# As South Africa marks Money Smart Week under the theme, Money Smart: The Power of Possible, independent digital credit provider Prime Loans says it is critical that financial education goes beyond teaching consumers how to manage money. Prime Loans CEO, Nita Morgan, says the Old Mutual Savings and Investment Monitor 2026 shows that the […]
# The rand has strengthened to under 16-rand to the US dollar for the first time in almost six months. The currency broke through the key level this morning. Analysts say a weaker US dollar, rising gold and platinum prices, and strong foreign demand for South African bonds are driving gains. Investec says about 63.7-billion-rand […]
# State-owned company Transnet has announced its intention to dispose of 15 commercial properties it owns but no longer considers core assets. These include the iconic Carlton Centre in Johannesburg, golf courses, shopping malls and other pieces of land across South Africa. Transnet bought the Carlton Centre from Anglo in 1999 for 33-million-rand. Before the […]
# Musicologist Sheldon Leal says it has been 44 years since the compact disc changed how the world listens to music. Speaking to 702, Leal says that when the compact disc made its debut in 1982, its affordability and durability made it more popular than vinyl and tape, and it was the first time music […]
# The Public Servants Association has obtained a Labour Court interdict against the Registrar of Labour Relations, who gazetted a notice in June of his intention to cancel the union’s registration. The PSA was given 60-days to make representations. Labour registrar Lehlohonolo Molefe says the third-largest public service union failed to submit audited financial statements […]
# Postbank has issued a final appeal to nearly 80-thousand social grant beneficiaries who have yet to migrate from SASSA gold cards to the Postbank’s black cards. The deadline is Monday. Over 1.8-million beneficiaries have already migrated to black cards since the process began last year. Postbank spokesperson Bongani Diako says additional operational measures are […]
# Forum for South Africa vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, te verwyder omdat hy nie daarin slaag om die toenemende misdaad- en geweldsvlakke te verlaag nie. Hy het onlangs verklaar dat misdaad-meesterbreine vanuit magsposisies werk en hulself kan beskerm. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, vra waarom die beplanners […]
# Die MK-party Vroueliga veroordeel die voortgesette vervolging, openbare vernedering en skynbare teikening van die voormalige Openbare Beskermer, Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Sy het gister in die Pretoriase Streekhof verskyn in verband met ‘n strafsaak wat voortspruit uit bewerings oor haar hantering van die omstrede Absa/Bankorp-saak tydens haar ampstermyn as Openbare Beskermer. Die MK-vroueliga sê alhoewel die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa gaan vanmiddag vrae in die Nasionale Vergadering beantwoord, onder meer oor die regering se pogings om te keer dat migrasie-verwante kwessies en optrede Suid-Afrika se beeld en stand beskadig. Hy sal die jongste inligting verskaf oor ingryping volgens die Nasionale Waterkrisis-aksieplan, pogings teen onwettige mynbedrywighede, en hoe om munisipaliteite se vermoë […]
