ANN7 Presenters Still Finding Their Feet

The Gupta family decided to expand its newsroom business to accommodate its latest endeavor; a 24-hour news channel. The prominent family owns The New Age newspaper and now, they are the proud owners of the Africa News Network channel which launched last week. The launch of ANN7 comes only a short while after the South African Broadcasting Corporation also decided to make the news available to its audience for 24 hours. The Africa News Network channel has attracted a lot of a... Read more »
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By Ntokozo Sindane On Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

R 85 Million Advertising Campaign for SANRAL e-Tolls

Since talks of the electronic tolling system in Gauteng started, there has been a public uproar as to the reasoning behind this expensive system. The controversial e-tolling system is made up of 49 tolls which ... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Mixed Reactions to the Launch of SABC’s 24-Hour News Channel

When the South African Broadcasting Corporation celebrated 77 years in existence, it did so in style by launching a 24-hour news channel on the DSTV platform. Some have hailed the launch of the all-day, all-nig... Read more »
By Ayanda On Monday, August 5th, 2013

Ban on Apple Products vetoed by US Trade Representative

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) under the administration of President Obama has issued a veto against the decision of the US International Trade Commission (USITC) to ban “Apple” products from... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

The EU doesn’t want ugly S.A oranges

Tensions seem to always be high in the agricultural sector these days. South African chickens are fighting for preference over Brazilian Chickens. The EFF wants to seize farms without compensation- the Agricult... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Sunday, July 28th, 2013

Mexican “Mining” Standoff South African Style

The classic Mexican standoff requires three opponents, all with guns aimed at each other. Each side wants something, that will require a concession to be made, but what they offer is considered by the other sid... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

ANC Under Pressure to Deliver on the Economy

The economy is on fire. That’s the general mood amongst analysts and business pundits. It seems the South African economy has had to contend with one setback after another and with elections close by, the ANC... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

South Africa Scolded by the European Union

This past week South Africa and its biggest trading partner, the European Union (EU), held their annual summit.   South Africa was keen to show that it can play nice, despite biting Europe‘s hand over inves... Read more »
By PAW On Friday, July 19th, 2013

Shuttleworth Loses Case against South African Government

Billionaire businessman Mark Shuttleworth felt that he should not have had to pay a levy of around R 250 million when he emigrated and took his assets out of South Africa in 2009. In June, he approached the Pre... Read more »
By Nicolette Chinomona On Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

South Africans Need Piggy Banks

The death of the piggy bank July is the national savings month, most people don’t know this and sadly most don’t care, because they don’t save. At some point, most consumers have come across money tins, w... Read more »