242 Fourteen hours. That’s how much time I spent queuing to renew and collect my passport and to get a new ID card. That was time I would have much rather spent…
Category: Business
Turnarounds at Eskom and Transnet not yet showing in GDP figures
349 B4SA has wracked up some impressive successes, but there’s no sign of this yet in economic growth figures. The B4SA Business Government Partnership, a collaboration between business and government, has made…
Bad news for Boxer | The Citizen
241 Boxer told shareholders it expects its HEPS to decline for the 26 weeks ended 31 August 2025. Pick n Pay’s pride and joy, Boxer, is expecting to report a significant decline…
Local flavour, delivered: Mr D x Hammy Eats
275If 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…
This is how financial worries can undermine your mental health
298 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?
262 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
259 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
280 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
360Discovery 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
269 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,…