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When the lockdown stops, power cuts will resume in South Africa
This will happen despite Eskom conducting maintenance on its ageing power stations during a decline in demand in the lockdown period

Wine industry ready to oppose government's restriction on movement of liquor
The South African government reversed a decision it had taken earlier that allowed wine exports to flow

In Pics| Lions 'patrol' the Kruger Park staff village while humans are in lockdown
After pictures of lions sun-bathing on empty Kruger National Park roads were shared across the world – the big cats are back, this time “patrolling” the streets of the Skukuza staff village. In a tweet, SanParks joked that the lions were “enforcing” the national lockdown among its staff. Skukuza, situated on the southern banks of

McDonald’s SA could be switching on the griller to make food again before lockdown ends – but it won’t be selling you any
The South African government is discussing a plan that would see some McDonald's kitchens – but not stores – reopen before the national Covid-19 lockdown ends.There would be no sale to the public, but some McDonald's outlets would prepare food for donation via non-profit organisations. The McDonald's meals would go to "the poor and vulnerable",

The new face of the IT channel
Sherifa Hady, channel sales director, EMEA, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company on changing business models, new service offerings and why channel partners should focus on customer needs.

South Africa's ICASA grants Telkom, MTN and Vodacom additional spectrum amid COVID-19 crisis
Mobile operators Telkom, MTN and Vodacom, as well as some other telecom service providers, have been temporarily granted additional spectrum as part of the COVID-19 crisis management efforts by government. A lack of high demand spectrum has been a long-running complaint by South Africa's telecoms groups, who say that it is needed to reduce data

SAA nears collapse with plan to layoff all staff
The team of business rescue practitioners led by Les Matuson and Sizwe Dongwana will now look to sell assets and raise cash to repay creditors

Lockdown: South African universities rollout online learning
Most public universities are shifting to online learning platforms in a bid to save the academic year

Former FNB CEO calls for scrapping ATM Saswitch fees permanently
MonteGray Capital founder and former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan says the waiving of Saswitch fees should be made permanent

MTN Business takes aim at IoT growth
David Mphelo, general manager, Public Sector, MTN Business, talks about the Internet of things (IoT) growth potential in South Africa and how the company is connecting the public sector.

Safaricom commits $1.8m to fighting COVID-19 pandemic
The financial commitment follows the request by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta for emergency resource mobilisation

MTN SA voted superior network
This is the third consecutive year that MTN SA achieves the prestigious lead overall umlaut Best in Test Award

Liquid Telecom gets new CEO for Zambia
Mark Townsend joins the regional executive team to support the company’s growth in Zambia

Rwanda uses drones to help catch lockdown transgressors
Rwanda has relatively few coronavirus cases so far with just 138 confirmed and no deaths

Total working with Mozambique to manage COVID-19 cases at LNG site
Mozambique’s Health Ministry says the number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 34

Namibia suspends poultry imports from South Carolina, Ukraine due to bird flu
Cooked poultry products for commercial purposes from the two territories may be imported into Namibia

HP unveils new ZBooks for creative pros
The mobile workstations combine strong performance and portability

Tech-savvy Rwanda is using drones to enforce lockdown
Police use drone to keep residents at home in Kigali

Intel see chip demand up
Vendor says demand for processors has soared due to work-from-home rush

Cisco commits $2.5bn in financing to support business resiliency
New payment scheme allows customers and channel partners to access technology to support business continuity
