Tourists flock to Chinese zoo to see ‘human-like’ bear
Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China’s Zhejiang province after a video of one of its bears went viral with some netizens suggesting...
Ramaphosa commends Energy Action Plan as saving SA from worst-case scenario
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that although load shedding had continued, the government had managed to avert a worst-case scenario by stabilising the performance of...
Official petrol and diesel prices for August: Here’s how much more...
The official petrol and diesel price increases for August 2023 have been announced by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. Here’s how much...
Most plant-based alternatives lack nutritional benefits of cow’s milk – study
Plant-based milk alternatives are becoming more popular, but do they deliver the same nutrition as cow's milk? The majority, according to the results of...
The luxury crown lies heavy on Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior
LVMH failing to deliver another blockbuster quarter should be a worry for the company - and the high-end sector as a whole.For the first...
Organised crime can corrupt civic honesty
Study shows a rise in civic dishonesty in countries with high levels of organised crime in the private and public sphere because citizens more...
Jail for selling loose smokes
The National Informal Traders Alliance of SA has warned that thousands of livelihoods are at risk because people can be jailed for selling a...
Tenderpreneurs misunderstand the goal of BEE
OPINION: It is a fact that many politically-connected tenderpreneurs who have been awarded many government-linked contracts have just been in it for themselves without...
A small, but telling, blow against Big Man politics
CARPING POINT: It wasn’t the video of the VIP protection unit officers beating and kicking their victims, while armed to the teeth, that was...
Steinhoff debacle raises questions of governance
OPINION: The big question that the Steinhoff International debacle raises is whether the corporate governance requirement for having non-executive and independent directors to exercise...
