FINANCE WELLNESS COACH: Should you set up a trust for your child’s education in South Africa?
There are pros and cons to trusts that require serious consideration, particularly when it comes to tax.
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CAPACITY CLASH: Renewable energy boom meets bottleneck as grid space becomes the real battleground
A high court dispute between Mulilo and Eskom highlights intensifying competition for scarce grid capacity in South Africa’s renewable energy sector, after 240 MW of previously allocated access was reassigned to rival projects. The case underscores how transmission constraints, regulatory uncertainty and allocation decisions are emerging as critical — and increasingly contested — factors...
BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Back to the future… with the Post Office
For urban dwellers a post office might be a relic from the past they never visit, but for a great many South Africans there is a compelling case to be made to keep it running somehow, for whom the consequences otherwise would be truly awful.
News24 | PODCAST | The Lead is On The Record: Hear insights from Paton, Ramaphosa, Manuel, Kieswetter
Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.
FUTURE FORWARD OP-ED: Decades of colonial policies leave SA needing urgent political and economic overhaul
SA’s colonial-era economic model and century-long nationalist politics have left the country with a moribund mining-driven economy, high unemployment, and deep inequality. Reforming political power and driving industrialisation are essential to revive growth and create opportunities for the underclass and investors alike.
Tshwane metro suspends MMC over tender document leak
WhatsApp messages at Madlanga commission reveal Kholofelo Morodi passed on internal information
Watch: Missile lands next to presenter during live report from Lebanon
In footage from Russian state broadcaster RT, correspondent Steve Sweeney is seen diving off screen as a missile hits.
The man who wanted to become a doctor now running South Africa’s oldest bank
Harry Kellan, who originally aimed to become a doctor before switching to accounting, rose through the ranks at FNB and FirstRand to become CEO of the country’s oldest bank.
Hospital order for man who stalked Myleene Klass
Peter Windsor is sentenced after sending items including an air pistol to Klass and another presenter.
State cannot rely on private companies for service delivery: Panyaza Lesufi
The Gauteng province’s plan aims to reassert its status as a globally competitive, integrated and sustainable economic hub.
Husband fails to prove wife not entitled to 50% share of joint estate
Decision, and divorce, handed down after husband fails to prove wife had committed substantial misconduct in their nine-year marriage
Murphy shuts down Silva UFC title talk
Lerone Murphy says the winner of his bout with Movsar Evloev at UFC London on Saturday should be next in line to fight for the featherweight title and it “shouldn’t be any other way”.
Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content
Meta wants creators to “rediscover” Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
News24 | Friday’s weather: Thundershowers in most parts; hot and humid in KZN
The South African Weather Service has warned of hot and humid conditions in KwaZulu-Natal, while thunderstorms with heavy downpours are forecast for parts of the Eastern Cape.
The secret behind billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s banking giant
GoTyme Bank has credited its decade-long partnership with payment solutions provider BPC for its meteoric rise over the past seven years.
Tudor charged over ‘home referee’ claim
Interim Tottenham manager Igor Tudor is charged with misconduct over his claim that referee Thomas Bramall favoured the “home team” in their loss at Fulham.