# Die Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur in vennootskap met Business and Arts South Africa, het die vierde Debuutfondsprogram van stapel gestuur om opkomende skeppende entrepreneurs te ondersteun. Die program sal 50 persone tussen die ouderdom van 18 en 35 uit landelike en halfstedelike gemeenskappe ondersteun. Deelnemers sal oor elf maande gelei word om […]
# Germany’s Lufthansa Airlines Group has announced its biggest-ever South African winter schedule for the 2026/27 season, increasing long-haul services between South Africa and Europe to 38-weekly flights, starting in late October. Lufthansa is adding flights between Munich and Gauteng, increasing the route to five weekly services, while the Frankfurt to Cape Town route will […]
# South Africa’s economy remains on a recovery path, but growth is expected to stay modest at around 1.2-percent this year. According to PwC South Africa, the country has recorded six straight quarters of growth, but business confidence and investment are weakening. Rising fuel prices, a weaker rand and global uncertainty are driving inflation and […]
# Shell is reportedly close to selling its South African fuel retail business to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s retail unit in a deal worth about 16-billion-rand. The agreement would give Adnoc Distribution control of around 600 service stations, representing approximately ten-percent of South Africa’s fuel retail market. Adnoc Distribution is the largest fuel and […]
# Die Handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria het die sakeman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala se pleitooreenkoms van agt-jaar tronkstraf vir bedrog, korrupsie en geldwassery verwerp. Dit handel oor die Medicare24-tender van 228-miljoen-rand. Landdros Ignatius du Preez beskryf Matlala as die baasbrein van die operasie en wonder of sy samewerking opregte berou is of ‘n poging om ‘n ligter […]
# The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has rejected businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s eight-year prison sentence plea for fraud, corruption and money laundering linked to a 228.6-million-rand SAPS-Medicare24 tender. Magistrate Ignatius du Preez described Matlala as the scheme’s mastermind. He questioned whether his cooperation reflects genuine remorse or an attempt to secure a lighter sentence. […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het verlede jaar meer as 16,4-miljard-rand verdien deur ‘n reeks kriptogeldeenheid-bates, tantième-betalings en eiendomsbeleggings. Sy jongste jaarlikse finansiële openbaarmaking toon dat hy meer as 10,4- miljard-rand verdien het uit verkope van aandenkings-meme-munte met sy gesig daarop. Trump het ook ‘n inkomste van meer as 8,2-miljard-rand aangemeld uit verkope van […]
# Volgehoue hommeltuigaanvalle op Russiese olieraffinaderye het brandstofproduksie in die land erg ontwrig en wydverspreide brandstoftekorte by vulstasies in die hoofstad, Moskou, veroorsaak. Die krisis wat laat verlede maand ‘n hoogtepunt bereik het, het Russiese olieproduksie laat daal tot vlakke heelwat laer as die nasionale aanvraag. Die uitwerking is landwyd sigbaar en strek van groot […]
# The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, in partnership with Business and Arts South Africa, has launched the fourth iteration of the Debut Fund Programme to support emerging creative entrepreneurs. The programme will support 50 emerging creative entrepreneurs aged 18 to 35 from rural and peri-urban communities, taking ideas from concept through to market […]
