Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, said it is investigating an information leak at the Koeberg nuclear plant that could affect a court case related to a R5bn contract awarded to Areva for work at the facility. The power producer hasn’t determined
Eskom has placed a safety officer at the Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town on precautionary suspension after a drone crashed on the site in contravention of nuclear safety regulations. Eskom said in a media statement on Wednesday that
After several days of hampered services, Neotel has finally restored Internet access to its customers. The company has identified and addressed the cause of the issue while it restored the 3G CDMA data service, said Neotel executive head for delivery
Members of the biggest union at South Africa’s power utility plan to broaden a strike to more plants across the country even after the company obtained a court order against the stoppage. All 15 000 members of the National Union of
South Africa’s voters have long had plenty to complain about. In municipal elections last week, they gave voice to their grievances. In what amounted to a referendum on the national government’s performance, they called for change. Big wins by opposition
Operationally, the time-suck on executive leadership from the Nigerian fine fallout had nothing to do with its other units across Africa and the Middle East. It’s always managed to run its “OpCos” quite independently, which arguably has a few more
Technology companies are a lot like contemporary art. Their valuations reflect narratives more than anything else, and it’s just as important to devise the right framework to describe a phenomenon as it is to build a beautiful product. Two New
Remember those dark days when load shedding wreaked havoc on households and businesses? Well, it was a year on Thursday since large parts of South Africa were plunged into darkness. And Eskom is patting itself on the back for doing its job of keeping the
On average, 82 000 new malware threats are created each day. These include all sorts of malicious software – computer viruses, computer worms and ransomware. Some are pranks or minor annoyances; others seek to pilfer data or extort money
South Africa’s telecommunications & postal services ministry filed a suit to block the sale of more than R12bn of wireless spectrum by the industry regulator, potentially depriving mobile carriers in the country of much-needed capacity to increase high-speed
