73 Widespread concern about proposed new ‘draconian’ regulations. Businesses situated at the water’s edge of South Africa’s more than 320 state dams will be considered “illegal” if recently proposed regulations in terms…
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From Polo to Tiguan: How Volkswagen covers every budget in South Africa
70 Volkswagen is one of those brands that just feels familiar in South Africa. You see it everywhere – on school runs, on road trips and in city traffic. This is no…
Icasa caught in the political crossfire over Starlink
72 Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s declaration on Friday that his patience with sector regulator Icasa has run out is a small bureaucratic event that masks a much larger political one. The written…
Capitec plans to enter the international market
68 Capitec is the youngest and the only bank in the country’s Big Five that does not operate retail branches abroad. South Africa’s largest bank by customer base, Capitec, plans to enter…
Dis-Chem to retrench over 500 employees and add 200 jobs
78 Employees in retail stores and distribution centres will not be affected by retrenchments. Dis-Chem, South Africa’s second-largest retail pharmacy chain, says it has invited more than 500 employees to consult in…
Cybersecurity in the AI age: speed and trust define resilience
72 Cybersecurity is more than just a technological issue today. It has fast become a strategic challenge driven by geopolitical dynamics, the ubiquitous use of AI and a complex digital environment. Against…
Court backs bank on Vat deductions for cash-back scheme
85 Sars’s argument based on ‘conflated interpretation’ of the act. Businesses that offer loyalty, cash-back or fee-reduction programmes should take note of a recent Tax Court judgment regarding value-added tax (Vat) input…
Malatsi runs out of patience with Icasa on BEE reform
97 Communications minister Solly Malatsi Communications minister Solly Malatsi has run out of patience with Icasa over why the communications minister hasn’t allegedly yet responded in detail to his policy direction requiring…
Jet fuel spike sees domestic airfares double
82 Return flight between Joburg and Cape Town now costs at least R4 000 … The spike in the price of jet fuel following the start of the Iran war (or ‘military…
DeepSeek’s long-awaited V4 model enters preview
90 DeepSeek, the Chinese AI start-up whose low-cost model stunned the world last year, launched a preview of its highly anticipated new model, the V4, on Friday. The pro version of V4…