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Billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s banking giant ditches Pick n Pay kiosks
GoTyme Bank is shifting its physical strategy by removing its kiosks from Pick n Pay stores and opening mall-based Customer Experience Hubs instead, reflecting growing digital banking use while maintaining a physical presence.
Madlanga police witness links Vusumuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to Deputy President Paul Mashatile
Witness F said Matlala told him to be loyal if he wanted to be promoted
News24 | DA disputes leaked report as ex-finance chair confirms R300k monthly ‘top-ups’ to leaders
The DA has disputed the authenticity of a leaked confidential report to the Federal Executive on payments to public representatives.
News24 | MPs blast mayor and NMB officials for failure to account before Parliament
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs portfolio committee chair, Zweli Mkhize, has lambasted the Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s leadership, including Mayor Babalwa Lobishe, for failing to satisfactorily respond to requests for information following the committee’s oversight visit last year.
News24 | Former Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School teacher convicted of indecent assault
Self-confessed paedophile and former teacher Iain Wares has been convicted of indecent assault in the Wynberg Regional Court.
Sim Tshabalala reveals what it takes to run Africa’s biggest bank
Daily Investor asked Sim Tshabalala how he manages his time as CEO of Africa’s biggest bank.
Kruger’s north and south reunited: Letaba Bridge finally open!
The long wait ends as Letaba Bridge reopens in Kruger National Park, restoring key northern travel routes after flood damage.
End of Eskom’s secrets
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed Eskom’s attempt to keep its coal and diesel contracts secret, with the utility now required to provide copies of these agreements to AfriForum.
ANC SG Fikile Mbalula threatens the United States Ambassador to South Africa
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula threatened to kick United States Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, out of the country unless he toes the line.
Human-made chemicals embedded across global oceans, major study finds
A groundbreaking analysis of more than 2 300 seawater samples shows that industrial chemicals dominate ocean pollution signals, even far from land
180 000 infections in 2024, 47 000 by 2045 — if SA rolls out the twice-a-year HIV prevention jab fast enough
The HIV prevention shot, lenacapavir, will be rolled out at South African clinics within the next couple of months and from 2027, the health department will also buy generics. But how best to spend the HIV prevention budget so that the country can drive infections down as fast as possible? We take a look at what the modelling data shows
Old Mutual has its eye on the Big Four and Capitec
Old Mutual’s OM Bank has entered South Africa’s lucrative banking sector, aiming both to compete with major banks and to protect and grow its insurance business through an integrated, cross-selling financial ecosystem.
[AFRICA-TICAD] Co-create Innovative Solutions with Africa
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), with overseas offices across thecontinent, works with African countries to pursue human security and quality growth.In this video clip, titled Co-creative Innovative Solutions with Africa, Dr TANAKAAkihiko, JICA President, outlines JICA’s approaches to addressing the multipledevelopment challenges facing Africa. Moreover, he proudly shares the...
South Africans in Canada plead for ‘fair’ passport renewal options
South Africans in Canada have demanded a change as passport-renewal travel costs and long distances spark calls for a fairer system.
Dry taps and broken promises: The erosion of gender equality
The division of water into different categories, such as public water and private water, normal flow and surplus water, which existed under the 1956 Water Act, was done away with. All water thereafter had the same status in law. This means that the privatisation of water is prohibited and all South African citizens have equal water rights