Month: August 2024
News24 | ‘Audacious’: Residents of Mamelodi informal settlement illegally connect own transformer to grid
Illegal connections are reaching advanced levels in Mamelodi, where residents have somehow connected to access both power and water - for free.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Skipper Bavuma backs wily Rabada, Ngidi in absence of raw pace for first Windies Test
The Proteas have settled on a strong XI for their first Test against the West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Intricate paper trail scrutinised in Kinnear murder trial
One of the men on trial with Nafiz Modack in the Western Cape High Court said on Tuesday the only reason his name popped up in the money trail prepared by the Hawks is because he was assigned as "elite protection" to Modack while he...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joburg woman drops case against US drug giant after cystic fibrosis medicine price cut
Cheri Nel, a Johannesburg-based investment banker, has dropped a potentially landmark court case against Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Transnet can fix backlogged ports in a year, minister says
South Africa’s ports — ranked among the world’s worst — are improving and Transnet will fix them within the next 12 to 14 months, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Nedbank sees ‘GNU upside’ to economic growth that may push rand towards R17/$
Nedbank CEO Jason Quinn says Nedbank is quietly optimistic that South Africa's newly minted government of national unity will be a catalyst for faster economic growth.
Continue ReadingNews24 | NSFAS slashes transaction fees for TVET students from R22 to less than R1
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme slashed transaction fees for transferring allowances into the bank account of a student attending a Technical Vocational Education and Training college from R22 to less than R1.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Govt working on ‘rules of the game’ for independent transmission projects
The Energy and Electricity Department is considering the next steps required for government to procure transmission development projects from the private sector.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Saudi Arabian group in talks to buy Barloworld, sources say
Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group is in talks to acquire an African distributer of Caterpillar Inc.’s equipment, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bangladesh Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus ready to head caretaker government
Bangladesh Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday he is ready to head a caretaker government, a day after the military took control as mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to flee.
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