South Africa

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…

South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi is the 2019 Miss Universe

It’s official, Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss Universe 2019, making her the third Miss South Africa to earn the title. The 26-year-old Tunzi…

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…

Meet Clientèle Mobile: South Africa’s latest mobile network promising cheaper data

South African financial services provider Clientèle on Thursday announced the debut of its own mobile cellular network, Clientèle Mobile. Citing the need to offer…

Mbalula to visit Cape Town Station after train fire disrupts service, destroys trains

Cape Town’s Metrorail network was brought to a standstill this morning, after a train fire gutted several carriages at Cape Town Station. The fire,…

New Nandos ‘Mzansipoli’ ad leaves South Africa in stitches

Nandos has left South Africa in stitches with the release of its new “Mzansipoli” advertisement, a hilarious Monopoly-like board game depicting the country’s many…

Checkers’ Sixty60 grocery delivery service debuts in Cape Town, Sandton

Checkers on Monday, and just in time for Black Friday, announced its on-demand grocery delivery service that promises to deliver within an hour. It’s…

These are the digital skills matrics and graduates will need in 2020

Over the next few months, South African matrics and university graduates will have one eye firmly on the future as they try to identify…

South African Airways welcomes the third Airbus A350-900 to its fleet

South African Airways on Saturday took delivery of its first brand new and third Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Flown in from Hamburg, Germany this weekend…

SAWS confirms a tornado struck Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal on Friday night

Another tornado on Friday struck the KwaZulu-Natal town of Utrecht, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) confirmed. In two statements posted to Twitter, the…

South Africa’s ‘KFC couple’ will get married on New Year’s Eve

South Africans are once again fawning over the couple that got engaged at a KFC a few weeks ago after the pair announced their…

SAWS explains why the Bapsfontein ‘tornadoes’ were just ‘gustnadoes’

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) on Thursday issued an educational media release describing the differences between tornadoes and “gustnadoes” which were observed in…

‘Superstar’ Trevor Noah has been nominated for a 2020 Grammy Award

The 62nd Grammy Awards nominations are out and, among some of the biggest names in the music industry, South Africa’s very own Trevor Noah…

Old Mutual ‘regrets the distress’ caused by dead body funeral claim incident

Following Wednesday’s outcry over a viral video of a family dragging a body to an Old Mutual office in KwaZulu-Natal for proof of death,…

Parts of Gauteng lashed by heavy rain, flooding witnessed by social media

Portions of Gauteng have been hit by heavy rains and flooding on Wednesday according to video reports on social media and warnings by the…

Here’s how to find the SAA flights that are operating right now

As the South African Airways (SAA) strike enters its sixth day, you’re probably wondering how many of the company’s planes are actually in the…

South Africa ‘cancels’ Old Mutual after body arrives at offices for proof of death

South Africans want to “cancel” Old Mutual after a video showing a family dragging a body bag out of the company’s offices in KwaZulu-Natal…

Eskom remains ‘constrained and vulnerable’ on Tuesday with low risk of load shedding

Someone please give Eskom’s power system a hug. The utility on Tuesday announced that despite the low chance of load shedding today, the grid…

Cell C’s 4G coverage will be even greater thanks to latest MTN deal

Cell C and MTN on Monday announced a new roaming agreement, building on and extending the firms’ previous agreement made in 2018, and pushing…

Chrome’s new ‘media hub’ lets you pause, play everything from one place

Facebook scraps plans to shove ads into WhatsApp

‘Sabrina’s upcoming season is set to be darker than ever before

My parents said I was crazy to start a business, SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor reveals in podcast

African tech firms closed funding deals worth $1.27b in 2019 – Briter Bridges report

These SA startups will pitch for a spot in US social impact accelerator BonBillo’s cohort

The Huawei P40 Pro could have seven cameras in total

Sony is launching a new wireless shooting grip for its latest cameras

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip will feature an ultra thin foldable glass screen

BMW confirms the iX3’s battery and power details

The true cost of Audi’s electric car strategy

BMW i4: how far and how hard will BMW’s latest electric car go?