262 Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Eskom has issued a formal notice of its intention to reduce, interrupt or terminate electricity supply to several bulk supply points serving the City of Johannesburg, after arrear debt…
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The psychology behind impulse buying
184 PEXELS/ IMPULSIVE BUYING Most people have bought something they never planned to purchase — whether it was a late-night online order, a snack grabbed at the checkout counter, or clothing bought…
How social entrepreneur Retang Phaahla left her quantity surveyor job to start tea business
194Retang Phaahla said they were looking for natural resources that could uplift the community and create jobs. A concoction of richness is brewing below the soil of a Limpopo district that has…
Could working longer hours mean you are productive?Â
128 Many people assume that the more hours you spend working, the more productive you will be. Also see: How Gen-Z young working adults are rewriting health and happiness However, this is a common…
Troubling questions over South African internet infrastructure attacks
191 The sheer scale of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on South African internet infrastructure in recent days does not make sense considering the relatively small amounts the attackers are trying to…
Golden Arrow Holds Off on Fare Hikes as Diesel Surges
154 Golden Arrow Bus Services says it is still holding the line on fare increases, even as soaring diesel prices pile pressure onto one of Cape Town’s biggest public transport operators. The…
Setback for Vodacom in Kenya
210 Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub A planned sale by the Kenyan government of a 15% stake in Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom Group remains on hold after the high court in…
Pick n Pay sells down R4.7bn in Boxer to shore up turnaround
175 Pick n Pay announced it would sell down a further 11.5% of its subsidiary Boxer valued at up to R4.7 billion to shore up its balance sheet and to ensure that…
DDoS extortionists ‘carpet bomb’ South African internet hosts
237 Network Platforms chief technical officer Warwick Ward-Cox A wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks hitting South African web hosts is a deliberate extortion campaign run by a criminal group. That is…
Digital Parks Africa expands global network reach with Cogent
149 Global tier-1 carrier Cogent Communications is now live at Digital Parks Africa’s Samrand data centre, giving customers direct access to one of the world’s largest IP backbone networks from within the…