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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Communications minister Khumudzo Ntshavheni has urged litigant e.tv to “desist from further attempts to derail the process of digital migration”.
Justice & correctional services minister Ronald Lamola has committed the South African government to fighting content piracy.
A R6.2-billion undersea cable connecting China to Europe and Africa, which counts Huawei Technologies as shareholder, has landed in Kenya.
Walt Disney Co has announced the launch price and date of the Disney+ streaming service in South Africa.
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose to a new record high of 35.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Absa has appointed long-serving executive Arrie Rautenbach as its new CEO, replacing Daniel Mminele, who resigned last year after clashing with the banking group’s board.
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The organiser of the world’s biggest mobile technology conference will offer refunds or discounts to future gatherings to the tens of thousands of attendees and companies that had paid to attend February’s cancelled event.
A month ago, back when things made sense, Wall Street was convinced that when the rout came, high-priced technology stocks would lead the way down. That’s not how it’s playing out.
Cisco Systems said its Webex collaboration service is experiencing a staggering jump in use as companies look to find a way to securely connect workers confined to their homes.
Zoom shares jumped for a sixth straight session on Monday, as investors continued to bet that the teleconferencing company would be one of the rare winners from the coronavirus pandemic.
The ongoing decline in the number of fixed lines in service in South Africa, a trend that has been evident for more than a decade now, is a “big concern” for Telkom, but is the result of fixed-to-mobile substitution more than the cost of line rental. That’s according to the group’s chief operating officer
Big companies are splashing unprecedented amounts of cash into e-retail in South Africa, with the likes of online merchandiser Takealot.com recently raising R1bn of investment for expansion in the country and sub-Saharan Africa, and Naspers ploughing R5,6bn into e-commerce around the globe
