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The inclusion of so many of the Zuma faction on the ANC’s Parliament list for the May elections raised the question of how much danger it presents to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
22nd March 2019
The iPhone is running out of juice. To go beyond the device that made Apple a global colossus, Tim Cook is betting on a suite of services.
25th March 2019
Late last week, US pharma giant Biogen announced after disappointing results from its trials, it has halted a drug designed to slow the onset of Alzheimer's.
25th March 2019
Moody’s will release a research report on Friday, and there is a small chance that it will lower the outlook from neutral to negative.
25th March 2019
As elections edge closer and the lights stay off, many South Africans are seriously asking themselves who they can really trust.
24th March 2019
As darkness literally grips South Africa with stage four loadshedding; it’s very difficult to step into the light.
23rd March 2019
The return of two stolen locks of hair cut from the body of fiercely independent and far-sighted, unifying emperor of Ethiopia, Tewodros II, has been hailed as major goodwill gesture by his latter-day countrymen.
22nd March 2019
Pinterest has sped up the timing of its initial public offering as the image-search company looks to tap into a red-hot market for new issues.
22nd March 2019
Eskom reduced the intensity of rotating power cuts on Friday - the country’s ninth straight day of scheduled blackouts - after imports from Mozambique were partially restored.
22nd March 2019
Steinhoff’s former chief financial officer is working with authorities as they investigate questionable transactions that brought the global retailer to the brink of collapse.
20th March 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa has intensified government’s campaign against corruption and state capture with a proclamation establishing an Investigating Directorate in the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions.
20th March 2019
Zimbabwe plans to raise $350m from the sale of stakes in five state-owned companies, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said.
19th March 2019
Yes, it can be tough to be single. But new research offers hope for those who are struggling - single people can and do lead full and happy lives.
22nd March 2019
A recently released Ipsos poll reveals some serious political problems in South Africa. In a refreshing change of pace, however, they aren't the ANC.
21st March 2019
A jury found that a man developed cancer from exposure to Roundup weedkiller he used in his yard, in the second case to go to trial over the alleged harms of the popular Bayer AG product.
20th March 2019
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his allies have publicly speculated about how the National Enquirer acquired racy texts he sent to his girlfriend. Now we know.
20th March 2019
Jeffreys Bay will be paving the way for recycling in the country, literally, as it prepares to pilot the first plastic road ever constructed in South Africa.
22nd March 2019
South Africa has a serious problem in literacy rates among Grade 4 pupils. It is estimated that 78% of Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning.
19th March 2019
Wayne Duvenage sets out the many reasons South Africans should be optimistic about the future. He is promoting a #Stay&Fix attitude.
18th March 2019
InvestSure has raised more capital and it's even eyeing the Australian market in combination with a push by its partner EasyEquities into that market.
15th March 2019
Makhubela: "The truth is that there was one allegation of sexual harassment on the whistle-blowing line, made by people who are involved in tender manipulations that I was duty bound to cancel."
22nd March 2019
How easily we forget that our Constitution reigns supreme and that our foreign policy must align with the objectives of the Bill of Rights.
20th March 2019
Shawn Hagedorn explores “blockages” in the South African economy and reflects on its reliance on the economic model of resource extraction and foreign investment.
20th March 2019
Below the soil of South Africa lies an estimated R35trn worth of mineral resources, one of the richest non-oil resource bounties in the world.
18th March 2019
Despite record production, aluminium products maker Hulamin is reducing the value of its assets by a combined R1.45bn.
20th March 2019
Nedbank has benefitted from a turnaround at its Ecobank Transnational International associate as growth in its home market continues to stagnate.
5th March 2019
RCL Foods says the local market has been flooded with imports of chicken, mainly from Brazil and America, leading to oversupply.
5th March 2019
In these uncertain times, many wrestle with deciding what their best investment options may be, especially when it comes to a choice between equities and income funds.
21st February 2019