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Pickup truck profits show widening global divide among carmakers

Today at 14:00 PM, via SowetanLIVE

From Fiat to Ferrari, results on Thursday highlighted a growing gap between the carmakers raking in cash by selling gas-guzzling pickups to Americans and those struggling to compete with Chinese rivals in a world that is slowly embracing electric.

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PODCAST | PAYDAY TO PAYDAY: Behind anxious wallets

Today at 13:59 PM, via SowetanLIVE

This week, Payday to Payday looks at insights on consumers’ personal finances which include credit trends as people struggle to make ends meet, to vehicle finance and home loans

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SA needs sovereign tech infrastructure, not just foreign server farms on its soil

Today at 13:41 PM, via Daily Maverick

Squeezed between Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, South Africa must look beyond the passive hosting of foreign data centres. Aligning with a similarly cornered European Union, and utilising the renewed strategic approach pioneered by France at the Africa Forward summit offers a pragmatic pathway toward true structural autonomy.

South Africa

Voter registration to proceed in fine, cool conditions

Today at 12:43 PM, via SAnews

Voter registration to proceed in fine, cool conditions

South Africans visiting voting stations this weekend to register to vote or update their details can expect mostly fine weather with cool conditions.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) is expected to operate 23 699 voting stations across the country from 8am to 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Fine and cool conditions are expected...

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Courier companies warned about increase in hijackings

Today at 13:32 PM, via The Citizen

The Gauteng Department of Community Safety urges operators to remain alert, especially when delivering in unfamiliar areas or locations identified as high-risk.