147 Mango joins Comair, Fly Blue Crane and SA Express in going belly-up. Grounded low-cost airline Mango may finally be wound down. This, after a potential buyer backed out of the deal…
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Almost half of South Africa’s working women gamble their hard-earned money
115 Most women gamble as a way to make additional income. It is difficult to tell if South Africa has a gambling problem or a poverty problem. The number of gamblers in…
Music fans should brace for another Spotify price hike
246 Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets a billion users, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing the music streaming provider’s co-president and chief business officer,…
SA women of all income levels forced to make difficult financial choices
158 Many women in South Africa are single breadwinners and they have to make difficult financial choices to afford the basics. South African women of all income levels are forced to make…
Wall Street braces for Nvidia test
225 A wobble in US technology shares has raised the stakes for Nvidia’s quarterly results on Wednesday, with earnings from the semiconductor giant posing a crucial test for the scorching AI trade….
Getting divorced? This is how changes in law will affect property ownership
140 It often happens after a divorce that a man walks away with all the assets while the woman is left with nothing because she did not work. South Africa’s family law…
Eskom fleet showing signs of real stability
231 Embattled power utility Eskom has notched up something of a milestone in its long and bruising turnaround journey. On Friday, the company announced that unplanned outages had fallen to 7.3GW –…
Jonas hits back at ‘dirty tricks’ as MTN storm gathers
246 MTN Group chairman Mcebisi Jonas MTN Group chairman and President Ramaphosa’s envoy to the US, Mcebisi Jonas, has told the Sunday Times that there is a deliberate campaign of “dirty tricks”…
Five steps to get the best value out of your financial adviser – but do you need one?
129 People must first understand what a financial adviser does and how they can benefit from their services Not everyone struggles financially because they earn too little; sometimes it is due to…
Silicon socialism? Intel joins ranks of ‘too big to fail’
195 Dado Ruvic/Reuters US President Donald Trump is injecting nearly US$9-billion into Intel in exchange for a 9.9% equity stake. But the money — which the struggling chip maker was slated to…