Eskom started with scheduled blackouts on Friday afternoon, the power utility said. “Load shedding will continue until 8pm tonight,” it said in a short power update. “We appeal to customers to immediately switch off geysers, pool pumps, air conditioning and
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another episode of TalkCentral, TechCentral’s weekly podcast. This week, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg discuss Telkom’s interim financial results, looking specifically at the sharp decline
Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications has written a memorandum to the speaker of the national assembly asking for the immediate suspension of SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala. “This follows a second unanimous agreement among committee members that Tshabalala be suspended
Smartphone users have had plenty of options to choose from this year as the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers introduced flagship devices to eager audiences. Though the improvements over 2013’s models have been more iterative than revolutionary, the picks this year have stood
Afrihost subscribers who buy broadband ADSL bandwidth from the company have complained vociferously in recent weeks about problems achieving advertised speeds using the Internet service provider’s backbone, with many saying the experience has fallen far short of expectations. The company’s CEO, Gian Visser
South Africa should introduce electronic voting now rather than later, Prof Mzamo Alexander Gumbi said on Thursday. “We should start right now,” Gumbi told a panel interviewing candidates for the position of commissioner of IEC. “Namibia has introduced electronic voting, why can’t South Africa do
It’s unlikely that online gambling in South Africa will take off for the foreseeable future as the department of trade and industry, which is responsible for the sector, is stalling over the licensing of Internet-based operators, according
A Karoo farmer may have stumbled on a crashed test balloon being used by Internet company Google, Beeld reported on Thursday. Urbanus Botha, who doesn’t spend much time in front of computers, at first thought it might be a
Taylor Swift’s recent announcement that she is removing her music from the Spotify music service has started a debate about the future of music. Swift argued that artists are not receiving appropriate compensation and that
The TransUnion Credit Bureau is no longer reflecting disgruntled Cell C client George Prokas as a slow payer, it was reported on Thursday. Prokas’s attorney, Raymond Druker, reportedly told Fin24 that the development paved the way for further discussions between Prokas and Cell C. Last week, Prokas
