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Here is South Africa’s new minimum wage

Today at 15:00 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa will increase the national minimum wage for this year by more than the rate of inflation and exceeding the expectations of businesses and analysts.

Business

Major own goal for South Africa

Today at 15:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Operational failures at the Port of Cape Town have become a major own goal for South Africa’s export economy.

Business

Collapsed South African bank’s home base up for sale

Today at 13:30 PM, via BusinessTech

The headquarters of the collapsed South African bank, VBS Mutual Bank, will be officially going under the hammer this month, with the auctioneers hoping to recover as much as it can for creditors.

Sport

Fear and Hall named 2026 Team GB flagbearers

Today at 15:03 PM, via BBC News

Bobsledder Brad Hall and figure skater Lilah Fear will be Team GB flagbearers at the opening ceremony of Milan-Cortina 2026 this Friday.

Education

South Sudan: Students Moved to Temporary Housing As Cput Faces Ongoing Accommodation Crisis

Today at 14:25 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Maverick] In what has become a grimly familiar start to the academic year, Cape Peninsula University of Technology continues to struggle to place students in accommodation. Many have slept outside the District Six campus, while others are being moved into temporary housing. Their spokesperson says while they are ‘compassionate to those who apply and don’t get accepted’, their priority is...

Entertainment

Cape Town dam levels continue to drop

Today at 14:39 PM, via The Citizen

Western Cape water storage declines by 2.1 percentage points in one week amid zero rainfall recorded across major catchment areas.

Science/Tech

SABC makes Afrikaans U-turn

Today at 14:04 PM, via MyBroadband

A senior executive has admitted the broadcaster made mistakes with its sweeping Afrikaans programming changes, but AfriForum wants more information about how the decisions were taken without proper market research.

Science/Tech

Moltbook Mania Explained

Today at 14:00 PM, via New York Times

Is this the year the internet changes forever?