269 Shoprite has Usave and Pick n Pay has Boxer as their chains of low-cost stores – now Spar has entered the fray. Spar, one of South Africa’s biggest grocery retailers, has…
Category: Business
TymeBank to offer ID and passport services in deal with home affairs
277 TymeBank CEO Karl Westvig TymeBank customers will soon be able to apply for their ID and passport documents in the banking app or via the fintech’s 1 000-plus branded kiosks at Pick…
High Court order may push RAF closer to collapse
247 RAF fails to extend moratorium allowing it to settle claims in 180 days. The financially-distressed Road Accident Fund (RAF) has received a significant High Court blow, which may lead to its…
Vodacom flips switch on SA’s first full-scale virtual wheeling project
316 Vodacom South Africa CEO Sitho Mdlalose Vodacom said on Wednesday that it has become the first company in South Africa to operationalise virtual wheeling fully in South Africa as it moves…
Big change to EV charging stations in South Africa
317 Electric vehicle charging solutions specialist Rubicon has upgraded 21 of its most popular DC fast-charging stations with new card machines offering tap-to-pay functionality for its users. According to Hilton Musk, head…
These BMW, Ford, and Hino vehicles hit by recall over increased accident risk
276 ‘Owners of the affected vehicles are urged to take their vehicles to the nearest authorised dealership.’ The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has issued a product recall for five different car models…
South African ed-tech start-up The Invigilator in R195-million funding round
335 The Invigilator co-founder and CEO Nicholas Riemer Education technology company The Invigilator has secured US$11-million (R195-million) in funding that it plans to use to expand its AI-powered offerings internationally. The round…
Major power users call on Nersa to reopen Eskom tariff determination
243 Outa to intervene in R54bn settlement litigation. The country’s largest electricity users have called upon the energy regulator Nersa to re-open Eskom’s tariff determination for the current and next two financial…
Online sales at Woolworths jump to 6.6% of total
340 Woolworths has reported strong growth in online sales in both its food and fashion, beauty & home categories, though headline earnings have come under pressure. Full-year headline earnings in the 52…
Google dodges bullet in major antitrust ruling
274 Carlos Barria/Reuters Google won’t have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with US antitrust enforcers,…