The fall of SAA.
The airline won’t be able to survive after April. Amidst the nationwide lockdown and travel ban, SAA is running out of money. According to reports, the airline only has enough funds until the end of April. Many experts have said that the only viable option is for SAA to liquidate. SAA has said that it […]
Load shedding is on the cards from May, after the lockdown.
The power cuts are likely to last almost a year. A senior Eskom representative has said that it is highly likely that load shedding will resume after the nationwide lockdown comes to an end. This means that from May, South Africans must once again prepare for rolling blackouts. Eskom said that during the lockdown, they […]
Transport yourself to exotic locations with Zoom.
Set your background to look like you are in another location when Zooming your friends! With many people stuck at home during the nationwide lockdown, hotels from several exotic international locations have started making footage of their vicinity available on the video conferencing platform, Zoom. Users can use this footage as the background of their […]
Zoom might not be as secure as you think.
Zoom meetings are not end-to-end encrypted and exposes users’ email address and photos. The nationwide lockdown, video conferencing has become the new way of having meetings. One popular app to host virtual meetings on is Zoom. A recent report, however, suggests that Zoom might have some serious security flaws. The platform’s video meetings are not […]
SA Economy downgraded to junk status.
Moody’s revoked the country’s investment-grade status on the first day of the nationwide lockdown. On Friday, 27 March, Moody’s, the last grading agency to still deem South Africa’s economy as investment grade, downgraded their credit rating to junk status. The downgrade comes at a time when the country’s economy is already pushed to its limits […]
Slow internet speeds in SA during lockdown.
This is due to an undersea cable that broke. It is set to be repaired by 4 April. An undersea cable that connects South Africa to a large part of the rest of the internet broke (again) over the weekend. The result is that some South Africans might experience very slow internet speeds, especially when […]
Lockdown dinner parties.
People are using video conferencing apps to have dinner with their friends and family, virtually. Due to the nationwide lockdown in full swing, people can’t enjoy dinner around the same table if they do not live under the same roof. People are, however, making a plan to enjoy virtual dinner parties. Apps like Zoom, Skype […]
SA nationwide lockdown announced.
From midnight on Thursday, all citizens will have to remain in their homes. President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday announced that South Africa will enter a nationwide lockdown at Thursday, midnight. This will require everyone to remain in their homes. People may only leave their residences when going to buy food or other essentials like medicine. The […]
