South Africa is undergoing a decades-long transition to a new electrical plug and socket standard, which will culminate in the old triangular three-prong plug top no longer being supported. In its ...

It is the bane of worldwide travel: there isn’t just one way to get AC power from the wall. The exact connector — and what you can expect when you plug in — differs from country to country. Even if ...

South Africa is amid a gradual transition to a new electrical plug standard as the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) works to establish a compact, hexagonal design as the primary socket type in ...