Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
Top News
Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
More News
Eskom has provided details about its plan to procure a gigawatt of additional electricity supply on an urgent basis to reduce the impact of load shedding.
South Africa is teetering on the brink of its most severe power cuts yet, just months after government announced emergency measures to try and end load shedding.
The former Altron CEO will join the bank’s board and will advise the company on IT strategy as a member of the group IT committee.
Craig Lefkowitz has been active in the ICT industry for more than 20 years, the last 11 years of which have been in telecommunications.
The current electricity crisis engulfing South Africa’s economy shows no immediate sign of abating.
While Americans won’t be paying more for the iPhone 14 line-up from Apple, South Africans aren’t nearly as lucky, with prices rising by up to 20.3%.
World News
The European Central Bank will start experimenting with a digital version of the euro while holding a public consultation in a major step toward introducing the technology.
ByteDance is working with US regulators to resolve outstanding security concerns over its planned sale of a stake in TikTok, and the companies involved are bracing for the approval process to drag on past the November election.
Google plans to pay $1-billion to publishers globally for their content over the next three years, its CEO said on Thursday, a move that could help it win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny.
Huawei is ready to be thoroughly examined to show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries that will include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks, a company executive said.
John Nash, mathematician and Nobel laureate in economics, died in a taxi accident on 23 May. He was 86. His wife, Alicia, was with him and also did not survive the crash. The Nashes were on their way home to Princeton from Norway, where John was
The world’s cellphone manufacturers will sell 1,4bn smartphones in 2015, generating US$300bn in sales. Indeed, smartphone sales will dwarf the sale of all PCs, televisions, tablets and game consoles
