R2,88bn loan to expand Eskom transmission

The African Development Bank has approved a R2,886-billion ($217,9-million) loan to Eskom, for the upgrade and expansion of its transmission facilities. The funding supports the Eskom Transmission Improvement Project (ETIP), which will see the construction of 555km of...

Minister, ICASA settle spectrum challenge

The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, and the council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) have agreed to settle the court matter involving the Invitation to Apply (ITA) which was issued on 15 July...

Rapid growth for cloud infrastructure spend

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew...

Appeals court rules for Net1

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled favour of Net1 in its debit order case. The court denied the application from the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA) and the Black Sash for leave to appeal the May 2017 High Court declaratory order. This order was sought...

FNB wins for strongest reputation

For the third consecutive year, FNB has claimed the title of strongest reputation in the 2018 RepTrak Pulse Survey. Conducted by the Reputation Institute (RI), the survey provides a specialised measurement of how stakeholders, including the public, investors and...
New species of giant dinosaur unearthed in SA

New species of giant dinosaur unearthed in SA

A new species of a giant dinosaur has been found in the Free State province. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Ledumahadi Mafube – Sesotho for “a giant thunderclap at dawn” – weighed 12 tonnes and stood about four metres high at the hips. An international...