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  • From mixers to pitch-offs — your brand event belongs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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    Each Side Event can unlock new opportunities for the hosts: investor deal flow, talent connections, and brand exposure with the startup community.

  • The South African mobile network operator taking on Takealot and big banks

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    Vodacom is trying several strategies to unlock new areas of growth outside of pure mobile services, while leveraging its cellular network assets, Sanlam Investments portfolio manager Roy Mutooni says. Speaking to BusinessDay TV, Mutooni highlighted that Vodacom’s beyond mobile divisions now contribute…

  • Eskom breakdowns above safe threshold

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    Eskom reports that, as of Friday, the weekly average breakdowns at its power stations was 13,628 MW. For nine weeks in a row, average breakdowns have exceeded the power utility’s 13,000 MW “safe” threshold. While breakdowns were lower this week, the state-owned…

  • Important information for Vodacom customers

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    By Romeo Smith Vodacom has stopped accepting driving licence cards as proof of identity when new or returning customers take out new products, make package changes, and port numbers. The mobile network began sending SMS messages to customers late last week,…

  • Flaws exposed in electricity billing systems in South Africa

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    A high-stakes power play between Johannesburg’s electricity distributor, City Power, and Eskom Distribution has reached a fragile settlement, ending a four-year, R4.9bn dispute that has laid bare critical failings in South Africa’s electricity distribution industry. At the centre of the…