Cape Town renews Pragma contract

Mar 24, 2015

The City of Cape Town has renewed its contract with physical asset management company, Pragma, for a further three years from July this year to June 2018. “We’re absolutely thrilled with the renewal of the City of Cape Town contract,” says Frik Kirsten, asset care...

Fire hasn’t shut down Teraco data centre

Mar 6, 2015

Teraco says that its Cape Town data centre is currently running on generator power as a result of a fire in the Great Westerford Building in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Lex van Wyk, CEO of Teraco, says that the building has been evacuated and the fire department is in the...

UberSleigh takes to CT streets this Xmas

Dec 12, 2014

Uber, the app that connects riders with drivers, is partnering with online store, Kalahari.com, to make Christmas shopping easier for Capetonians this festive season. From 18 to 24 December, between 10am and 4pm daily, Uber riders will be able to do all their...

Orange begins WiFi rollout in Cape Town

Nov 20, 2014

In partnership with the City of Cape Town, telecommunications service provider Orange is planning the imminent launch of its new Orange WiFi service, offering WiFi to those living in part of the areas of Khayelitsha and Mitchell’s Plain. The partnership was announced at an official address by the Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, on Thursday.

Cape Town leads in city domain applications

Nov 5, 2014

The 623 applications for .capetown (dotCapeTown) city Top-Level Domains (cTLDs) received to date by the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) far outstrip the predicted favourite of .joburg (dotJoburg), which has seen only 297 cTLD applications. The ZACR has received 250 .durban...