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    Managers of municipalities in South Africa now get a R2,500 mobile phone and data allowance

    Wow. I work in the private sector and wish I got this allowance.
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    Home Affairs publishes tender for service provider to maintain its data centres

    What? Cloud not good enuf in 2026?
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    South Africa's driving licence regime set for its biggest changes in nearly three decades

    Time to get an FSD.
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    WhatsApp introducing five new features

    I use WhatsApp voice calling all the time. Since WhatsApp switched from Opus to MLow codec in June 2024, voice calls are much better: Quality is great. No noticeable delay. No connection interruptions. Near zero costs. Can switch to Video if needed. I see no reason to use Cellular voice or...
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    Khusela Diko says there's no technical reason for mobile data to expire in South Africa

    +1
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    Eskom cut its diesel usage by more than 422 million litres in 2025/26

    Are you saying Eskom just did the EIA assessment for fun?
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    Eskom cut its diesel usage by more than 422 million litres in 2025/26

    Why Eskom still using costly Diesel OCGT? Eskom got environmental approval to change to the much more efficient gas CCGT in Oct 2008. ANKERLIG POWER STATION CONVERSION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE See...
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    Cape Town to spend R6 billion over three years to reduce Eskom supply

    The fuel (trash) costs almost nothing. In the Sweden YouTube video, Norway packages the trash and gives it to Sweden for free. No more landfill issues.
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    Cape Town to spend R6 billion over three years to reduce Eskom supply

    No. Extremely high temperature & scrub the emissions. Do you think Sweden would do this and import trash to burn if it was worse?
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    Cape Town to spend R6 billion over three years to reduce Eskom supply

    Solar + Battery is cheaper than Eskom. My home solar + battery investment is nearly paid off.
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    Cape Town to spend R6 billion over three years to reduce Eskom supply

    They going the bio-gas route. They should incinerate the trash to generate electricity. Works well in Sweden and China
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    FNB under fire for R25 monthly fee for business banking account holders

    FNB violating National Credit Act (NCA) NCA requires credit providers to deliver regular periodic statements to consumers. Section 65 of NCA the credit provider must offer the consumer a choice. When you open an account or sign a credit agreement, the bank must allow you to select your...
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    FNB under fire for R25 monthly fee for business banking account holders

    Classic case of "Enshittification" (coined by author and tech activist Cory Doctorow) describes the process where digital platforms and services gradually degrade in quality over time. I opted in to receiving email statements, but FNB stopped sending them anyway. Statements in GMAIL are much...
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    Belle Rive Farm in the Free State is set to become South Africa's largest off-grid commercial farm

    Factors in deciding to invest in Solar: 45% increase in price of electricity - with more increases expected dropping prices of panels, batteries, inverters making the investment affordable financing available from financial institutions for capex investment Tax incentives for businesses Section...
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    Precision satellite components from South Africa were onboard the Falcon 9 rocket on its latest Transporter-17 mission

    Why are ZA not using SANSA (South African National Space Agency) for this launch? Why are ZA not using BrainSAT for the launch services? Are ZA allowed to use non BBBEE compliant providers? (Starlink comes to mind)
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