The Johannesburg municipality’s solar-powered project in the township of Alexandra is on track to go live at the end of this month, providing a more reliable source of power for residents. Other stories include esports scholarships, lax cybersecurity, crypto peddler, and Old Mutual's negative attention.
This morning’s edition of SPEEDRUN looks at solar power, with the Johannesburg municipality’s electricity facilitator has announced that its solar-powered project is on track to go live at the end of this month in the township of Alexandra . A proof of concept for now, it could serve as a way for those in townships like Alex to gain access to a more reliable source of power moving forward.
Other stories that piqued our interest over the past 24 hours include the issuing of three esports scholarships at a Joburg private school, people’s lax approach to cybersecurity, crypto peddler on X, and Old Mutual being in people’s mentions for all the wrong reasons.Hypertext is one of South Africa’s leading technology news and reviews sites, catering for consumers, small and medium businesses and the technology channel.Hypertext is one of South Africa’s leading technology news and reviews sites. We publish original content daily for consumers and businesses. All original words & media by Hypertext by htxt.media are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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