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Eskom briefing: Sabotage, budget, more load shedding, Eskom sheds light

Jan Oberholzer, Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer, alongside Eskom’s management team listed several challenges as reasons for ongoing power outages. Lack of skills at…

WATCH: Eskom briefing on power outages here

Eskom will have a media briefing to provide much-needed answers to rolling blackouts. Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer alongside Eskom’s management team…

UPDATE: Eskom implements stage 3 load shedding until Monday

Eskom has implemented stage 3 loadshedding on Friday from 2 PM until 5 am on Monday 12 September, 2020. Stage 2 loadshedding will resume…

Get More AWESOME with the Samsung Galaxy A33 5G and A53 5G

From accessing office documents out-of-office to managing social media on-the-go, mobile phones have gone from being a luxury to a necessity in the business…

Uber’s virtual mall: Here’s what you need to know

Virtual mall A virtual mall experience is an aspiration e-hailing app Uber hopes to tick off in the future. An app of the future…

Load shedding continues all night on Thursday

Eskom has confirmed load shedding will be implemented throughout Thursday night. Eskom announced it would implement stage 2 load shedding on Tuesday, this week,…

WATCH: Hot new editions to Disney Plus this September

Today is Disney Plus Day, according to the streaming service. Disney+ will be introducing a stella lineup this September to welcome Spring in spectacular…

Vodacom launches portal for jobseekers with jobs listings and free courses

Vodacom has launched an initiative to support jobseekers in South Africa, with zero-rated access to job portals, a partnership offering free courses, and tools…

Standard Bank services down? Bank launches service status page

Standard Bank customers can now check what banking systems are functioning or down thanks to a new status page. The bank announced the new…

Microsoft expands free digital skills training with public sector partnership

Microsoft has expanded its local digital skills training, extending the initiative through a partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA)….

South Africa gets its own NFT marketplace with Momint

South Africa has joined in on the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, with the launch of a local NFT platform called Momint. The platform aims…

Uber partnership with Moove to benefit drivers

Uber is working with car rental company Moove to offer drivers rent-to-own payment plans for their vehicles. The e-hailing company announced the partnership on…

QR payments launched on Absa banking app

Absa customers can now make QR payments using the bank’s mobile app. The bank announced the new feature on 28 April. Using the app,…

Spotify rolls out paid subscriptions for podcasts

Spotify has launched a new paid subscription platform for podcasts, adding an extra avenue of revenue for creators. The company announced the new platform…

Here’s how to free up space in Google Photos

Those who use Google Photos will have to pay up after June 2021 if they want extra cloud space for all their pics. But…

Oscars: Scammers using nominated films to lure victims

In the leadup to the 93rd Academy Awards, Kaspersky has found malicious sites using Oscar-nominated films to lure potential victims. According to the cybersecurity…

South African Post Office partners with Wish to improve product delivery

The South African Post Office has partnered with e-commerce giant Wish to improve customer experience when ordering from the platform. Wish parent company ContextLogic…

OneDayOnly ODOmeter: How online shopping in South Africa changed after first lockdown

The latest OneDayOnly ODOmeter, which surveys locals to identify trends and behaviours, has released its findings on how online shopping priorities changed after the…

Amazon to open up African headquarters in Cape Town

The City of Cape Town has announced that Amazon will open up an African base of operations with headquarters in a new development in…

Showmax reduces price for mobile streaming plan

Showmax has announced that it has reduced the price for its mobile streaming subscription plan by an average of 20% across Africa. The price…

Microsoft Edge gets a Kids Mode

Microsoft is aiming to give parents peace of mind when it comes to young internet users with the introduction of Kids Mode on its…

Google Earth introduces Timelapse – Here’s how to use it

Google Earth no longer just explores space on our planet, it also explores time with the help of a new feature called Timelapse. The…

68% of South Africans are shopping more online – Mastercard

South African shoppers are doing more of their shopping online, and there’s no sign of the trend stopping. That’s the finding of a new…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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