
SolarAfrica receives R1.5bn investment boost
The independent power producer secures R1.5 billion in funding to build the next plant of its utility-scale solar development in the Northern Cape.
THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY 2026, 22:19

The independent power producer secures R1.5 billion in funding to build the next plant of its utility-scale solar development in the Northern Cape.

DeVilliers and Jaco Botha have come a long way from waiting tables at Spur and working at a video rental store to running the company that has installed more rooftop solar power in South Africa than any other.

Best Cryptocurrencies to buy now headlines will often involve established markets with high momentum levels that have future catalysts on the horizon. Present market trends reflect a renewed expression of interest at various levels of the cryptoeconomic system, where selected cryptocurrencies show technical analysis indicators before larger accumulation phases. Within this environment,...

One of the quietest ways to read the crypto market isn’t through Twitter threads or YouTube hype, it’s through whale wallets. When big money moves, patterns start to form. And right now, analysts tracking five large on-chain wallets noticed something interesting: Despite thousands of available tokens, these wallets continue to accumulate the same five assets. […]

Luminance, the global leader in Legal-Grade™ AI for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Jonty Koekemoer as VP, to lead the company’s new regional hub in South Africa and supercharge expansion across the continent amid growing demand. Luminance has selected South Africa as a regional hub due to the country’s mature and sophisticated legal […]

Visa is integrating stablecoins into its payments network, positioning itself as the bridge to global merchant acceptance.

The Automobile Association advises that motorists who own vehicles with poor safety ratings consider transitioning to safer models.
The UK government has awarded guaranteed electricity prices to offshore wind projects totaling 8.4 GW in a bid to revive wind development, attract nearly $30 billion in private investment, and stabilize energy costs. The New York Times reports: On Wednesday, the British government said that it would provide guaranteed electricity prices for a group of wind farms off England, Scotland and Wales...

With an imminent end-of-support deadline, SAP would like nothing better than for all its customers to move to S4. And fast.

A .SPACE domain name is an on-brand extension to promote everything from creative collections and online stores to physical spaces and community hubs.

Axelspace Corporation (“Axelspace”), a leading developer and operator of microsatellites dedicated to realizing its vision of “Space within Your Reach,” has made a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jethi Software Development PLC (“Jethi”), an Ethiopian technology company, to cooperate on addressing social and development challenges through the utilization of satellite-based...

The Department of Higher Education and Training calls on prospective students to make use of the Central Application Service.

The site’s co-founder speaks to the BBC for the online encyclopedia’s 25th anniversary.

One type of payment has been held back from wider adoption in South Africa due to fragmentation.

Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI’s development hadn’t consolidated under a small number of big tech firms. Nor had it capitalized on consumer attention, surveilling users and delivering ads. Unfortunately, the AI industry is now taking a page from the social […]

UK Financial Ltd today announced that its MayaCat Regulated Security Token (SMCAT) has officially made history as the world’s first exchange-traded token structured under the ERC-3643 regulated security token standard. Following this milestone, UK Financial Ltd confirmed that it is actively coordinating with the CATEX Exchange to determine the most efficient and fully compliant method […]

Oracle has been accused of concealing its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its AI infrastructure.

Ethereum launched in 2015 at under $1 per token. Early supporters who recognized the vision walked away with returns that redefined generational wealth. ICO buyers at $0.30 saw their positions climb more than 3,500x to the 2018 peak. Those gains did not come from luck. They came from spotting infrastructure before the crowd arrived. Now, […]

The transport department awaits cabinet approval on its agreement with the Government Printing Works before the latter can start producing driving licence cards.

The Binance Academy forms the foundation, teaching beginners blockchain basics before exposing them to risk markets.

Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author of the new book Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can learn by examining our dreams, and what we can do when dreams turn to nightmares. Dr Carr gives her top tips for...