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California now world’s fourth-biggest economy
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 27, 2025
California has overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-biggest economy. The only economies that are bigger than California’s are those of the United States as a

GNU popular, but people frustrated and sceptical: poll
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 26, 2025
Most South Africans are favourably disposed towards the Government of National Unity (GNU), though many feel that it is not delivering for them, and do

A dagger or a penis? Controversy rages over Bayeux tapestry
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 26, 2025
A medieval historian believes he has discovered a previously unacknowledged depiction of a penis on the renowned Bayeux tapestry. The tapestry is a 70-metre-long embroidered

R521 billion – the cost to taxpayers of bailing out SoEs
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 26, 2025
South African taxpayers have spent about R521 billion over the last 15 years to keep State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) alive. The state has received just R1

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 25, 2025
Jordan has banned the Islamic organisation, the Muslim Brotherhood, saying that organisation was planning terror attacks. It said that all the Muslim Brotherhood’s offices would

Truce reached in DRC conflict
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 25, 2025
The Congolese government and rebels operating in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to a Qatar-brokered truce. The DRC and

Cutting BEE premiums best way to fill fiscal gap – IRR
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 25, 2025
Cutting BEE premiums and delivering value-for-money governance must be the next step for the National Treasury if it “is serious about fiscal responsibility”, according to

Alcohol consumption is now declining
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 24, 2025
Alcohol consumption may have gone into a permanent decline. Global production of wine hit its maximum level of 37.5 million metric tons — equivalent to

South Africa is best for home ownership
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 24, 2025
International real estate brokers Best Brokers ranked South Africa as the most affordable country in which to purchase property, writes BusinessTech. Best Brokers analysed housing

Harvard fights back against Trump administration’s “overreach”
- By Staff Writer
- . Apr 24, 2025
Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that its freezing of federal grants worth billions of dollars is unlawful, the BBC