South Africa’s SKA-Mid telescope comes alive as “first fringes” confirm it is now a working scientific instrument.
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Watts & Wheels is back – EVs, Chinese challengers, mega chargers and petrol rebels collide in the new season’s first episode.
As television turns 50 in South Africa, streaming, smartphones and social media are redefining how content is created and consumed.
South African owners of 372 of Volvo’s popular EX30 model have been urged to pay close attention to a safety recall.
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South Africa’s plan to create a separate power transmission company has been hobbled by restrictive debt arrangements with parent Eskom.
Telkom has launched two new mobile plans, Infinite and FlexOn, that it hopes will energise interest among consumers.
MTN South Africa has provided more granular detail about where it plans to deploy 5G sites in South Africa this year.
Vumatel will at least double the line speeds for most of its fibre customers until at least the end of January next year on a promotional basis.
Amazom.com plans to launch online shopping services in South Africa and four other countries by early 2023, a report said.
After warning earlier on Monday that load shedding could be implemented at short notice, the inevitable has now happened.
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India’s richest man surged past Silicon Valley tech titan Elon Musk as well as Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to become the world’s sixth-richest person.
Shares of Tesla ended down 3.1% on Monday, tapping the brakes on a rally that has boosted the electric car maker’s stock by over 40% in two weeks.
The UK is poised to ban Huawei Technologies from its next-generation mobile networks under a two-step plan to protect critical systems from security threats, a person familiar with the matter said.
Huawei Technologies on Monday reported a 13.1% rise in revenue in the first half of the year, showing slower growth as US officials continue to pressure the company’s suppliers and customers.
In South Africa, as in many countries, the release of senior secondary school exam results, referred to locally as “the matric”, causes a media furore every year. At 18 years old, students either pass or fail and their results are published in
It was another busy year in South Africa’s technology industry. From the drama at the SABC to the drama over the splitting of the department of communications, it’s been an interesting news year, but a frustrating one for the sector. We know what our favourite stories were in 2014

































