Gordhan to Solidarity: ‘Help, please!’

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has asked trade union Solidarity to help identify engineers, senior artisans and plant operators who could help Eskom overcome its

Inflation surges to 13-year high

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Annual inflation in June in South Africa was 7.4%, according to the latest figures released by Stats SA. This is the highest number recorded since

Trial date set for Twitter-Musk dispute

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A US judge has set an October date for Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk, citing the ‘cloud of uncertainty’ a delayed trial would cast over

Smith to head up new T20 comp

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Graeme Smith, the former Proteas captain who also recently served as the Director of Cricket for Cricket South Africa (CSA), will head up a new

Iranian film director faces jail term for making enquiries

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Award-winning Iranian film maker Jafar Panahi, who was detained in Tehran last week, has been ordered to serve six years in jail, Iran’s judiciary says.

UK, Europe feel the heat as mercury reaches record highs

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The BBC reported last evening that the UK’s record temperature had been broken once again after the mercury reached 40.3C in Coningsby in Lincolnshire. According

Sasol’s Natref shuts down

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Sasol, South Africa’s largest fuel producer, has declared force majeure on the supply of petroleum products. Businesstech says that this is due to delays in

Stimulating entrepreneurship not just about money – Majozi

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The lack of youth entrepreneurship is a significant failing in South Africa, but can be remedied – the issue must be understood correctly, particularly that

Dance school drops ‘potentially contentious’ ballet auditions

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The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) in the British city of Leeds has scrapped school-entry ballet auditions because, according to staff, it is rooted

Jessie Duarte has died

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Yasmin ‘Jessie’ Duarte, the ANC’s long-serving Deputy Secretary-General, died early on Sunday morning after a battle with cancer. Jessie Duarte was born on 19 September