# Financial insurer Old Mutual says South Africa’s two-pot retirement system has revealed how financial stress shapes spending habits. Old Mutual says in a statement coinciding with National Savings Month that nearly two years after its introduction, many members, including high-income earners, withdrew savings despite heavy tax penalties, prioritising immediate needs over long-term retirement goals. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says investor confidence in South Africa’s digital economy trajectory is growing, as the country’s ambition to be a leading digital investment destination is being recognised globally. Last week, Google hosted its first-ever African Cloud Summit in Johannesburg, where it announced a range of investments. This includes a three-million-rand digital innovation centre […]
# The National Arts Festival has announced the appointment of Palesa Kadi as its new CEO from next month. The announcement was made after this year’s successful edition at Makhanda in the Eastern Cape, which drew robust audiences to a packed programme of local and international work from emerging and established artists across eleven days. […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, en die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Navorsingsraad het ʼn memorandum van verstandhouding onderteken om samewerking tussen omgewings- en gesondheidsdeskundiges te versterk. Die twee instellings sal saamwerk wat navorsing, beleidsontwikkeling, gesondheids-impakstudies, data-deling, monitering van luggehalte en openbare bewustheid betref. Die mediese navorsingsraad se president en uitvoerende hoof, professor Ntobeko […]
# Die polisie is bekommerd oor die onwettige gebruik van blouligte. Misdaadsindikate, algemeen bekend as die “blouligbende”, gebruik dit om wetstoepassers na te boots en niksvermoedende motoriste te beroof, te kaap en te terroriseer. Twee verdagtes is die naweek in Centurion, Gauteng, in hegtenis geneem vir die onwettige gebruik van blouligte op ‘n privaat voertuig. […]
# Tax Justice South Africa is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority to explain why businessman Adriano Mazzotti has never been criminally prosecuted. This is despite him allegedly admitting to tobacco smuggling, tax evasion, and attempts to corrupt South African Revenue Service officials. Tax Justice SA founder, Yusuf Abramjee, says this reinforces long-standing concerns that […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and the South African Medical Research Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration between environmental and health experts. Through the agreement, the two institutions will collaborate on research, policy development, health impact assessments, data sharing, air quality monitoring, and public awareness initiatives. SAMRC […]
# Die vermeende misdaadbaas, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, sal nie môre voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig nie, ten spyte van ‘n dagvaarding vir sy verskyning. Hy word daarvan beskuldig dat hy ‘n misdaadsindikaat bedryf het wat verhoudings met senior polisiebeamptes en individue met politieke bande gekweek het om ondersoeke te beïnvloed, staatskontrakte te verseker en wetstoepassing te […]
# Police are concerned about the unlawful use of blue lights. Criminal syndicates, commonly known as “blue light gangs”, have used them to impersonate law enforcers and rob, hijack and terrorise unsuspecting motorists. Two suspects were arrested in Centurion, Gauteng, for the illegal use of blue lights on a private vehicle this weekend. Police spokesperson, […]
