Neil Harbisson is an extraordinary person. Though he was born completely colour blind, he found a way to see colour using an electronic eye that is now permanently grafted to his skull. In 2004, he became the first person to be officially recognised by a government as a cyborg — a being that is part man
The electricity supply is expected to be constrained during the week, Eskom said on Monday. “There is no scheduled load shedding at this stage, but the second half of the week is expected to be very tight,” said spokesman Andrew Etzinger. Eskom’s diesel generators were under
Makro announced last week that it had entered into a partnership with Sasol to build e-commerce “lockers” on the fuel retailer’s forecourts. The lockers are not a new idea, having been pioneered in the US, UK and elsewhere by retailers such as Amazon and the Walmart-owned Asda, but it is
There are more than 1 200 active satellites orbiting Earth right now, taking pictures, relaying communications, broadcasting locations, spying on you, and even housing humans. Thanks to a database compiled by the
Public protector Thuli Madonsela has filed her application to contest a judgment that deemed her findings and remedial actions not binding. “The court will let us know when they have considered our notice,” said the protector’s
Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications distanced itself on Sunday from comments made by committee member Gavin Davis regarding SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala. “The committee reiterates that it will refuse to be drawn into
The SABC on Sunday confirmed reports that its group head of technology, Sipho Masinga, has been suspended, but declined to detail the reasons behind this. “The media will not be used as a way of doing a disciplinary process
For some time now, the ongoing debate between over-the-top providers on one side and network operators on the other returns like a comet in an elliptical orbit. Each time it returns, the stakes appear to be higher as this “comet” gets closer and threatens to crash into planet ICT. MTN South Africa
A wage agreement has been reached with two of three recognised unions at the South African Post Office, it said on Friday. The agreement would be effective from 1 December, said Simo Lushaba, head of the intervention team appointed by telecommunications and postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele
Vodacom has changed the minimum billing increment or “unitisation” for data, but claims the change will not negatively affect its customers. The mobile operator on Friday confirmed the move, saying it increased the minimum session volume from 1KB to 10KB on in-bundle data depletion and 5KB
