Business One of SPAR’s biggest investors cuts stake in the retailer Cape Town – Asset manager Coronation Asset Management has reduced its beneficial interest in The SPAR Group, cutting its... Read more 27 Aug
Business Sasol outage puts OR Tambo jet-fuel supplies under pressure Johannesburg – Airlines are scrambling to secure alternative jet-fuel supplies at OR Tambo International Airport after an unplanned shutdown... Read more 27 Aug
Business MTN moves to build the digital backbone for Africa’s AI boom Johannesburg – MTN Group is partnering with a UAE-based data centre investment platform to accelerate the development of artificial... Read more 27 Aug
Countries ‘They struck me down for my pay’ — KZN man attacked with hammer, robbed of R2,000 Oaklands, KwaZulu-Natal – A man was assaulted with a hammer and robbed of his cellphone and R2,000 in cash... Read more 27 Aug
Countries Teen escapes after stranger’s ‘compliment’ allegedly turns into kidnapping attempt Grangetown, KwaZulu-Natal – A 15-year-old girl escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt while walking near a secondary school in Grangetown,... Read more 27 Aug
Business Africa’s richest man puts succession plan in motion for $35bn fortune Harare – Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is moving to put a more formal structure around his vast fortune... Read more 27 Aug
Arts and Leisure ‘I’m choosing peace’: DJ Cleo leaves Radio 2000 after 28 months Cape Town – DJ Cleo has announced his departure from Radio 2000 after 28 months at the SABC station, saying he... Read more 27 Aug
Countries Thai national’s parrot egg haul fails to take flight at OR Tambo Johannesburg – South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through... Read more 27 Aug
Countries Ten in custody as police probe N14 murder of 19-year-old Kuruman – Ten suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Kago Moshole, whose body was... Read more 27 Aug
Business What Walmart Isn’t Betting On in South Africa By Yazeed Osman Walmart proposed 21 new South African stores in February. Takealot turned its first profit in its... Read more 27 Aug