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Samwu marches in Ekurhuleni, delivers 27 point list of demands

Today at 10:03 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Hundreds of workers gathered outside the city’s offices, saying their patience “has been tested to the extreme” after years of unresolved issues raised in the local labour forum, bilateral meetings and written correspondence.

Business

South Africa in the dogbox

Today at 09:37 AM, via BusinessTech

When Donald Trump welcomes the Group of 20 to his private golf resort in Miami next year, he’ll decide who’s on the guest list.

Business

Reality check for anyone who earns a salary in South Africa

Today at 09:01 AM, via BusinessTech

Salaries in South Africa are taking a beating, and it’s because annual salary increases follow a CPI basket that doesn’t reflect the real inflation rate faced by different income levels.

Education

Africa: Distance Learning Changes Lives, but Comes With Its Own Challenges

Today at 06:36 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Conversation Africa] Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning. Open and distance learning institutions such as the Open University of Tanzania, the Zimbabwe Open University and the National Open University of Nigeria have joined long-standing providers like the University of South Africa in offering flexible study...

Science/Tech

One Black Friday shopper made a R99,036 purchase

Today at 09:51 AM, via MyBroadband

Discovery Bank and Wherehouse have launched their Black Friday dashboards for 2025, revealing interesting statistics about the annual shopping event.

Science/Tech

Seven Years Later, Airbus is Still Trying To Kick Its Microsoft Habit

Today at 09:31 AM, via Slashdot

Breaking free from Microsoft is harder than it looks. Airbus began migrating its 100,000-plus workforce from Office to Google Workspace more than seven years ago and it still hasn’t completed the switch. The Register: As we exclusively revealed in March 2018, the aerospace giant told 130,000 employees it was ditching Microsoft’s productivity tools for Google’s cloud-based alternatives. Then-CEO...

Science/Tech

Big lie about TV Licences in South Africa

Today at 09:07 AM, via MyBroadband

The SABC has defended its use of debt collectors, who use scare tactics and offer false discounts, to collect TV licence fees.

Motoring

Mercedes-Benz dodges diesel scandal

Today at 07:47 AM, via TopAuto

Mercedes-Benz toppled a recall of some of its diesel models at a German court over a procedural issue.

Motoring

New petrol tax proposal for South Africa

Yesterday at 17:11 PM, via TopAuto

A prominent driving skills expert argues that South Africa should replace the GFL and RAF fuel levies with a new per-km tax.