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Honda and Nissan in merger talks, reports say
In March, the two Japanese car makers agreed to explore a strategic partnership for electric vehicles.
Influencer says she ‘wasn’t ready’ to lead after backlash
The influencer and Djerf Avenue founder apologises again after allegations of bullying.
News24 Business | Rand takes painful hit ahead of US rate decision
The dollar held firm on Tuesday ahead of an expected interest rate cut in the US, as traders grow increasingly convinced the Federal Reserve will lower borrowing rates only gradually next year.
News24 Business | Ireland fines Meta almost R5bn over Facebook hacks
An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy on Tuesday said it had fined Facebook-owner Meta €251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw users’ accounts hacked.
News24 Business | With only two northern white rhino females left in the world, Kenya turns to IVF
Kenya plans to use assisted reproduction techniques to save the northern white rhino – a species that has only two females remaining worldwide – from the brink of extinction.
News24 Business | Zimbabwe fails to pay white farmers
White commercial growers in Zimbabwe said that the government has failed to pay part of $331 million (R6 billion) in compensation to farmers for expropriating their land but reimbursed others who weren’t part of the deal.
News24 Business | One in 5 properties in England now at risk of flooding
Around one in five properties in England are at risk of flooding, a 15 percent increase from 2018, the Environment Agency warned Tuesday using models incorporating new localised data and climate change projections.
No payouts for women hit by state pension age rise
Campaigners say they were not properly informed of a pension age rise to bring them in line with men.
Paula Vennells says no-one told her about Horizon
Ex-Post Office boss claims colleagues did not give her information but says she isn’t pointing fingers.
News24 Business | Metair takes control of stricken AutoZone, eyes Turkish battery sale this month
Battery maker and automotive components Metair said on Tuesday it completed its acquisition of distressed parts group AutoZone on Friday. The group also expects the about R2 billion sale of its Turkish battery business, Mutlu Akü, to complete this month.