Author: Bongani Mdakane

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Eskom Vodacom
Business, News

Vodacom, Eskom sign deal to end loadshedding in country

Vodacom, one of South Africa’s leading companies, has signed a Virtual Wheeling agreement with state-owned power utility Eskom to end loadshedding in the country.... Read more.
SPAR group
Business

SPAR gives SMMEs a boost by ending exclusive leases

SPAR, which is one of the big five retailers in the country, alongside Shoprite, Pick n Pay, Woolworths and Walmart-owned Cambridge Foods, has agreed to end its... Read more.
News

Curro teacher called a monkey by racist boss falls into depression

The Curro Protea Glen black teacher who was called a monkey by her former white boss plunged into depression a few days after she was racially abused.  Nonkululeko... Read more.
Mantashe
Business

Mantashe signs agreements for IPP procurement programme

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has signed project agreements with two preferred bidders appointed for risk mitigation independent power producer... Read more.
ponzi scheme
News

Criminal syndicate extorts money from unsuspecting people

A criminal syndicate of corrupt law enforcers and impersonators extorts money from unsuspecting people who have pending criminal cases. This comes after people who... Read more.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane gratuity payout
Politics

Suspended public protector Mkhwebane vows to fight to the end

Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has vowed to fight to the end against the people who want her dismissed from her job. Speaking during a media briefing... Read more.
Maselspoort Resort
News

Court lenient on Maselspoort Resort racist who attacked black boys

Jakobus Klaasen has been sentenced to two years imprisonment or a fine of R20 000 for his racial attack on two young black boys at Maselspoort Resort. Klaasen, who... Read more.
Alan Winde sworn in
Politics

Winde urges Ramaphosa to urgently deal with looming budget cuts

Looming budget cuts should be dealt with as a matter of urgency, wrote Western Cape premier Alan Winde in a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Winde urged the... Read more.
BBC Elias Monage
Business

Black entrepreneurs hail Brics business prospects

Black entrepreneurs are rejoicing after they were given a table among international political giants to elevate their businesses at the Brics Summit in Sandton,... Read more.
Business

State cracks whip on minimum wage

There will be no place to hide for companies and employers who pay their employees less than the set national minimum wage (NMW), the department of labour said this... Read more.