Joburg says it has bought its way out of an Eskom blackout
Johannesburg The City of Johannesburg says it has settled in full the R5.26-billion in overdue electricity debt it owed Eskom, and that the utility has withdrawn the legal process it began in May that could have led to supply cuts across parts of the metro. The announcement came on Friday in a joint statement from…
Bitcoin on track for 23% weekly gain as investor optimism floods back
Bitcoin was on track for a weekly gain of around 23% Friday, following a spate of positive developments for the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was trading 6% higher at about $77,000, up from about $62,800 at the start of the week. Crypto-linked stocks rose, with Coinbase and Circle advancing more than 9% each. Strategy advanced…
Less pressure, more support for HR and payroll
Sakeena Adams, Regional People Director, Africa and Middle East (AME) at Sage. HR and payroll teams are under increasing pressure and heavier workloads. They need systems that enable them to be more strategic. This is according to speakers participating in a webinar hosted by Sage in partnership with ITWeb this week. Nkosinathi Mbulumeti, Sales Director…
Trump and Ex-Lawyer-Turned Adversary Michael Cohen Reconcile
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Africa: U.S. Launches ‘IP for Growth’ Programme to Boost Africa’s Creative Economy
THE United States (US) government has launched a year-long “IP for Growth” (Intellectual Property for Growth) programme aimed at helping African creators, particularly those in the music industry, turn creativity into economic growth through stronger intellectual property (IP) protection. Speaking during a digital press briefing hosted by the US Department of State’s Africa Regional Media…
MVNOs are doing the heavy lifting at Cell C
Cell C CEO Jorges Mendes Cell C’s wholesale division grew revenue 20% to R1.76-billion in the year to 31 May 2026, adding 1.2 million mobile virtual network operator subscribers. Data traffic from those MVNO users rose 131%, against 47% growth across the group as a whole. It was comfortably the strongest performance in the group….
Africa: Five Years On From First Vaccine, Fight Against Malaria Sees Progress in Africa
On World Mosquito Day, attention remains focused on the devastating impact of the disease in Africa. The continent accounts for 95 per cent of malaria-related deaths worldwide. Five years after the roll-out of the first malaria vaccine, it is beginning to deliver measurable results – although significant challenges remain. The RTS,S vaccine marked a turning…
Bodies of two mountaineers discovered after Swiss glacier melts
The bodies of two Belgian men who went missing in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have been discovered after being exposed by the melting of a glacier, police have said. A hiker discovered the bodies on 26 July on the Trift Glacier, south of the Swiss city of Lucerne, officials said. DNA analysis later confirmed…
Africa: Film Festivals Take African Cultural Heritage Around the World – and Help Keep It Alive
African film festivals were once quite rare, but in the past decades they’ve been growing in the continent and mushrooming around the world. A recent open access book explores these events through case studies. The book’s editor, African cinema scholar Sheila Petty, has also written chapters in it about the role film festivals play in…
More time for public input on EC Amendment Bill
Khusela Sangoni-Diko, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Parliament’s oversight body on communications has extended the deadline for written submissions on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, giving the public another month to make their views known. In a statement, the portfolio committee says the new deadline for…
