Telegram boss slams Apple and Google for pulling Russian protest-voting app: Telegram founder Pavel Durov criticised Google and Apple for removing a protest-voting app tied to imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny from their Russian online stores under pressure from authorities. – MyBroadband
Hundreds of army vehicles destroyed in fire — which was put out by civilians: The SANDF’s lack of firefighting capabilities at the Wallmansthal military base led to the destruction of hundreds of old vehicles and had a volunteer association not stepped in, 900 operational vehicles could have been destroyed. – MyBroadband
Get vaccinated and help fix South Africa’s jobs crisis — Pepkor CEO: Sibanye Stillwater boss says a successful vaccination programme isn’t enough — South Africa’s failure to grow the economy is likely to exacerbate the country’s jobs crisis. – MyBroadband
Police and Treasury offline — network problem knocks out South African government: The external network services of several South African government departments have been offline since Saturday night, barely one week after a previous fault caused a similar outage. – MyBroadband
First all-civilian SpaceX flight returns to Earth: The first all-civilian crew to orbit the Earth splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. – MyBroadband
Plan to end South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown: This is when the South African government expects it could lift the national state of disaster and end the Covid-19 lockdown. – MyBroadband
Alarming number of security breaches in South Africa: Following the ransomware attack on the Department of Justice, South Africa’s Information Regulator said it is concerned about the number of security breaches in South Africa and revealed how many were reported to it in August. – MyBroadband
Facebook fights back: Facebook pushed back on reports that the company was aware of the negative impact of its products, claiming that the allegations don’t tell the whole picture. – MyBroadband
Submit and get free exposure here: Showcase Your Business | Advertise Your Special Offers.
