The Great Pothole Rebranding Project: A Sol Plaatje fable of pothole...
THE FUNHOUSE MIRROR COLUMN: In a stunning turn of events, the streets of Sol Plaatje have become the battleground for a guerrilla war of...
Southern Africa gets boost with R25 billion fund for energy transmission
The new facility will strengthen the southern African power grid by funding cross-border energy transmission infrastructure.THE SOUTHERN African Power Pool (SAPP) said this week...
SA narrowly misses technical recession, but it’s not a cause for...
Gross domestic product increased by only 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023 over the previous three months, only narrowly avoiding a technical recession...
Earliest-known ‘dead’ galaxy spotted by Webb telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope since becoming operational in 2022 has uncovered numerous surprises about what things were like in the universe’s early stages....
World on brink of fourth mass coral reef bleaching event
The world is on the verge of a fourth mass coral bleaching event which could see wide swathes of tropical reefs die, including parts...
Transnet finalises partnership with Philippines port operator to manage Durban’s...
The partnership will have a positive impact on Transnet, container supply chains and on the competitiveness of South Africa’s economy.Last week the Cape Town...
Harsher times ahead as Eskom works to fix its systems
Implementation of Eskom’s National Treasury-sponsored report, which the utility has claimed to have arrested the decline of the energy availability factor, might yet bring...
MTN faces massive drop in profit due to Nigeria’s currency devaluation
The MTN Group that its annual results to December would be hit hard by the sharp devaluation in Nigeria’s naira against the US dollar,...
US conspiracy theorists monetise ‘Disease X’ misinformation
Coined by the World Health Organization to denote a hypothetical future pandemic, “Disease X” is at the centre of a blizzard of misinformation that...
SA financial markets remain under pressure with fuel prices escalating
THE MARKETS ON MONDAY COLUMN: Domestic as well as global economic and political uncertainties continue to put South African financial markets under pressure, writes...
