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Software developer jobs are booming in South Africa, but too few qualified candidates are applying, Pnet data shows.
Consumers are reshaping online payments as merchants race to meet growing demand for flexible digital options.
Solar parks and grid-scale batteries are set to deliver significant new capacity to South Africa’s grid in 2026.
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The industry body has lodged an objection with the Competition Commission over Vodacom’s plan to buy a significant minority stake in CIVH.
Karpowership said it’s committed to delivering what would be its biggest-ever project as activists mounted a fresh legal challenge against the company’s plans.
Long-serving MetroFibre Networx CEO Steve Booysen will step down from the fibre-to-the-home operator at the end of May.
The US and about 60 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the Internet that are underpinned by democratic values. South Africa was conspicuous by its absence.
Outa is challenging the energy regulator’s decision to approve the construction of floating gas power stations in three South African ports.
Sony has revealed the South African launch date and pricing for PlayStation Plus, its rival to Microsoft’s popular Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
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Twitter has announced it will warn users when a tweet contains disputed or misleading information about the coronavirus.
Elon Musk restarted production at Tesla’s only US car plant, flouting county officials who ordered the company to stay closed and openly acknowledging he was risking arrest for himself and his employees.
The Covid-19 pandemic likely barely dented Tencent Holdings’ growth. The bigger long-term threat may be the growing posse of challengers to its Internet leadership.
Regulators are moving to let US companies participate in technology standards-setting bodies alongside Huawei Technologies, despite the Chinese firm being blacklisted in the US over security concerns.
Big data will change the way South Africans receive health care and how medical schemes administer it and Metropolitan Health, one of the country’s largest medical scheme administrators, wants to be at the forefront of the change, says CEO Dylan Garnett
As the UK’s largest gaming festival, Insomnia, wrapped up its latest event on 25 August, I watched a short piece of BBC Breakfast news reporting from the festival. The reporter and some of the interviewees appeared baffled at the huge popularity of “videogame livestreaming”, otherwise

































