With Standard Bank telling a glowing story around Africa, and MTN’s share price up 64% in the past year thanks to its growth runway in the region, it’s almost easy to forget that the continent is also a hotbed of risk.
Dunga called for stronger consequences against accounting officers and municipal managers who fail to address material irregularities, saying unresolved audit findings ultimately deny residents the quality services they deserve.
Over one million customers removed from load reduction as Eskom performance improves
Eskom says it continues to maintain a stable and reliable electricity supply, with improved generation performance enabling the utility to meet rising winter demand while reducing reliance on diesel-fired generation.
In its latest power system update released on Friday, the power utility said the...
Mashatile calls for local suppliers to benefit from Chery investment
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on Chinese vehicle manufacturer Chery International to prioritise local suppliers and youth-owned businesses as it establishes its first vehicle assembly plant in South Africa.
Mashatile made the call on Friday during the Chery International Factory Acquisition Celebration...
Training document used to teach inspectors updated after campaign by celebrities including Chris Packham
Ofsted, the body responsible for safeguarding in education in England, has dropped guidance for inspectors that linked autism and extremism after an outcry from celebrity campaigners.
An education minister has disclosed that an updated training document “no longer includes reference to...
Exclusive: Analysis finds lower reading fluency than children from other ethnic backgrounds and richer peers
A third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave their primary school unable to read well enough to access the secondary curriculum, leading to disengagement and school absence, according to new research.
The findings were published days after an independent inquiry into white...
For all that’s good about our financial lives, there are distinctly American things that are decidedly suboptimal. Please, can the 1040 fit on a postcard?
Finding that Norfolk butterfly has been distinct subspecies for 200,000 years could transform conservation approach
The endangered swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon britannicus, which is only regularly found breeding in Britain on the Norfolk Broads, has been a distinct subspecies for at least 200,000 years, according to a study.
Smaller, darker in colour and much rarer than the continental...
The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an animal that can make new calls.