Daanyaal Matthews

Starlink could be coming to the Republic following policy proposal changes by Communications Minister Solly Malatsi, which would allow the internet service to circumvent current BEE regulations that hinder its operation in the Republic. This follows Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi gazetting a proposed policy directive to the ICASA on Equity Equivalent Investment Programs in the ICT sector. This would allow corporations, like Starlink Services, to operate […]

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to deliver his budget speech this coming Wednesday for the third time.  Previous attempts at passing the budget vote were hindered by internal friction within the Government of National Unity (GNU), where the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) clashed over the proposal to introduce a VAT increase.  In the second attempt, the speech included a proposed 0.5% VAT increase, with […]

By Daanyaal Matthews  Loadshedding has returned to South Africa, with Stage 2 implemented on Monday. This comes just weeks after the electricity minister unveiled Eskom’s winter readiness plan, assuring the public that the utility was prepared for the colder season.  The winter plan hinged on the grid not losing more than 13,000 MW of capacity—a threshold that, if crossed, would trigger Stage 2 loadshedding.  Eskom has since explained that the […]