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MTN partners with Ozow to let you buy airtime with an EFT on WhatsApp

MTN has partnered with financial services company Ozow to offer airtime purchases on WhatsApp using an EFT payment method. The network provider announced the…

Amazon to buy movie studio MGM for $8.45 billion

Amazon has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for $8.45 billion, one of its biggest company purchases to…

Spotify announces new specials for new and free users

Spotify has launched new specials for its Individual plan in South Africa to entice first-time users and bring back users who cancelled their Premium…

Reserve Bank exploring feasibility of digital currency for South Africa

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced that it has started a study to investigate the feasibility of a digital currency for the…

Paymenow salary advance app now lets users buy Shoprite, Checkers groceries

Salary advance payment platform Paymenow has announced its app users can now purchase items and redeem funds directly from Shoprite outlets. The Stellenbosch fintech…

Contactless payments overtake traditional chip and PIN – FNB

First National Bank (FNB) has revealed contactless payments have surpassed traditional chip and PIN payments among its card users for the first time ever….

Stats SA pilot census to use online registration

The Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Census 2021 Pilot will use online registration in conjuction with traditional data-gathering methods, offering residents an alternative to…

Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa and Eskom will avoid a ‘dark Christmas’

No load shedding will occur between 17 December 2019 and 13 January 2020. This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking to media in…

Eskom implements Stage 2 load shedding until 11pm Wednesday

Well, there’s some good news today. If you’ve been avoiding Twitter and news outlets for the past 24 hours, we’d understand. But Eskom today…

SAWS issues further heavy rain, flood warnings for Gauteng on Tuesday

After nearly three days of persistent warnings and watches, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) on Tuesday delivered more bad news to those in…

South Africa’s revised ministerial handbook now allows R700k cars, R60k phone bills

On Monday, the government of South Africa agreed to an amended ministerial handbook which cuts unnecessary expenditure by those in cabinet and other public…

Table Mountain Cableway tourists were ‘stuck’ up top amid load shedding

If you’re heading up the famous Table Mountain Cableway when load shedding is in the air, you may want to pack a pair of…

Eskom’s crisis escalates: Stage 6 load shedding will strike South Africa tonight

Update, 10pm Monday 9 December: Eskom “unreservedly apologised” on Monday evening for implementing Stage 6 load shedding. It announced that from 10pm, Stage 4…

Flooding reported across Gauteng and Mpumalanga as the rain continues to fall

Update, 10am, Tuesday 10 December: The South African Weather Service on Tuesday issued further warnings and watches for potential flooding across Gauteng, Mpumalanga and…

Unavailable capacity: Charting Eskom’s load shedding week from hell

Before the current bout of load shedding, Memeburn’s last article about the Eskom crisis was published in mid-November. Back then, I thought it would…

Stage 4 load shedding to start at 10am, continue all day on Monday

Update, 9.30am, Monday 9 December: It seems that Stage 2 load shedding is just not enough to prevent a total collapse of the power…

SAWS: Tropical Cyclone Belna will not directly impact South Africa

Tropical Cyclone Belna — a fierce storm currently bearing down on Madagascar — will not affect South Africa, the SA Weather Service (SAWS) said…

Cape Town ranked the 46th ‘most festive city’ in the world in 2019

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but it’s not snowing in the south-western tip of Africa. The wind’s howling and four seasons are constantly…

Stage 4 load shedding declared as Eskom’s power struggles deepen

Well, this all escalated very quickly. Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented by Eskom from 2pm on Friday and will last until 6am…

Herman Mashaba: ‘I believe in South Africa and South Africans’

It’s been a bit of a rough week for South Africa. With SAA ailing, Eskom crumbling, and mayors falling, it’s a week that have…

Load shedding update: Eskom dramas will continue this weekend

Update: 7.30am, Friday 6 December: Eskom has announced that Stage 2 load shedding will continue for another 21 hours, beginning at 9am Friday ending…

Load shedding: Find the schedule for your city or municipality in South Africa

Finding your load shedding schedule for your specific city, town or municipality can be a torrid task online, and searching for them wastes valuable…

Eskom announces Stage 2 load shedding returns to South Africa tonight

Happy December! After the fuel price increased this week and the drama that is SAA, prepare for some more good news. Eskom on Thursday…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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