Apple recently fixed a zero-day security vulnerability affecting the iPhone 8 and later that the company said was actively exploited, TechCrunch reports. The company rolled out iOS 16.1.2 on 30 …
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South Africa’s statistics agency considers adding self-generated power to it’s monthly electricity data
South Africa’s statistics agency is considering including self-generated power in its monthly electricity-generation data as more households and businesses reduce their reliance on state-owned utility Eskom.Adding the metric would broaden …
The South African Commercial, Catering, and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) have opted to suspend plans to strike at all of Massmart Group’s companies over a dispute at Makro and will …
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Equinix to invest $160 million to build it’s first data centre in South African
Equinix plans to invest $160 million to build its first data centre in South Africa, as part of the firm’s African expansion push.The US data centre company will build its …
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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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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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 …