116If there’s one thing South Africans agree on, it’s that food tells our story best. That bunny chow from Durban, that shisa nyama around the corner, that family-run Thai spot that’s been…
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This is how financial worries can undermine your mental health
153 Mental health cases are increasing by the day and one of the reasons is that so many of us are under financial stress. We all know how our financial worries can…
And now for … data centres in space?
126 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaking on a panel at Italian Tech Week 2025 in Turin, Italy. Remo Casilli/Reuters Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday that gigawatt-scale data centres will be…
Severe weather and crime increasing – and your insurance should too
127 More and more consumers indicate in insurance surveys that severe weather and crime are their main worries. Severe weather and crime are increasing in South Africa and this means the risk…
Bitcoin surges to new all-time record high
130 Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, hit a record high on Sunday and was up nearly 2.7% at US$125 245.57 at 7.12am SAST. Bitcoin’s previous record was $124 480 in mid-August,…
Best in banking service: A fourth consecutive win for Discovery Bank in ASK AFRICA Orange Index awards
173Discovery Bank also secured second place this year in the highly competitive private banking segment. The ASK AFRICA Orange Index®, a leading, independent benchmark study in the field of customer experience, released…
3 000 jobs saved in Tiger Brands’ canned foods business
113 The agreement of sale included a provision that there would be no retrenchments for at least three years. Tiger Brands has successfully sold its canned food business, Langeberg and Ashton Foods,…
Port of Gauteng aims to revitalise rail, remove 30% of trucks from the N3
126It could also bury Joburg’s existing inland port at City Deep by offering faster container turnaround times. The Port of Gauteng may be one of the first fruits of government’s decision to…
South Africa’s graduates and the entrepreneurial crossroads
148In South Africa, a degree no longer guarantees a job. Youth unemployment hovers at crisis levels, and many graduates struggle to find stable work in South Africa. Entrepreneurship, often touted as a…
Will raising retirement age ease pressure on South Africans?
129 Working until you turn 80 to afford a comfortable retirement sounds a bit much. But what about working just five years longer? We are living longer than we thought we would…