A quartet of newly approved projects is chasing spare grid capacity, not South Africa’s best solar resources.
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Rain’s newly launched unlimited mobile plans come with a high-spec handset – and plenty of fine print.
eMedia’s landmark deal with Netflix puts its flagship new drama on the streaming giant’s platform a day after broadcast.
Telkom fought to keep its network and South Africa lost a decade. Eskom risks making the same mistake.
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Almost 18 months on, South Africa’s $8.5-billion transition showpiece looks more like a cautionary tale.
Zimbabwe needs $100-million of gold to kick-start its proposed bullion-backed digital currency.
The power utility has launched a demand-side management initiative which could save some 1.5GW of energy for the grid.
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has proposed a plan to stave off deeper power cuts by increasing the use of diesel turbines.
JSE-listed fintech group Capital Appreciation is acquiring Dariel Solutions for R131-million, to be settled in cash and shares.
Communications minister Mondli Gungubele has come out guns blazing against the DA over its claim that the ANC government is blocking Starlink in South Africa.
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Airbnb is hiring former Apple design chief Jony Ive and his new firm, LoveFrom, to work on projects with the home-sharing start-up.
Short-form streaming service Quibi is closing down just over six months after launch. The service had promised to revolutionise how viewers consumed entertainment and was geared towards smartphones.
The Chinese foreign ministry warned Sweden that it should revoke its ban on Huawei Technologies to avoid hurting prospects for Swedish companies.
Chinese technology companies including Huawei have expressed strong concerns to local regulators about Nvidia’s proposed acquisition of ARM, potentially jeopardising the $40-billion semiconductor deal.
“This is the way the world ends,” writes TS Eliot in The Hollow Men, his masterful poem about death and dying. I’m sitting in the load shedding-induced silence, thinking about this remarkable poem
There’s this guy that’s pretty sure the thing you’re looking at right now is one of the greatest threats to humanity. No, he’s not talking about our growing obsession with staring at sheets of digitised glass, and the unhealthy sedentary existence associated
