# President Cyril Ramaphosa has set a target to mobilise three-trillion-rand in investment as government and business enter the third phase of their partnership. Speaking at the launch in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa said the new phase will focus on economic growth, job creation and investor confidence. He said government wants to lift economic growth above three-percent, […]
# Die algemene nywerheidsvakbond GIWUSA sê hy neem kennis van die jongste inflasiesyfers wat Statistiek Suid-Afrika bekend gemaak het. Die syfers toon die inflasiekoers het in Julie tot 4,3-persent gedaal, van 5-persent in Junie. Die president van GIWUSA, Mametlwe Sebei, sê hoewel die afname deur laer brandstofkoste, laer voedselprysinflasie en kleiner verhogings in munisipale tariewe […]
# Controversial businessman Stuart James Scharnick has been arrested outside the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria following an alleged intimidation confrontation with Sowetan journalist Herman Moloi. Scharnick, an associate of suspended police deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, was reportedly captured on camera during the incident. Scharnick had been attending proceedings involving National Coloured Congress leader and Member […]
# Online streaming service Netflix is on a record 320-billion-rand global content spending spree, to secure several major licensing agreements. The platform is adding short-form series from BuzzFeed and Vanity Fair, alongside exclusive video podcasts. Regionally, Netflix signed a landmark continental licensing partnership with South Africa’s eMedia. Under this deal, E-tv’s flagship prime-time drama The […]
# Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and Marvell Technology have signed a major custom AI chip agreement. Under the multi-year deal, Marvell granted Google’s parent company stock warrants to purchase up to 194-billion-rand in shares. The deal is tied to Google spending roughly 1,9-trillion-rand on Marvell’s custom hardware by 2033. This partnership positions Marvell as a […]
# The High Court in Pretoria will hear arguments on former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application for a discharge under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act on the 31st. The state has closed its case, while the defence argues prosecutors failed to establish a prima facie case. Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 corruption charges and […]
# Ondersoeke na die noodlottige gebou-instorting in Ormonde, Johannesburg, het bevind balke en kolomme wat die betrokke betonblaaie gesteun het, was nie sterk genoeg vir die bykomende las nie. Nege werkers is dood en ses beseer toe ‘n deel van die tweede verdieping vroeër vanjaar ingetuimel het. Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean […]
# Rugby: Die All Blacks se hoofafrigter, Dave Rennie, het ‘n baie sterk groep aangewys om die Springbokke Saterdag op Ellispark te pak. Kaptein Ardie Savea keer terug saam met die ster-regtervleuel Will Jordan en die skrumskakel Cam Roigard, wat almal hul eerste verskynings op toer maak. Damian McKenzie keer ook terug van ‘n besering […]
# Self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi is expected back in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court next Tuesday for his fourth bail application, based on new facts. The North West businessman Mogotsi today briefly appeared in court on allegations that he staged his own assassination attempt in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, last year. He faces charges of […]
