After nearly two decades of legal battles, Vodacom Group Limited has announced a landmark out-of-court settlement with Nkosana Makate, the innovator behind the company’s “Please Call Me” servi...
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Blowing the whistle on corruption in a company, or on the abuse of public resources within government, is both an act of great bravery and one that enjoys little protection in our country – physically, profes...
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Eskom has drastically withdrawn its services from Nkanini, Khayelitsha following the robbery incident that occurred after the power utility company deployed their technicians to the town on Friday and were robb...
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South Africa is at the center of a growing debate over the operations of spaza shops, especially regarding fraudulent business registrations and the safety of goods sold in townships. The issue gained national ...
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South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, is at the center of a complex challenge after its campaign to upgrade prepaid electricity meters uncovered widespread illegal electricity use. The initiative, which transi...
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South Africa’s National Treasury has published a policy review on the taxation of alcoholic beverages, inviting public comments as part of its preparations for the 2025 Budget. The review builds on the 20...
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In a sweeping announcement at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit held on September 5, 2024 in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged nearly $51 billion over the next three years to bolster Ch...
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The South African Post Office (SAPO) continues to close branches across the country as part of its restructuring process. In March, it was announced that the state-owned postal service would close 235 more bran...
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The last thing Radisson Blu general manager Elmarie Fritz expected to be told this year was that she had been nominated for a prestigious national hospitality award. One can imagine her surprise, then, when she...
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South African motorists are poised for continued relief at the pumps in February, with early data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) indicating significant decreases in petrol and diesel prices. Preliminary figures show over-recoveries building, with petrol over-recovering by around R1.20 per litre and diesel by up to R1.75 per litre. This points to potential cuts of approximately 85–125 cents per litre for petrol and R1.09–R1.84 per litre for diesel, depending on the fin... Read more »
