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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MultiChoice Group shares jumped after it said it had reached a settlement agreement over a multibillion-rand tax dispute in Nigeria.
Eskom will reduce the intensity of load shedding to level 3 at 9pm on Thursday.
Absa-banked merchants can now accept card payments directly on their mobile phones, without the need for a point-of-sale terminal.
Digital bank TymeBank is expanding into the medical insurance space, with a plan to offer South Africans access to private healthcare starting at R139/month.
Covid-19 may have killed one in every 200 South Africans, a study suggests.
The Competition Commission has okayed the acquisition by New York-listed IHS Towers of thousands of towers owned by MTN South Africa, but has attached stringent conditions to the deal.
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While a wave of employee activism marked by walk-outs and protests has rippled through Silicon Valley in the past few years, Oracle has glided along unscathed. No longer.
Researchers were able to trick a Tesla vehicle into speeding by putting a strip of electrical tape over a speed limit sign, spotlighting the kinds of potential vulnerabilities facing automated driving systems.
A federal judge has dismissed Huawei’s lawsuit challenging a US law that bars the government and its contractors from using the Chinese technology giant’s equipment because of security concerns.
If the US stock market is like a giant stone wall whose structural integrity depends entirely on the sturdiness of five tech megacaps, it didn’t act like it on Tuesday.
The quaint “village” of Parkhurst is one of my favourite weekend spots and I often visit its pubs and eateries with the missus. So, as the resident of a neighbouring suburb, news that Parkhurst is planning to roll out fibre broadband to all homes and businesses piqued my interest. What was of particular interest was
Telkom’s second attempt in seven years at acquiring Business Connexion (BCX), the listed IT services group, will probably get the nod from South Africa’s competition authorities, analysts believe. Telkom on Thursday announced it had made a R2,7bn all-cash offer to buy out the JSE-listed IT services company. In 2004, Telkom bid
