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IMF snaps up top National Treasury official

Today at 11:28 AM, via Daily Investor

The head of South Africa’s budget office resigned last week, after helping the National Treasury stabilise public debt.

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Water is the question, DA is not the answer

Today at 11:21 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Two weeks ago after 23 days, Melville residents laced their tekkies and toyi-toyi’d against Joburg Water. The next day, many of the residents reported that they had water again and its been flowing freely since. In Northgate, a friend is not renewing her lease because of intermittent water supply. I was with her when she […]

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Government is running out of time

Today at 11:17 AM, via Daily Investor

Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings argues that despite a fiscally disciplined Budget, South Africa faces mounting economic and social pressure unless it urgently accelerates growth well above 2%.

Business

Major bank in South Africa up for sale

Today at 11:00 AM, via BusinessTech

Bidvest has formally relaunched the sale process for its discontinued banking operation, in the hope of finding a new buyer after its sale to Access Bank collapsed.

Education

‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile

In order to watch the Oscar-nominated documentary in which many of them have starring roles, pupils at Karabash School No 1 have had to source bootlegged copies, viewing the...

Education

Botswana: Govt Feeds 400 000 Learners – Gaolathe

Today at 07:19 AM, via AllAfrica

[Botswana Daily News] Tlokweng — Botswana feeds nearly 400,000 learners each year through its school feeding programme, supported by over USD100 million about P1.3 billion in national funding.

Science/Tech

First Capital Bank And SA’s PayInc Partner for 24/7 Cross-Border Payments

Today at 11:27 AM, via Tech Financials

The Transactions Cleared on an Immediate Basis (TCIB) Cross-border Payments Scheme, operated by PayInc, has achieved a new milestone through its collaboration with First Capital Bank (FCB) Botswana, for activating payments into Botswana. With the Botswana corridor now live, this partnership is driven by the seamless integration of the TCIB multi-currency, cross-border digital platform into […]

Science/Tech

Pick n Pay Clothing Has Launched On The Pick n Pay Asap! App

Today at 11:17 AM, via Tech Financials

Pick n Pay Clothing is now available to millions more customers nationwide following its launch on the Pick n Pay asap! app, making affordable, quality clothing easier to access through a platform customers already use every day for their daily grocery needs. This is another step in Pick n Pay asap’s evolution from an on-demand […]

Health

Banks Are Becoming Bulwarks for Vulnerable Seniors

Saturday at 15:23 PM, via New York Times

Older Americans are losing billions of dollars annually to financial exploitation. Banks and investment firms are training employees to spot red flags and stop the transactions.