Eskom said on Wednesday that it has added up to 800MW of supply to the national grid after unit 3 at the Kusile power station was brought online this week.
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In January, Eskom filed a contentious tariff proposal. In it were a number of proposed changes that will have wide ramifications for all users of electricity, even if they are not directly supplied by Eskom.
National treasury has published a new five-year contract for the supply of “transversal” telecommunications services to government entities worth billions of rand to service providers.
The SABC has concluded a lengthy retrenchment programme and will officially have shed 621 jobs, or at least 21% of its workforce, by the end of this month as it moves to avoid the need for further bailouts.
Apple Pay has finally been launched in South Africa. Customers from Nedbank, Absa and Discovery Bank were on Tuesday morning able to load their bank cards into their Apple wallets.
Apple is launching its Independent Repair Provider programme in South Africa and several other markets around the world starting this week.
China’s DiDi Chuxing Technology Co, which is backed by SoftBank Group and other investors, said on Monday it will start a ride-hailing service in Cape Town.
Visa said it will allow the use of a cryptocurrency called USD coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of digital currencies by the mainstream financial industry.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa – the company formerly known as Liquid Telecom South Africa, and before that Neotel – said on Monday that it has completed two new fibre routes between Durban and Cape Town.
Netflix and SA Tourism have met and agreed to explore “joint opportunities” that will “benefit both organisations to showcase stories made in South Africa” to the rest of the world.