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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With one notable exception, IT spend in South Africa’s banking sector has remained relatively stable.
Blue Label Telecoms has unveiled a major planned restructuring involving the mobile operator.
Powerful digital tools and decreased physical risk have led to a decrease in robberies, while hacking surges.
Criminals are exploiting advancements in technology, with keyless theft of vehicles on the rise in South Africa.
There is no greater sign of the urgent need for reform of the electricity sector than the way Eskom’s tariffs are set.
The department of electricity & energy has appointed a new head of the Independent Power Producers Office.
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Israeli cybersecurity start-up Wiz has ended talks with Google on a reported $23-billion deal.
The global tech outage caused by CrowdStrike impacted nearly 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft said at the weekend.
Friday’s IT chaos, which disrupted businesses worldwide, has been linked to a piece of software called CrowdStrike Falcon.
South Africa’s Capitec Bank was a victim of the global outage caused by a rogue software update.
