Eskom has successfully suspended loadshedding for 212 consecutive days since 26 March 2024. This significant achievement is attributed to the ongoing success of its Generation Recovery Plan, which has been instrumental in maintaining a stable power supply across South Africa. Eskom’s Energy Availability Factor (EAF) has maintained a steady average of 62 % over the […]

In a South African grocery retail first, Checkers has taken to the skies in a specially branded aeroplane. Emblazoned with “Sixty60” on its sides and “Checkers” on its belly, the plane was first spotted at the OR Tambo International airport on Thursday, 24 October. In collaboration with award-winning airline LIFT, the teal Airbus A320 conducted […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in particular, have captured the imagination of the world with an ability to create new content, including text, images, videos, and code as well as interpretations of existing data and content. Amidst all the excitement around the potential and massive investments being made in AI, more and […]

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It is both disappointing and dishonest that some are trying to pin YeboYethu’s woes on Nkosana Makate, the inventor of Vodacom’s “Please Call Me” (PCM) service. YeboYethu, the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) vehicle of Vodacom, has been pushing the narrative that compensating Makate fairly for his billion-rand idea will destroy the livelihoods of its black […]

The promise of AI and the beauty of large language models sets radical expectations in how banks can  improve overall payment experiences for customers. This technology is re-orienting the way financial institutions, and payment service providers operate, and its advocates have identified (not without low hubris) numerous use cases,  all offering new ways for banks […]

Huawei Cloud, a top three cloud vendor in South Africa, today pledged to accelerate the digital transformation for local industries over the next five years to support the implementation of South Africa’s National Digital and Cloud Policy, thus driving the growth of the country’s digital economy. The inaugural Huawei Cloud Summit brought together public and […]

All indications are that South Africa’s economy is on a more confident trajectory than it was before the national elections in May. While high inflation and interest rates have weighed on consumer confidence in the past few years, the successful formation of the government of national unity, the absence of load shedding, a stronger rand […]

South Africa’s new Transport Safety Lab was unveiled by the Hon. Minister of Science Technology and Innovation, Prof Blade Nzimande at CSIR in Pretoria on 24 October 2024. The lab features a stationary driving simulator housed on the CSIR’s Scientia campus in Pretoria, as well as a vehicle equipped with sensors to collect data on driver behaviour […]

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