State-owned power utility Eskom may be forced to implement controlled blackouts before the end of the year because of pressure on the national system, CEO Phakamani Hadebe said on Friday.

The ANC wanted to launch a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, ahead of the 2019 general election, but the project has been thrown into disarray because of internecine fighting between those involved.

Promoted | Ian Valentine, principal consultant for TV strategy, Huawei Consulting, talks about how to ensure mobile video is a success in Africa.

Promoted | Lu Baoqiang, vice president of delivery & services at Huawei Southern Africa, talks in this video from AfricaCom 2018 in Cape Town about the challenges faced by telecommunications operators in the digital era.

A settlement has been reached by communications regulator Icasa and mobile operators over the implementation of new rules regarding data expiry and rollover.

In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod interviews Major-General Charles Boden, who served as the administrator of Nasa from 2009 until his retirement last year.

Bitcoin continued its slump after losing 12% on Wednesday and triggering the biggest cryptocurrency sell-off since February.

Eskom is considering a new operating model to move responsibility down the chain of command as the financially strapped utility seeks to cut costs and improve efficiency.

There is certainly a lot of volatility in the technology space right now, but some of the recent investor nervousness is being driven by interest-rate concerns.

Perhaps the only real surprise in yesterday’s public unveiling of Discovery Bank was the lack of any pricing information.