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Telkom opens 'green' data centre

South African telecoms firm Telkom has launched a new, state-of-the-art, "green" data centre – boasting features such as "virtualisation" and free-air cooling – to take advantage of a local data centre operations market that is expected to grow at around 22% a year.

Mobile banking on the increase

More South Africans now turn to their mobile phones rather than their personal computers for banking services ranging from balance inquiries to account payments, and the trend will only continue, new research finds.

South Africa pushes solar geysers

The South African government has introduced a draft framework aimed at ensuring the installation of a million solar-powered geysers in households and commercial buildings in South Africa over the next five years.

Targeting more black accountants

The newly gazetted black empowerment charter for the chartered accountancy profession aims to tackle South Africa's skills shortage by growing the number of black accountants in the country.

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