Smart meter installations are lagging sharply, undermining Eskom’s ability to end load reduction timeously.
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AI data centres are starving the rest of the market of RAM and other components, pushing up the price of PCs, servers and everyday electronics.
Short-form content is developing as a new paradigm that traditional broadcasters and streamers are taking seriously.
Trade minister Parks Tau has appointed a new SEZ advisory board, blending government, business and technology expertise.
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No new driving licence cards have been produced for the past three weeks.
South Africa recorded R557.9-billion of foreign direct investment inflows in the third quarter of 2021.
Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko will step down later this month, half a year earlier than originally planned.
Emission control regulations that government wants to impose on Eskom’s power stations will lead to crippling load shedding, the utility said on Tuesday.
The level of immunity among South Africa’s population due to earlier infections may be masking the severity of illness caused by the Omicron variant, scientists said.
MTN’s Nigerian unit has been awarded a 5G licence, paving the way for the continent’s largest wireless carrier to supply faster Internet to consumers and businesses.
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HAn open letter has been posted to Huawei’s internal messaging board containing a sharp rebuke of the company’s overtime policy and alleging executives are covering up the full extent of extra work that’s happening.
When Nokia cut its outlook and halted the dividend last week, analysts blamed the company’s under-investment in research and development, among other things. Add internal politics to the list.
Apple executives put aside their typical praise of the iPhone’s sleek design and breakthrough technology on Wednesday for more mundane topics such as installment plans, trade-in programmes and giveaways.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted on Wednesday that the company will ban all political ads, delivering a jab to Facebook, which has come under fire for the way it’s handled advertising by candidates.
Despite its precarious financial situation, South Africa’s fourth mobile operator, Telkom Mobile is in a “prime position” in wireless broadband compared to rivals Vodacom, MTN and Cell C thanks to a huge chunk of radio frequency spectrum it has access to that allows it to build a fast and reliable
Will Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of Neotel pass regulatory muster? That’s the question on everyone’s lips now that the mobile operator has confirmed that it is in exclusive talks with a view to buying its smaller rival, which is majority controlled by India’s Tata Communications

































