Under pressure: Women hardest hit by increases in ’Big Three’
OPINION: Rising costs across the board, especially with transport, electricity and debt repayment (the Big Three), is hitting women the hardest, says an expert....
Count your blessings, not teeth
OPINION: The fact that there are so many dissatisfied South Africans who have not yet embraced the decline and who spend so much of...
This is why SA’s petrol price is always increasing
Any weakness in the rand exchange rate against the US dollar results in a higher petrol price here at home.WHOEVER has the oil will...
Worldwide recession: Well and alive?
Despite these negative economic prospects, share and bond rates across the globe started to improve over the last eight trading days, writes Chris Harmse.–...
Energy plan a eulogy for Eskom eloquently delivered by the president
OPINION: The Electricity Act of 1922 laid the foundation for the orderly development of a cheap and abundant supply of electricity in South Africa,...
Racist videos of Africans fuel a million-dollar industry in China
Dozens of individuals have made a career out of filming African children saying racist messages.SOCIAL media has given rise to many new careers that...
Motorists making cars more fuel efficient by ’chipping’
Motorists are now remapping their vehicles’ engine control units, or ’chipping’ as it’s commonly known, to get more power or save fuel.DESPITE gaining some...
NC town close to being ’Eskom free’
Load shedding is back. However there is one town in the Northern Cape that is close to producing enough electricity to be self-sufficient.A few...
As online hate speech hits Africa, social media firms told to...
Online hate speech targets Zimbabweans in South Africa, while widespread digital abuse also seen in Ghana and Kenya.By Kim Harrisberg and Nita BhallaSOCIAL media...
Where is the excellence? SA is awash with moribund politics
OPINION: South Africans are kept from basking in the euphoria of success as the pain of load shedding and the tormented economic and political...
