Virgin Active gets watchdog’s thumbs up for Real Foods deal
Fitness group Virgin Active’s transformation to a “wellness group” scaled a major hurdle on Friday after South Africa’s competition authorities approved... Read more.
Gordhan, Mantashe butt heads as load-shedding cripples SA
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and his mineral resources and energy counterpart Gwede Mantashe are said to be at loggerheads over how to ensure the stability... Read more.
Time to call US bluff on women’s rights
For most of my youth, a great lie was told – that the US, the self-proclaimed leader of the world, was at the forefront of engendering human rights across the... Read more.
Auditors rapped over the knuckles
Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke has called on the auditing profession to take a moment and reflect on the role it played in the state capture episode. Maluleke,... Read more.
Making lemonade from life’s lemons
With the annual inflation rate (increase in prices over a given period of time) in South Africa having increased to a five-year high of 6.5% in May, consumers will... Read more.
Confirmed: Wearing of face masks no longer compulsory
The Department of Health on Thursday confirmed media speculation that government has decided to scrap the restrictive measures put in place to curb the spread of... Read more.
Business leaders: truckers guilty of economic sabotage
An act of economic sabotage. This is how captains of industry and the government have described the blockade of the N3 route between Johannesburg and Durban. Disgruntled... Read more.
Clothing, footware boom looming
South Africa’s clothing and footwear industry is poised for growth, according to research by Fitch Solutions. Fitch Solutions, the research arm of rating agency... Read more.
Central University of Technology uncovers admission fraud syndicate, suspends 8 students
Central University of Technology (CUT) has suspended eight students who were allegedly admitted fraudulently for this academic year. Sunday World has it on good... Read more.
Official who issued a passport to “Lebogang” from Bangladesh has been arrested
The Department of Home Affairs which is on a cleanup campaign, on Monday announced that its official who issued a fraudulent passport to “Lebogang” from Bangladesh”... Read more.
