Acting Eskom board chairman Ben Ngubane disclosed in the utility’s integrated report that Eskom has already applied for a further R38bn of revenue to be generated through electricity tariffs. This application is currently under consideration by energy regulator Nersa
Shoppers at The Pavilion, a large shopping centre in Durban, can now pay for their parking using their mobile phones. MasterCard has rolled out its digital wallet service, called MasterPass, at The Pavilion, allowing shoppers to pay using their phones. The shopping
The “dark Web” is a part of the World Wide Web that requires special software to access. Once inside, websites and other services can be accessed through a browser in much the same way as the normal Web. However, some sites are effectively
ShowMax is the name of Naspers’s Netflix rival, which will be launched to the media in Johannesburg next Wednesday. That’s according to a report on the entertainment news website Channel24, which is owned by Naspers subsidiary Media24. According
StarSat parent On Digital Media (ODM) has no intention of withdrawing a complaint it lodged against MultiChoice in 2013 at the Competition Commission, in which it accused its rival of engaging
The double blow of a maturing voice market and a sluggish local economy has not made life easy for South Africa’s telecommunications companies. Vodacom’s revenue was up by only 2,1% to R77,3bn
Companies changing names is not usually worthy of front-page headlines. But when Google does it, the entire world sits up and takes notice. Of course, it didn’t really change its name. It simply added a new story to its skyscraper, only this one is at the ground
During the 2000s, Apple ran a hugely successful advertising campaign for its line of Macintosh desktop computers. The ads poked fun at some of the perceived bugbears of the Windows-based PCs of the era compared to the Mac. One recurring theme of these ads
In the latest episode of South Africa’s weekly technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Google’s big restructuring and the creation of Alphabet. Also this week, they discuss the Forbes list of the
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