Author: Trent Meikle

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After Cyril Ramaphosa’s Necom announced new plans to banish load shedding, finance minister Enoch Godongwana said that South Africa’s “plan” to be rid of load shedding should start paying dividends within the next 12 to 18 months. “Eventually in the next 12-18 months we will be able to say load-shedding is a thing of the past. That is the target,” Godongwana told Reuters at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, which our president so kindly decided to skip in order to… deal with the energy crisis? Goodbye to Stage 6 load shedding (maybe) Godongwana went on to say that…

You’ve heard of load shedding, right? The thing that Eskom started nearly fifteen years ago to help it take back control of South Africa’s grid. Since then, we’ve been putting up with more, and more and… you get the idea. Load shedding isn’t cool. The worst part? It’s only going to get worse — unless Necom’s new laws actually manage to pull us out of this sinking hole. Most of us have accepted our fate and begun investing in generators, solar panels and batteries. We’re simple beings. Leave us with a phone and an internet connection and we’re happy. We’d…

We’re dashing your hopes early – load shedding isn’t gone, far from it. But it may soon ease, according to South Africa’s National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom). It believes that the addition of a new law, aimed at fast-tracking plant development, could help pull us from the hellscape that is load shedding. Yesterday afternoon, Monday 16 January, Necom – which consists of several cabinet leaders in Cyril Ramaphosa’s office, spoke with business and labour leaders, claiming that a number of interventions have been made to try and ease load shedding. Unfortunately, the interventions have arrived at a time when South…

You’ve probably never heard of the ColoVu C1 Plus 4K, right? That’s a real shame because it’s one of the best TV boxes on the market. Well, it’s the best Android streamer on the shelves. Apple still holds the title for best streaming box in general, but the ColoVu does its best to be mentioned in the same breath as the Apple TV. It’s hard to go wrong with a streaming box, especially in South Africa. For some inexplicable reason, the country seems to go crazy for these things. It makes sense. You want a place to watch Netflix, Showmax…

It’s official. HBO’s The Last of Us is the best live-action adaptation of a videogame to date. There can be no argument on this one. Just watch it. Before that, the title belonged to… Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children? Wow. The bar really was low, huh? Nevertheless, it wouldn’t have taken much for The Last of Us to be considered the best of a bad bunch. Just throw in the basic plot, get an alright performance from the two leads and call it a day. HBO didn’t do that. Instead, it went a step further, not just making The Last…

Apple wants in on the English Premier League Apple made its debut in the world of live sports streaming last year, signing deals to premiere Major League Baseball and the MLS right on the platform. It tried its hardest to land a deal for the rights to the NFL, though it lost that battle to YouTube. That’s not stopping Apple’s streaming rampage, now entering the race to host the English Premier League on its service. The deal, should it come to fruition, would cost the trillion-dollar company $250m per year. That number could have been far larger for the domestic…

Hollywood is fatigued and losing money. In 2022 alone, the world saw the release of 599 scripted TV series aimed at adults. The over-saturation in the market and spending cutbacks are finally taking their toll on the industry – which could impact the number of new series we see every year, according to John Landgraf, Disney’s chairman of FX content. “I think that 599 is the peak,” he said. “I don’t think you’ll see that number again. It’s going to start to come down.” While 599 shows in a calendar year is the most ever seen (7% up from 2021),…

After failing to make a call on a potential hike for electricity tariffs back in December, Nersa (the National Energy Regulator of South Africa) has finally approved a 33.77% increase. Don’t panic just yet – the increase is spread out over the next two years. The first is an 18.65% increase set to hit bills this April. We now return you to your regularly scheduled panicking Despite the huge increase, it’s still far below what Eskom was initially asking for. The power provider had originally requested for a 32% increase for this year alone. We can only assume that Nersa…

For some reason, the internet chose today as the day for every Apple rumour under the sun to drop. We’re hearing reports of Apple’s plan to stop relying on Samsung’s display proficiency and develop its own panels – whether they be OLED or touchscreen (or both) — for its line-up of MacBooks in the coming years. Fine. I’ll do it myself Apple is looking to end its alliance with Samsung and LG and focus on developing its own screens for upcoming iPhones and Apple Watches. At least, that’s what Bloomberg has told the world. The transition would begin with the…