# Sun International het ‘n handves vir verantwoordelike dobbelary van stapel gestuur en bepleit strenger maatreëls om mense wat dobbel te beskerm. Die handves beperk dobbeladvertensies, bied hulpmiddels om mense te beskerm en maak van volgende jaar voorsiening vir die gebruik van kunsmatige intelligensie om mense te identifiseer wat dobbelprobleme kan ontwikkel. Ulrik Bengtsson van […]
# Die owerhede het die sluiting van Riaad se King Khalid-internasionale lughawe tot Saterdag verleng. Lugrederye het vlugte gekanselleer na voortdurende aanvalle deur Jemen se Iran-gesinde Houthi-rebelle veroorsaak het dat die lugruim bo Saoedi-Arabië se hoofstad gesluit moes word. Die Saoedi-burgerlugvaartowerheid sê bedrywighede is opgeskort vir opruimingswerk en om veiligheid en operasionele gereedheid van die […]
# Eskom is looking for a strategic partner to help develop a 1.5-gigawatt pumped storage scheme near Roossenekal in Limpopo. The Tubatse project is expected to become South Africa’s largest pumped storage facility, with the capacity to store 21 gigawatt-hours of electricity and generate power for up to 14 hours. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says […]
# Authorities have extended the closure of Riyadh’s King Khalid international airport until Saturday. Airlines scrapped flights after continuing attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-aligned Houthis emptied the skies over Saudi Arabia’s capital. The Saudi civil aviation authority says operations were suspended to allow for procedures to ensure the safety and operational readiness of the airport’s facilities. […]
# Mynbouproduksie het volgens Statistiek Suid-Afrika in Augustus met 12,7-persent gedaal. Die afname word hoofsaaklik toegeskryf aan swakker produksie van platinum-groepmetale, steenkool en ystererts. Mineraalverkope was ook onder druk en het met 15,1-persent afgeneem vergeleke met Augustus verlede jaar. Goudverkope het met bykans 49-persent teruggesak. Juan-Pierre Terblanche van Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê mynbouproduksie het in die […]
# Standard Bank het die volle skuldbefondsing van nege-miljard-rand verseker om die Gautrein-stelsel die volgende 15-jaar te vernuwe. Die belegging sal bestuur word deur Sihamba Sonke Mobility, wat verlede maand die bedryf en instandhouding oorgeneem het. Die plan sluit in die opknapping van 24 treine, agt nuwe treine, die opknapping van stasies en sinjaal-stelsels en […]
# Sun International has launched a responsible gambling charter, calling for stronger regulation to protect players. The charter limits gambling adverts, provides player protection tools and introduces artificial intelligence next year to identify at-risk gamblers. The company’s Ulrik Bengtsson says online gambling accounts for customers who declare that they receive South African Social Security Agency […]
# Statistics South Africa announced that mining production fell by 12.7-percent in August. The decline was mainly driven by lower production of platinum group metals, coal and iron ore. Mineral sales also dropped by 15.1-percent compared with the same month last year, with gold sales falling by nearly 49-percent. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche says mining […]
# Mastercard is calling for stronger cybersecurity across Africa as digital payments and online shopping continue to grow. According to the Mastercard report, Africa’s digital payments economy could reach 24.8-trillion-rand by 2030. However, cyberattacks increased by more than 421-percent between 2016 and 2025. Mastercard’s Shabir Ahmed says governments and businesses must work together to protect […]
