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’s headline consumer inflation quickened more than expected to 6.5% year on year in May from 5.9% in April.
Load shedding, which Eskom had been expected to implement only during the evening peaks this week, will now be ramped up significantly.
Other nations and philanthropic organisations want to join the $8.5-billion climate finance deal offered to South Africa by rich countries.
A critical meeting to decide the future of Cell C was not able to proceed to a vote on a planned recapitalisation this week.
South Africans may soon no longer be required to wear a mask in public, including in supermarkets and shopping malls.
South Africa’s plan to create a separate power transmission company has been hobbled by restrictive debt arrangements with parent Eskom.
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But pressure from the US has continued to grow and European governments and carriers have found themselves having to choose sides between two world powers.
Signal has become the most downloaded messaging app in Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the city that stirred fears of curbs on civil liberties.
Organisers of a growing Facebook advertising boycott said they saw “no commitment to action” after meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the company needs to get better at removing hateful speech – a response to hundreds of companies that have stopped advertising on the social network.
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Two people walk into a seminar: one takes photos, video and an audio recording of the presentation, while the other takes hand-written notes. Which person do you think will better recall the information? The former can use their digital notes to create something new that builds on the topic, the latter
