# FNB senior economist, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, says after dropping from 45 to 41 in second quarter of this year, the FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index recovered partially to 43 in the third quarter of 2025. He says close to 55-percent of respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions. Mkhwanazi says the business mood improved despite a marked weakness […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a legal victory when the High Court in Johannesburg ordered three former SABC executives to repay over eleven-million-rand in unlawful success payments made to former chief operating official Hlaudi Motsoeneng. Mbulaheni Maguvhe, Ndivhoniswani Tshidzumba and Maleshane Raphela were found jointly liable after failing to oppose payments. The SIU […]
# Die spoorwegtoerustingverskaffer Gibela Rail Transport Consortium het Reggie Boqo aangestel as die nuwe uitvoerende hoof met ingang van Woensdag af. Boqo dien sedert April verlede jaar as die waarnemende uitvoerende hoof. Gibela het ‘n kontrak van 51-miljard-rand met die regering om 600 passasierstreinstelle vir die Passasierspooragentskap van Suid-Afrika teen 2028 te vervaardig. Die kontrak […]
# Uber South Africa has launched Women Drivers, allowing female riders to choose female drivers, prioritising safety and empowerment. Drawing on global insights and local testing, the service expands choice for women and creates new earning opportunities for female drivers. The general manager of Uber Sub-Saharan Africa, Deepesh Thomas, says the initiative is integrated with […]
# Senior advokaat Matthew Chaskalson is aangestel as hoof-getuienisleier van die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek na misdadigheid, politieke inmengery en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel. Dit volg nadat advokaat Terry Motau skielik bedank het na slegs tien dae in die pos. Chaskalson, ʼn veteraan van die Marikana- en die staatskapingskommissie, sluit aan by senior advokate Mahlape Sello […]
# South Africa’s Emmy Award-winning animator Lesego Vorster is inspiring a new wave of storytellers. He founded the Hidden Hand Studios. With support from the National Video and Film Foundation, the French Institute of South Africa, Vorster’s Kizazi Moto episode You Give Me Heart earned him an Emmy for Character Design. Now an educator at […]
# Senior Counsel Matthew Chaskalson has been appointed chief evidence leader of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference and corruption in the justice system. This follows Advocate Terry Motau’s abrupt resignation less than ten days into the role. Chaskalson, a veteran of the Marikana and State Capture inquiries, joins senior counsel Mahlape […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Samantha Graham-Maré, en die Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoerende toesigkomitee oor die meesterplan vir hernubare energie het ʼn onderneming onderteken om dié plan te bevorder. Dit bevat ʼn omvattende raamwerk om die inklusiewe industrialisering van die Suid-Afrikaanse hernubare energie-waardeketting en battery-berging te hanteer ter ondersteuning van werkskepping en ekonomiese mededingendheid. Graham-Maré […]
