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
The department of home affairs has dismissed a senior official found guilty on counts relating to gross negligence and gross dereliction of duty.
Africa Data Centres has drawn down the first tranche of $83-million of $300-million in funding it secured recently.
A whistle-blower complaint from Twitter’s former head of security will have wide ramifications for the business.
South Africa’s headline consumer inflation quickened to 7.8% year on year in July from 7.4% in June, data from Statistics South Africa showed.
Eskom said it is “considering” cutting the power to the City of Tshwane, which includes Pretoria and Centurion, over non-payment by the metro.
The communications regulator has appointed Norman Gidi as acting CEO from 1 September following the resignation of Willington Ngwepe.
World News
A group representing major Internet companies has urged a US regulator to reject a Trump administration bid to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content.
Analysts raised price targets for Zoom Video Communications on Tuesday as its shares hit a record high, while warning that a return to office work could hamper its success.
In just a few hours, Zoom Video Communications CEO Eric Yuan got $4.2-billion richer after shares of his virtual-meeting company surged as much as 26% to $410 in late US trading.
Facebook on Tuesday told users it can take down or block any content that could increase regulatory or legal risks for the social media giant around the world – even if the content itself isn’t illegal.
There are some specific words that are not particularly popular with the European Commission: “hi-tech”, “anticompetitive” and “bundling”, to name a few. Throw “US firms” into the mix, and the
Digital music downloads and online streaming sales have now overtaken sales of CDs and records for the first time, underscoring just how fundamentally the internet has changed the way we consume
