Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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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.
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South Africa will require R500-billion in private investment to end power cuts that are stalling economic growth by the start of 2025, Peter Attard Montalto said.
Eskom will continue with power interruptions until at least 5am on Monday, the state-owned utility said on Friday.
Eskom plans to launch a crowdsourcing digital platform in an effort to attract skills it urgently needs, including technical and engineering talent.
A proposal by wealthy nations to mobilise the money to help South Africa reduce its dependence on coal has proved more complex than anticipated.
Eskom is seeking an average power tariff increase of just over 32% for next year, much higher than originally sought.
DataEQ has published a new report, using data from social media, to determine how six of the country’s largest ISPs compare in the eyes of consumers.
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China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, sources said.
Micron Technology has not yet obtained new licences needed to sell its memory chips to China’s Huawei, which will cut its sales over the next two quarters, company executives said.
Apple is giving CEO Tim Cook new equity awards that could provide him with as many as a million shares by 2025.
Google has sought to rebut criticism that it selectively enforces its 30% mobile app store tax, demanding that the over 3% apps selling digital items without complying follow the rules within a year.
Telkom’s wholesale price cuts of up to 63% announced last month have so far failed to translate into lower prices for those with broadband digital subscriber lines. Internet service providers (ISPs) that were prepared to comment were not expecting to
The recent announcement by Tesla of Powerwall, its new lithium-ion-based residential battery storage system, has caused quite a stir. It even raises the possibility of going off the grid, relying upon solar panels to generate electricity, and storing it with their

































