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    Flight ticket price disaster if FlySafair is grounded

    Flight ticket price disaster if FlySafair is grounded Flight ticket prices could skyrocket in South Africa if the country's biggest domestic airline is grounded due to a dispute over its ownership structure. South Africa's flight prices have been catapulted in recent years due to a lack of...
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    South African 4G users surpassed 3G users in 2024 — PwC report

    South African 4G users surpassed 3G users in 2024 — PwC report The number of South Africans using 4G mobile technology overtook those using 3G in 2024, while local 5G subscribers are expected to exceed 4G users by 2028. This is according to PwC's Media and Entertainment Outlook report for...
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    E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off

    E-tv launches legal action to block analogue switch-off E-tv has launched an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court to block the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies from switching off South Africa's analogue television signals on 31 March 2025. The founding affidavit...
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    Incredible owner's massive failure

    Incredible owner's massive failure Nearly four years after launching with millions of rand in investment, online store Everyshop has completely fallen off the South African e-commerce map. Rolled out in April 2021, Everyshop was intended retail company JD Group's big push into becoming a more...
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    Lack of load-shedding not helping economy yet

    Lack of load-shedding not helping economy yet It remains to be seen whether Eskom's unexpected elimination of load-shedding over the past 10 months has had a significant impact on South Africa's economic growth. Sunday newspaper Rapport spoke to several economists about why the country's...
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    New AI software can predict rugby injuries

    New AI software can predict rugby injuries Picture this: a rugby player sprints down the pitch with no opponent in sight, only to collapse mid-run. It’s a non-contact injury, a frustrating and often preventable setback that can sideline players for weeks or months. [The Conversation]
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    Wanatu taking on Uber and Bolt — with Afrikaans-speaking drivers

    Wanatu taking on Uber and Bolt — with Afrikaans-speaking drivers A recently launched South African e-hailing service dubbed Wanatu has the tongues wagging for its policy of only employing drivers who can speak Afrikaans. However, the new platform, dubbed Wanatu, promises more than its unusual...
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    SIU report findings on National Treasury-Oracle contract allege cost tripled

    SIU report findings on National Treasury-Oracle contract allege cost tripled A controversial IT contract awarded to US tech giant Oracle was allegedly facilitated by a former National Treasury senior official and its cost has tripled from an initial amount of R670 million to R1.9 billion...
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    SABC Bill withdrawal delays

    SABC Bill withdrawal delays The speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, has not yet gazetted Communications Minister Solly Malatsi's withdrawal of the SABC Bill from Parliament after nearly three months, EWN reports. The Bill, introduced to Parliament in October 2023, is intended to...
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    Warning about using personal devices for business

    Warning about using personal devices for business Next time you’re working in a coffee shop or similar public space, take a moment to look around at your “co-workers” for the day, busy, like you are, with laptops, cellphones and tablets. How many of those devices belong to the organisations...
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    Threads starts rolling out ads

    Threads starts rolling out ads Meta Platforms Inc. will show advertising on social network Threads for the first time, opening up a new revenue stream for the company and increasing competition for Elon Musk’s X. The ads will come from a “handful of brands” and appear only in the US and Japan...
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    Hackers claim R175 million looted through fraudulent grant beneficiary accounts

    Hackers claim R175 million looted through fraudulent grant beneficiary accounts On Tuesday, GroundUp reported that the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will suspend payments of the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to fraudulent beneficiaries. We decided to...
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    Apple appoints veteran to whip struggling AI strategy into shape

    Apple appoints veteran to whip struggling AI strategy into shape Apple executive Kim Vorrath, a company veteran known for fixing troubled products and bringing major projects to market, has a new job: whipping artificial intelligence and Siri into shape. Vorrath, a vice president in charge of...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Solar power farm with a hydrothermal battery launching in South Africa

    We have five, it is stated in the article. The difference is that all of them use molten salt for storage. This one uses water-based storage.
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    Improving cellular signal in remote areas

    What I didn't mention in the story is that the farm actually has Starlink...but needs to turn it off for four days every month to bypass the continuous-use rule for Starlink Roaming.
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    90% off-grid vs fully off-grid rooftop solar system price comparison

    I wanted to include a mention of that, but things started to get a bit long. Definitely an option for some, but many complexes and estates don't allow them at all. Also, you have to factor in refuelling and maintenance costs.
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    South Africa's big battle against spam callers

    South Africa's big battle against spam callers South Africa's Information Regulator has its sights set on tackling annoying spam calls in the country. It decided that telemarketing amounts to electronic communication and must be regulated under the Protection of Personal Information Act...
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    February petrol and diesel prices not looking good

    February petrol and diesel prices not looking good Early unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) shows South African motorists could face further fuel price hikes in February 2025. The prices of all grades of petrol and diesel increased slightly in the year's first fuel price...
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    South African schools need official AI policies — Education experts

    South African schools need official AI policies — Education experts Education experts have called on the government to urgently develop policies to govern the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, Netwerk24 reports. Independent education consultant Marius Botha told the...
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    South Africa's biggest solar power farms

    South Africa's biggest solar power farms South Africa's Independent Power Producer (IPP) Procurement Programme has opened the country to private renewable energy investment, with 39 gigawatts of capacity planned to be built by 2030. Because of this, private companies have been able to build...
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