cyril ramaphosa

  1. Jan

    Court reserves judgement in climate activists' case against 3,000MW gas power plant

    Eskom rescue plan hits first roadblock — Legal action against 3,000MW gas power plant South Africa's plan to quickly add power to Eskom's grid has run into its first barrier in the form court hearing initiated by climate activists. GroundWork — a non-profit environmental justice organisation —...
  3. Jan

    South Africa updates critical skills list - August 2022

    Tech jobs added to South Africa's critical skills list Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has published an update to South Africa's 2022 Critical Skills List, showing which skills are in high demand in South Africa. The list highlights the professions that qualify for South African...
    • Jan
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    • aaron motsoaledi critical skills list cyril ramaphosa home affairs mavuso msimang
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  4. Jan

    Telkom launches legal action to block SIU investigation, says it's part of 15 year war over telex contract

    Telkom sues Ramaphosa to stop investigation into shady deals Telkom has launched a multi-part application in the Pretoria High Court asking for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s order that the SIU investigate suspicious deals at the company be declared unconstitutional and invalid. The court papers...
    • Jan
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    • africa online mauritius cyril ramaphosa edward scott iwayafrica multi-links phutuma networks special investigating unit (siu) telkom
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Plan to fix Eskom, remove 100MW embedded generation limit, buy more private power

    South Africa's big plan to fix Eskom and end load-shedding President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced his plan to end load-shedding, including bringing skilled engineers back to Eskom, incentivising the uptake of rooftop solar, and buying surplus capacity from independent power producers. He...
  6. Jan

    South Africa's emergency power plan leaked - report

    South Africa's emergency power plan — including solar and short-term powerships President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce plans to remove barriers to private power generation investments and speed up government’s procurement of gas and renewable power, News24 reported. Citing a leaked...
    • Jan
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    • chris yelland cyril ramaphosa eskom karpowership mondli gungubele national energy regulator of south africa (nersa) national planning commission (npc)
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. Jan

    How can Eskom 2.0 succeed if government couldn't run Eskom 1.0, SAA, Denel, and Transnet?

    Ramaphosa's Eskom 2.0 plan — from a country that can't run SAA, Transnet, Denel, or Eskom 1.0 Energy expert Chris Yelland does not believe that forming a second power utility to compete with Eskom is a viable solution to the country's energy problems. In an interview with Business Day TV...
    • Jan
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    • chris yelland cyril ramaphosa denel eskom gwede mantashe renewable energy solar power south african airways (saa) transnet wind power
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  8. Jan

    Time for a second state-owned power utility to compete with Eskom - Ramaphosa

    Ramaphosa says a second Eskom to compete with Eskom "not a bad idea" President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that one of the government's solutions to South Africa's load-shedding problem is introducing another state-owned power utility to compete with Eskom. He also emphasised that rumours that...
    • Jan
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    • cyril ramaphosa department of mineral resources and energy (dmre) department of public enterprises (dpe) eskom gwede mantashe pravin gordhan sacp
    • Replies: 87
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  9. Jan

    Zuma faction wants Andre de Ruyter gone

    Andre de Ruyter's head is on the block There is pressure from the ANC's Zuma faction to replace Eskom CEO André de Ruyter with a more "politically acceptable" candidate. Citing a reliable source, Biznews reported that De Ruyter is under fire but that a tipping point has not been reached yet.
  10. Jan

    Ramaphosa promises plan "in the coming days" to end load-shedding

    Ramaphosa to reveal new plan to end load-shedding President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a comprehensive set of actions to tackle load-shedding would be revealed in the coming days. In his weekly From the desk of the president newsletter, Ramphosa said that he has been working with the...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter cyril ramaphosa eskom jan oberholzer load-shedding
    • Replies: 173
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    FPB bans children under 10 playing games unsupervised - and gives online video age restriction guidelines

    South Africa's rules for social media video age restrictions — children banned from playing games alone The Film and Publications Board (FPB) has gazetted updated classification guidelines for films, games, and non-news publications. These guidelines pave the way for the FPB to issue age...
    • Jan
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    • cyril ramaphosa film and publications board (fpb) internet censorship website age restrictions
    • Replies: 52
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Jan

