104 Former President Jacob Zuma Bain & Co is closing down its consultancy business in Johannesburg, likely bringing to an end a yearslong battle to try and restore its reputation in Africa’s…
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Economists question if SA has a plan for US tariffs, Tau says here it is
89 However, there is nothing in Tau’s plan that we have not seen before, while we now wait for Donald Trump to decide. The new United States (US) tariffs, where South African…
Citrus growers call on president to urgently intervene about 30% US tariff
84 While other industries can wait for government to negotiate the US tariff down, citrus growers could be stuck with boxes of rotten fruit. With mere days to go before Friday, when…
eMedia banks on Openview as eVOD gears up for data boom
96 eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif eMedia Holdings, the owner of free-to-air broadcaster e.tv, news channel eNCA and the Openview satellite platform, has seen strong growth in its video-on-demand platform eVOD in the…
Pick n Pay relaunches its MVNO
87 Retailer Pick n Pay has relaunched its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), PnP Mobile, introducing a new app that offers eSims on demand. According to Pick n Pay, the app includes…
Eskom proceeds with court challenge to five trading licences
94 Fears ‘cherry-picking’ of its best customers. Eskom has made good on its earlier threat to challenge in court energy regulator Nersa’s granting of licences for electricity trading. It wants trading rules to be…
Google’s new AI trick is killing the web that built it
85 With two billion monthly users in 200 countries, Google’s AI Overviews can claim to be the most popular generative artificial intelligence product yet released to the public. The short summaries generated…
Fake PhD? Former EOH director claims JSE got it wrong
79 Anushka Bogdanov Anushka Bogdanov, former independent non-executive director at EOH Holdings – now known as iOCO – has hit back at the JSE after it imposed a R500 000 fine on her…
Identifying the bugs in SA’s long-promised infrastructure boom
102 Some, such as regulatory reform, are easily fixed. Now comes the hard part. SA’s rail network needs about R300 billion invested in trains and track infrastructure to boost freight volumes from…
Adapt IT to acquire KZN-based ResRequest
75 Adapt IT’s head office in Johannesburg Adapt IT, the previously JSE-listed technology services group now owned by Volaris Group, said on Tuesday that it has acquired hospitality software specialist ResRequest for…