Electricity market liberalisation, new trading rules and grid reform will define renewable energy progress in 2026.
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As storage prices fall, South Africa’s renewables are pivoting from variable output to dependable, dispatchable power.
Global demand for smartphones, PCs and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year amid surging RAM prices.
Apple is also reportedly developing an AI-powered wearable pin that is equipped with multiple cameras.
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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.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has been ordered by the high court not to complete analogue television switch-off in South Africa on 31 March as she had planned.
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has threatened to withdraw financial assistance to the SABC after she took umbrage at its criticism of her decision to switch off analogue television broadcasts on 31 March.
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Apple’s market value fell below $1-trillion as trading opened on Monday, leaving Microsoft as the only US stock above the 13-digit threshold.
Netflix will temporarily reduce the quality of videos on its platform to ease pressure on Internet service providers during the coronavirus outbreak.
Apple kept its business rolling through the coronavirus pandemic this week by launching a new iPad Pro and two new Macs. But that doesn’t mean its supply chain is in the clear.
Tencent’s quarterly earnings missed estimates after China’s economic slowdown eroded its core gaming business and the cost of fending off ByteDance and other rivals rose.
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
The developers of a new, small-form-factor computer aimed at South African schools hope their invention will have an impact on the quality of the country’s education. The EduCube, developed in South Africa, is aimed at pupils all the way from grade one to matric and offers a range of educational