    Icasa is ordering ISPs to reverse corporate transactions from over five years ago - ISPA

    South African Internet providers ordered to reverse transactions from five years ago The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has ordered Internet service providers to reverse corporate transactions they entered into over five years ago. This was revealed by the...
    • Jan
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    • cyril ramaphosa dominic cull independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) internet service providers’ association (ispa)
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. Jan

    Little-known investment firm suing South African government for selling SAA for R51

    South African government sued after selling SAA for R51 South Africa’s government and national airline are being sued by a little-known investment firm, which wants the sale of a majority stake in the carrier scrapped and re-run due to a lack of transparency. This year’s acquisition of 51% of...
    • Jan
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    • cyril ramaphosa dudu myeni jacob zuma pravin gordhan south african airways (saa) takatso consortium toto investment holdings
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Jan

    Yekani assembly facility and devices auctioned off

    South African tech manufacturer bites the dust The Yekani manufacturing facility in East London has had its assets auctioned off, with some of its 10-inch tablets being sold for as little as R234, MyBroadband has learned. Yekani closed the R1 billion factory in January 2020, citing financial...
  15. Jan

    "South Africa is a playground for hackers"

    Cyril Ramaphosa's private data hacked Hacking group SpiderLog$ has obtained the details of a loan President Cyril Ramaphosa took out from one of South Africa's top four banks in the 2000s, the Sunday Times reported. SpiderLog$ said it was able to use data leaked by another group called...
    • Jan
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    • bongo sijora cyril ramaphosa department of defence department of justice johan brider n4ughtysectu scarybyte spiderlog$ state security agency (ssa) transnet umboko sec wolfpack information risk
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    South Africa's energy crisis as serious as Covid - people are just dying differently

    Eskom load-shedding is killing people Rotational power cuts are killing South Africans, and government should be treating it with the same seriousness as it did the Covid-19 pandemic. That is the view of energy sector analyst Roger Lilley.
  17. Jan

    State-owned IT company CEO salaries

    How much the CEOs of state-owned IT companies earn The CEOs of state-owned ICT companies in South Africa earn substantial salaries, with one making as much as President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2021. MyBroadband compared CEO salaries from five state-owned ICT companies and found that they ranged...
    • Jan
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    • andrew matseke broadband infraco cyril ramaphosa independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) luvuyo keyise madoda mxakwe mlamli booi sentech south african broadcasting corporation (sabc) state information technology agency (sita) willington ngwepe
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    South Africa looking at combined smart ID and driver's licence cards - in 10 years

    South Africa considering combining ID and driver's licence cards Ministers in President Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet have been tasked to look at implementing an all-in-one identity card system that will combine all citizens' important information — including ID, driving licence, and social...
    • Jan
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    • cyril ramaphosa department of transport (dot) dominique msibi driving licence fikila mbalula organisation undoing tax abuse (outa) sassa
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  19. Jan

    Driving licence backlog update - even Cyril Ramaphosa is struggling to renew

    Even President Ramaphosa is struggling to renew his driver's licence Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that more than 1.4 million expired driver's licence cards remain unrenewed and that President Cyril Ramaphosa himself was also struggling with his card renewal. In a media...
    • Jan
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    • cyril ramaphosa department of transport (dot) driving licence fikile mbalula
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. Jan

    African Development Bank commits R6 billion for Eskom's clean energy transition

    African Development Bank commits R6 billion for Eskom green energy switch The African Development Bank will commit 42.5 billion rand ($2.8 billion) in new financing to South Africa over the next five years, including a 6 billion-rand package to help state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd...
  21. Jan

    Netflix investing over R900 million on productions in South Africa

    Netflix spending R900 million on shows in South Africa Video streaming giant Netflix is spending more than R900 million in four South Africa-based productions over the next two years. Netflix revealed the investment amount at the 4th Annual South African Investment Conference at the Sandton...
    • Jan
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    • cape town film studios cyril ramaphosa department of trade and industry (dti) ebrahim patel netflix shola sanni
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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