Shares of JSE-listed packaging and paper producer Mondi jumped more than 10% on Friday when it announced it has decided not to go to battle to acquire industry peer DS Smith, which has another hefty offer.
Twenty-six hotels that already have permits can move forward, but after that a hotel can only be built if one shuts down. Tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam hotels last year.
Polish authorities have arrested two men suspected of attacking a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Vilnius in March, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda said Friday.
The Pretoria High Court nullified a R5 billion UIF contract awarded to Thuja Capital and restrained owner Mthunzi Mdwaba from making corruption allegations against various ministers.
Investors are starting to process that big changes are likely coming in the 2024 South African election – and focus is now shifting to what happens next.
Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon
That time of year approaches when we ritually sacrifice 40% of our 16-year-olds to mark them down as failures. Exam season is coming up – that summer rite when we sit down all the young, hunched over cramped desks day after day for weeks, to sit far too many GCSE papers. The...
[Liberian Observer] The Education Advocacy Coalition recently concluded a meeting with lawmakers to rally for an increase in the national educational budget from 16.3 percent to 20 percent.
The South African musician and parody artist posted an election meme on his X timeline asking South Africans who they will be voting for, but the now viral meme struck the wrong chord.
Rising electricity prices and unreliable supply have created a new group of super-proactive, super-engaged electricity customers, including in South Africa.
A federal auto safety agency said the accelerator pedal on the pickup truck, sales of which began in late 2023, could become stuck, increasing the risk of accidents.
Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill.
As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.
Corporate climate lobbying is recognised globally as a threat to effective climate change policy, the private and public sectors in SA do not perceive closed-door engagements to be problematic, write Caroline James and Emma Schuster.
While battery electric vehicles have dominated the transition conversation in transport, it’s looking increasingly likely that other technologies will also have a role to play.