Facebook’s Instagram has launched a new one-to-one visual messaging application for iOS and Android called Bolt – and it’s launched the product first in South Africa, New Zealand and Singapore. The Bolt app, which appears to be a response to the wildly popular Snapchat, lets users “capture and send photos and videos to friends with just
Consumers will see an additional electricity price hike next year after energy regulator Nersa announced on Thursday it had approved the regulatory clearing account for Eskom. “The National Energy Regulator of South Africa
French telecommunications giant Orange plans to launch its own-branded retail stores in South Africa before the end of the year and intends launching an Internet service provider business here, too. Until now, Orange has had a retail presence through Nashua Mobile outlets, but the future of this partnership was thrown into doubt earlier this year when
In the past few months, South Africans have been introduced to a range of new mobile payment systems that turn ordinary smartphones into digital wallets, allowing people to pay for goods and services without cash or cards
Eskom warned that load shedding may worsen this winter as the power utility battles with electricity outages caused by problems with its ageing infrastructure. Speaking at a joint meeting of parliament’s portfolio committees on energy and public enterprises
Samsung Electronics has announced plans to open a television manufacturing plant at the Dube TradePort north of Durban by the end of the year. The company will invest US$20m (about R210m) in the facility between now and 2018
JSE-listed IT services firm Business Connexion (BCX) hopes its sale to Telkom is finalised by late November or early December, although the company has admitted it could be delayed if the transaction is challenged
Have the UK police successfully broken anonymity on the Internet? They certainly seemed to imply as much when the National Crime Agency proudly announced last week that it had made 660 arrests after an operation to identify people viewing indecent images of children online. The announcement raises questions about just how anonymous it is possible
Eskom will know by September how government plans to help it remain financially sustainable, public enterprises minister Lynne Brown told MPs on Tuesday. Addressing parliament’s portfolio committees on energy and public enterprises, Brown said an inter-governmental task team had come up with several options for Eskom’s financial problems
There was nothing wrong with cabinet members having business interests as long as there was no conflict of interest, communications minister Faith Muthambi said. “Government has noted media reports which highlight the private business interests of President Jacob Zuma and members of the executive,” Muthambi said in a statement on
