278 Maps showing the location of Thyspunt. Image: OpenStreetMap Further specialist studies on which site to select for Eskom’s proposed 5.2GW nuclear power station should only be for Thyspunt on the Eastern…
Category: Business
AI sabotage in the workplace is real
233 Nearly a third of employees surveyed by a global study admit to deliberately undermining their companies’ AI roll-outs – and while the research did not include South African respondents, a local…
Multiple ARVs suppliers available if Barrs Pharmaceuticals is liquidated – health department
217 ‘The reality is that the future of Barrs is uncertain and, at this stage, not positive.’ There is currently no indication that Barrs Pharmaceuticals is at risk of liquidation, but even…
UK PM Keir Starmer declares war on doomscrolling
201 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending videos, British Prime Minister Keir…
Crippled smelter operators secure tariff lifeline from Eskom
220 Deal now in the hands of regulator Nersa. South Africa’s largest smelter operators have one final hurdle to clear before locking in a new 62 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) tariff…
Streaming platform bags rights for Fifa World Cup in South Africa
204 SportyTV, an African-focused streaming platform, said on Monday that it has acquired pay-television rights to show all 104 matches of the 2026 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. The deal, which…
The satellite war on terrestrial telecoms has already begun
236 The convergence of several seemingly disparate but interrelated technological advances is bringing mass-market satellite direct-to-device capabilities closer to being an everyday reality. The shift promises to connect the unconnected, especially in…
SAA ‘could have entered Covid pandemic stronger’
145 A turnaround strategy that could have made SAA profitable and competitive was never implemented South African Airways (SAA) knew exactly what was wrong with its business more than a decade before…
Citroën Basalt SUV-Coupé: connectivity, comfort and design intelligence
206 Citroën South Africa has officially launched the Basalt SUV-Coupé, moving beyond teaser fragments to reveal a full vehicle that combines intuitive technology, practical usability and design-led thinking in the B-SUV segment….
The end of MultiChoice as we know it
249 Six months on from the Canal+ takeover, the question is: what kind of company is MultiChoice now? The official line is that the DStv parent, now owned by France’s Groupe Canal+,…