South Africa will soon have a new free-to-air terrestrial television service offering five free channels to viewers, including a dedicated 24-hour sports channel.

Even at a generous 20GW, the electricity available from Eskom’s coal fleet is barely 52% of the about 38.6GW nominal capacity. These numbers are horrifying.

Fibre infrastructure provider Metrofibre Networx has received an equity investment from Stoa Infra & Energy. Stoa has acquired 23.1% of the South African open-access fibre network operator.

Apple has debuted a new mid-tier iPad with a larger screen and introduced the first iPad mini update since 2015.

Spotify has labelled Apple a “monopolist” as the competition row between the music streaming service and the technology giant continues.

Apple is widely expected to introduce an original video programming service at an event next week, but so far analysts aren’t convinced that the initiative will provide a major boost to earnings.

Telkom is failing to implement number porting for telephone numbers used by call centres to the detriment of competition, the Internet Service Providers’ Association said on Monday.

The year 2019 is likely to be a watershed one for smartphone makers, with foldable phones and 5G technology entering the market, offering the chance for firms to set new standards.

Eskom has implemented a fifth straight day of controlled blackouts on Monday and will carry out more this week to prevent a total collapse of the electricity grid amid a shortage of capacity.

Huawei has withstood criminal charges and international scrutiny to post rising growth in the first two months of the year.