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utils.ArticleTopic.None 15 Apr 2025

The campaign to subvert Africa's internet registry

In ten days, AFRINIC, the continent's internet registry votes in its new board. But one man has been trying to commoditise its resources, and is pushing for a takeover.

Robert Duigan Robert Duigan
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South coast town goes all in on Bitcoin

Witsand is attracting attention as the small town adopts the cryptocurrency for retail and daily business. But the rest of the Cape is leading this trend too

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Eight years after the height of the drought, City may finally get a desalination plant

But scientists criticise Cape Town's terrible waste management practices, which have caused the collapse of a previous desalination project in 2019

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utils.ArticleTopic.None 14 Feb 2025

Orange: Revolutionizing Cross-Border Payments in Africa with Bitcoin Lightning Network

The recently-launched Western Cape-based startup joins others in a highly innovative local tech sector with continental ambitions

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utils.ArticleTopic.None 17 Jan 2025

Frogfoot's New Years Internet Outage

Possibly the longest internet outage in the past ten years raises questions about the quality of service in an industry which has seen competition stagnate.

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News24 demands the censorship of social media

After state-guided social media censorship has been suspended during the political transition in America, News24 insists that South Africa must suppress undesirable speech

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Nuclear power and the earthquake "near Vaalputs"

Hugo Kruger explains that environmental activists' hysteria over the nuclear waste storage facility in Vaalputs is based in ignorance of technical matters

Hugo Kruger Hugo Kruger
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utils.ArticleTopic.None 10 Dec 2024

Judge declares coal power unconstitutional

Judge Cornelius van der Westhuizen ruled that the government had violated future generations' rights to a clean environment, and dismissed plans for mitigation of emissions

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