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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A whistle-blower has alleged that the US software giant is routinely involved in bribery and other malfeasance across the region.
The SABC board on Friday labelled government’s plan to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March as an “unsustainable risk” to the rights of millions of indigent South African households.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse said the state-owned company is trying to ram through a “massive” contract for set-top box installations. Sentech has denied the allegations.
The department of transport has said it is on track with the production of outstanding driving licence cards.
CIVH, the Remgro-controlled parent company of Dark Fibre Africa and Vumatel, has reported a sharp reduction in losses in its most recent reporting period.
Netflix has told the South African Investment Conference that it plans to invest R900-million in local content production over the next two years.
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SoftBank Group told shareholders of WeWork that it could withdraw from an agreement to buy $3-billion of stock in the co-working business, casting doubt on a deal that had been set to close in about two weeks.
For years, television executives have fretted there is too much TV. Now, with the coronavirus looming large, they are worried there might not be enough.
Amazon.com will hire 100 000 people – and give US workers a $2/hour raise in an effort to meet crushing demand from customers placing online orders for household essentials.
Naspers affiliate Tencent picked up millions of new gamers during the global coronavirus outbreak. That helped the company gain $25-billion of market value up to 5 March, before a global market rout torpedoed the stock.
Google has announced some of the most significant changes to Android yet. At its annual developer conference, I/O, which is taking place in San Francisco this week, it has revealed an overhaul to the design of its mobile system and a bunch of new features that take it much
In June last year, The Guardian published the first in a series of stories that revealed a vast degree of electronic surveillance being carried out by America’s National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart, GCHQ. The newspaper did not reveal the source of the leaks at the time, but former NSA external
