eskom will implement load shedding in stage one at 10am on Tuesday and this will continue until 10pm, the electricity utility said. “The grid is exceptionally tight. There is a medium to high chance of load shedding today [Tuesday] if we do see further technical challenges developing

More than a quarter of IBM’s employees could be laid off later this week, according to a column on Forbes’s website penned by well-known technology industry author and columnist Robert X Cringely

Power utility Eskom has moved its power cuts from stage one to two, it announced on Twitter on Monday. “Load shedding has moved from stage 1 to stage 2 as of 3pm,” Eskom tweeted. Power cuts would continue until 10pm, it said

Alcatel-Lucent has won the contract from Vodacom to build a fibre broadband network into South African businesses and homes, the telecommunications equipment vendor said on Monday. The company, which is headquartered in France, has been

Eskom implemented load shedding at 11am on Monday and will continue with the rolling blackouts until 10pm tonight, the electricity utility said. Due to electricity demand that has exceeded supply, Eskom implemented load shedding in stage one

Microsoft, once the dominant force in the software industry, has for a few years been on the back foot. Despite its undeniable clout and the world’s largest installed base of users, it has been slow to move