Eskom has signed a €100 million (R1,3bn) loan agreement to fund a 100MW solar power plant, the parastatal said on Wednesday. The agreement with development finance institution Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was signed on Tuesday night, Eskom said

Internet protocol (IP) phones that route calls over users’ broadband connections have been around for several years, but their adoption is surprisingly low in South Africa given the cost savings and even quality they offer over traditional fixed-line telecommunications

The increases in electricity tariffs since tariff hikes were introduced are causing consumers to switch over to prepaid electricity, Eskom customer services operations GM Marion Hughes said on Wednesday. “The higher tariff

Communications minister Yunus Carrim inaugurated the National Cyber Security Advisory Council on Tuesday. “The role of the NCAC would be to advise the government on cyber security policy and technical issues,” the department said in a statement. Cabinet passed the

Managing two separate programming languages at school level creates “complexity” that could “impact on curriculum delivery”, cost government unnecessary money and make it difficult for students and teachers to move between schools and provinces. Those are the views of the

JSE-listed multinational technology group Datatec has reported a mixed earnings picture in its latest financial results as expected growth failed to materialise in the US, emerging markets were depressed and Europe showed signs of improvement. It is also blaming the implementation of a business management

South Africa’s banks have suffered tens of millions of rand in losses due to a major breach of customer card data by criminal syndicates that infected electronic point-of-sale terminals using a variant of malicious software called Dexter. It’s not known exactly how

HTC has closed its South African office and appointed a distributor, Ingram Micro Mobility, to sell its smartphones in the local market. TechCentral has established that HTC, which is struggling to compete in a crowded smartphone market, has ended its direct presence and gone back to the channel

TechCentral revealed on Tuesday that South Africa’s banks have suffered tens of millions of rand in losses due to a major breach of customer card data by criminal syndicates that infected electronic point-of-sale (POS) devices using a variant of a malicious software tool called Dexter

Although most high-end headphones try to offer balanced audio, Monster’s new NCredible N-Tune cans has given bass precedence. That’s great if you like hip-hop, pop, dance music or anything else that’s heavy on the bass. But it isn’t going to make these the headphones of choice for audio professionals