No minister, no deputy minister, no director-general, late paperwork and a broken air conditioning system marked the start on Tuesday of an energy department briefing on South Africa’s electricity crisis. Opposition MPs serving on parliament’s energy portfolio committee angrily

Digital natives, people between the ages of 18 and 24 who grew up with the Internet, interact more with retailers via social media than anyone else, according to a PwC survey released on Tuesday. Digital natives would be important in how shopping changed, both in-store

The African and Middle Eastern PC market posted its third successive quarter of year-on-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, but a slide in sales in 2015 is on the cards, according to International Data Corp. The improvement in the most recent three quarters follows

The Western Cape high court on Tuesday dismissed an urgent interim application for an order enforcing uninterrupted audio and a wide-angle shot of the parliamentary chamber during disruptions. Judge Owen Rogers delivered the order within a few minutes

South Africans still prefer physical shops as opposed to buying goods online, according to a PwC survey released on Tuesday. In 2014, the value of online retail sales in South Africa was R5,3bn, retail

Arms manufacturer Denel will work with GEW Technologies, owned by Airbus, on future electronic warfare programmes for South Africa, the parastatal said on Tuesday. Electronic warfare technology

Apple CEO Tim Cook has released the much anticipated Apple Watch, the company’s first new product since the iPad. Cook said the new watch, in addition to telling the time, was a “comprehensive health and fitness companion”. But we’re unlikely to hear much about how

A stunning new MacBook from Apple stole the show at the launch of the company’s smartwatch on Monday. The new, ultra-thin notebook computer, which is 24% thinner than the MacBook Air

Government-provided set-top boxes for digital terrestrial television will not contain conditional access based on encryption, and prospective pay-television operators wanting to use such a system

Apple’s event at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center was widely expected to focus on the release of the Apple Watch. In a move that took everyone by surprise, however, Apple also released a