F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Pick n Pay to introduce a pensioners’ shopping hour on Wednesdays
Pick n Pay will give pensioners an additional shopping hour every Wednesday, the company announced on Tuesday. Beginning on 18 March, the initiative ensures…
DStv Now is making 24-hour news channels free to all in South Africa
DStv has made six of its premium 24-hour news channels free to watch for South Africa via its DStv Now streaming service. Announced last…
Rain launches unlimited 4G data package in South Africa for R479pm
Data-only mobile network Rain has announced a new 4G data package that gives users unlimited data per month. The package will give users speeds…
Windows 10 is now running on a billion devices worldwide
When Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015, the operating system was set a goal of running on a billion devices within three years. On…
The latest ‘Last Week Tonight’ episode is just plain eerie
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing a lot of industries, but one may be a surprise to you: late night talk shows. Most of these…
Cape Town firefighters battle blaze on Table Mountain, Lion’s Head
Update: 9pm, Sun 15 March: Residents in Nettleton Road, Clifton have now been ordered to evacuate, the City of Cape Town announced. Update Table…
Load shedding to halt at 11pm, restart at Stage 2 tomorrow morning
Eskom will halt load shedding tonight, and resume in the morning, the utility announced on Friday. This comes after Stage 4 load shedding was…
In 2019, we forgot braai stands and plasma TVs in the back of Ubers
2019 wasn’t what we’d call a good year, but we really feel for you if you lost your braai stand in an Uber. That’s…
Update: South Africa now has 17 cases of COVID-19, first local transmission
Update: Government has now stated that the Free State local transmission case actually tested negative for COVID-19. It has therefore revised the total number…
WHO officially declares the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday officially upgraded the COVID-19 covonavirus outbreak to a pandemic. A pandemic describes a global-scale health emergency. An…
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