Twitter Inc. resumed selling its Twitter Blue premium offering, which gives users a blue verification badge by their names, following a weeks-long pause because some subscribers were using the paid …
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MTN GlobalConnect lands 2Africa undersea cable in South Africa
The world’s longest undersea cable, 2Africa, has made landfall at Yzerfontein and is linked to its cable landing station at Duynefontein near Cape Town. MTN GlobalConnect officially announced the landing …
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BusinessEconomyEnergySouth Africa
Eskom load-shedding hit stage 7 power cuts for general electricity users
Eskom “technically” implemented stage 7 load-shedding at one point last week, according to the Bureau for Economic Research’s (BER’s) latest weekly review. The BER argues Eskom’s power cuts reached this …
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China Telecom launches it’s IP service and CTGNET in South Africa and other African cities
China Telecom has launched its premium IP transit service, CTGNET, in several new African cities – including Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Djibouti. CTGNET is the latest global …
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Elon Musk loses title as world’s richest man on Forbes list
Twitter and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, is no longer the richest person in the world, Forbes announced on Thursday. Forbes listed Mr Musk as occupying the second position in its latest …
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EconomyEnergyINVESTMENTSouth Africa
South Africa’s DMRE signs an agreement with 13 renewable energy providers
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has signed agreements with 13 renewable energy providers under Bid Window 5 of the government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme …
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Advertising Regulatory Board accuses MTN for misleading advertisement on limited-stock specials
The Advertising Regulatory Board has ruled against MTN regarding a complaint about misleading advertising for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 smartphone. Complainant Dianne Barnard upgraded two of her contracts telephonically, …
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The TikTok video platform has been banned on government-issued devices in Texas, adding to a growing list of states that have done the same in the past week amid concern …
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Eskom spends R3.2 billion a year on private security to tackle sabotage
South Africa’s state-owned power utility spends R3.2 billion a year on private security to tackle sabotage and to protect its senior executives, TimesLive reports. Eskom’s general manager for security Karen Pillay …
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Eskom will implement stage 4 load-shedding from 09:00 until further notice, the state-owned power utility said in a brief statement on Wednesday. It said this is due to further breakdowns …