From astronauts breaking records for the longest amount of time spent in space to experiments growing food and keeping bacteria in orbit, the past decade of human spaceflight has been fascinating. There has also been an explosion of privately
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse will be going to court to defend members who received summonses for e-toll bills, including one for R8m, it said. Outa chairman Wayne Duvenage said that it had notified roads agency Sanral
Mall of Africa, the vast new shopping centre that has been opened in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, has been given wall-to-wall Wi-Fi connectivity from open-access Wi-Fi provider Vast Networks. The company said the Mall of Africa deployment
Almost 300 000 e-toll defaulters have already taken up roads agency Sanral’s offer of 60% discount on historic e-toll debt, its service provider Electronic Toll Collection said on Wednesday. The offer was made as part
Imagine being told that your salary was going to be cut in half. Well, that’s what’s soon going to happen to those who make money from bitcoin mining, the process of earning the online currency Bitcoin. The current expected date for this
MTN has run what it is calling the first trial of LTE-Unlicensed, or LTE-U, technology in Africa. The technology uses the same shared spectrum typically used for Wi-Fi. The mobile operator conducted the trial at its flagship store in Morningside
Around 90% of workers at the South African Post Office could go on a two-day strike next week, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has warned. Post Office employees have not received salary increases for two years, the head of
The embattled South African Post Office is near to raising R2,7bn in capital from the likes of banks, said CEO Mark Barnes. The Post Office has suffered years of maladministration with the state-owned entity recording a R1,5bn loss in 2015
On Monday, Ant Financial Services Group received US$4,5bn in private funding. That sets the Chinese firm’s value at roughly $60bn. It’s the largest funding round for an Internet company in history. Let’s put that number into perspective
If you need evidence that LG is capable of making world-class handsets, have a look at the new G5 smartphone. LG’s new flagship handset is a polished and compelling entrant into the high end of the smartphone market. I’m a lifelong Apple