R20bn price tag for new coal IPPs

A report released today by the University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre (ERC) shows that government’s planned independent power producer (IPP) coal plants – Thabametsi and Khanyisa – would cost South Africa an additional R19,68-billion compared to a least-cost...
Randvest moves into IT infrastructure with BT-SA acquisition

Randvest moves into IT infrastructure with BT-SA acquisition

Isaac Mophatlane’s Randvest has made its first big acquisition, buying up 100% of IT infrastructure company Bridging Technologies SA (BT-SA). The acquisition was effective from 1 March 2018. BT-SA, which has been in business for 35 years, specialises in data...

ICASA publishes radio frequency allocation

ICASA has published the National Radio Frequency Plan (NRFP) 2018, allocating radio frequency spectrum to radio services in the frequency bands between 8.3kHz and 3000GHz. The revised NRFP-18 incorporates the decisions taken by the 2015 World Radiocommunication...

World No Tobacco Day: are you free to choose?

The World Health Organisation (WHO), made up of unelected bureaucrats, and the South African government are determined to protect you from yourself whether you want them to or not. This is the word from the Free Market Foundation (FMF), which has penned this opinion...

Data management in the multi-cloud world

Kathy Gibson at VeeamOn Forum in Johannesburg – Organisations are no longer thinking about adopting a cloud strategy, or even adopting a cloud strategy – they are thinking about how to properly manage their data in a multi-cloud environment. A Veeam survey...
A new way of working soon to reach tipping point

A new way of working soon to reach tipping point

More than two-thirds of global employees work remotely every week, and over 50% do so for at least half of the week, heralding a major reassessment of corporate real estate. According to a comprehensive new global study by IWG, parent group of Regus and Spaces, the...