# The rand has strengthened to under 16-rand to the US dollar for the first time in almost six months. The currency broke through the key level this morning. Analysts say a weaker US dollar, rising gold and platinum prices, and strong foreign demand for South African bonds are driving gains. Investec says about 63.7-billion-rand […]
# Musicologist Sheldon Leal says it has been 44 years since the compact disc changed how the world listens to music. Speaking to 702, Leal says that when the compact disc made its debut in 1982, its affordability and durability made it more popular than vinyl and tape, and it was the first time music […]
# The Public Servants Association has obtained a Labour Court interdict against the Registrar of Labour Relations, who gazetted a notice in June of his intention to cancel the union’s registration. The PSA was given 60-days to make representations. Labour registrar Lehlohonolo Molefe says the third-largest public service union failed to submit audited financial statements […]
# Student crowdfunding organisation Feenix welcomes Parliament’s backing of a Public Protector recommendation that universities reconsider withholding graduation certificates over student debt. This follows a report of over 188-thousand withheld certificates linked to 55-billion-rand in debt, and administrative failures at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. Feenix Chief Executive Officer Care-Jean Petersen says collective action […]
# Soccer: Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has written to the South African Football Association demanding the return of 13-million-rand allocated for Video Assistant Referee implementation. McKenzie says Safa failed to introduce VAR this season despite receiving funds meant to improve officiating. The funds were intended to introduce VAR in local football […]
# A warrant of arrest has been issued for TV personality Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye after he failed to appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng this morning. The rapper and Uyajola 9/9 host face allegations of kidnapping, assaulting an e-hailing driver and discharging a firearm during a June altercation in Edenvale. The court […]
# The DA in Ekurhuleni says 16.7-million-rand has been spent on the unfinished Klopper Park Fire Station in Germiston, seven years after construction started. DA’s Khathutshelo Rasilingwane says construction began on 20 March 2019 but the contract was terminated a year later due to poor workmanship. She says Ekurhuleni spent 13-million-rand on three service providers […]
# The Western Cape Department of Mobility says it is engaging stakeholders after taxi-related violence killed four men and wounded two others in two separate Cape Town shootings last week. On Saturday, an informal trader was shot dead at Dunoon Taxi Rank. SANTACO in the Western Cape says the motive is still to be determined. […]
# The Office of the Chief Justice warns of a fraudster impersonating Acting Judge President Zamani Nhlangulela of the Eastern Cape Division. The judiciary said yesterday, it is aware of WhatsApp messages sent using Nhlangulela’s profile picture and a mobile number registered in his name to mislead recipients. The OCJ says misrepresenting a state of […]
