Huawei is preparing for a March launch for its cloud data services in Africa, it said on Wednesday.

One of Huawei’s most senior executives has accused the US of a “geopolitical campaign” against the company in an attempt to gain leverage in trade negotiations with China.

Sony has unveiled a new smartwatch that allows users to attach any of their existing watch faces to a smart band to add digital features such as fitness tracking and notifications.

The response to this week’s unexpected wave of rolling blackouts load shedding – by practically everyone – has been completely unimaginative. Predictably so.

Eskom said it will cut 3GW of power from the South African grid from 8am until 11pm on Wednesday, marking the fourth consecutive day of such measures.

South Africa’s biggest labour federation will embark on a nationwide protest on Wednesday that will keep workers from Eskom away from their posts amid a fourth day of rolling blackouts.

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has announced in parliament that she has withdrawn the contentious Electronic Communications Amendment Bill.

Shares in EOH Holdings plunged by as much as 34.3% in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning after news emerged late on Monday that Microsoft had terminated two partner agreements with the JSE-listed technology services group.

Listed technology services group EOH Holdings issued a statement to shareholders at 1.41pm on Tuesday, providing an update on the termination by Microsoft of its channel partner agreement.

The announcement by communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams withdrawing the controversial Electronic Communications Amendment Bill is to be welcomed. By Marian Shinn.