Communications minister Solly Malatsi last week gazetted amendments to the Postal Services Act that have effectively removed the Post Office’s monopoly on the delivery of sub-1kg parcels. The rule allowing the Post Office to hang onto its monopoly had been extended multiple times, with the last extension provided by former communications minister Mondli Gungubele –…
China will spearhead the creation of an international organisation to jointly develop AI, the country’s premier said, seeking to ensure that world-changing technology doesn’t become the province of just a few nations or companies. Artificial intelligence harbours risks from widespread job losses to economic upheaval that require nations to work together to address, Premier Li…
A Mulilo solar energy plant near Prieska in the Northern Cape Just two years after winning the backing of one of the world’s biggest green infrastructure investors, a little-known South African company is rapidly redrawing the country’s energy map. Mulilo Renewable Energy, which received a US$200-million investment from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in 2023, has since…
