Former US President Donald Trump has been thrown a Twitter lifeline after owner in waiting Elon Musk gave the first indication of how he would run the social media company by signalling that he would unban Trump from the platform. Tesla and Space X CEO Musk called the original decision to ban Trump from Twitter …
The South African government’s position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been roundly condemned by various people and organisations but is the ANC government’s reluctance to condemn Russian aggression based on huge amounts of party funding emanating from a Russian owned mine? A joint venture with US-sanctioned Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg appears to have …
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South Africa’s unemployment rate is at a record high of 35.3% of adults unemployed in the country, according to the latest available data from Stats SA, but could this be an inaccurate depiction of SA’s unemployment rate? Several economists have raised the alarm and called the accuracy of the unemployment rate into question while the …
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What happens when a company loses 99% of its value on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in a single day only for it to recover almost all of its losses that very same day? It’s a question the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) will ask after it launched a probe into possible share price manipulation in …
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With just an hour to go before the Covid-19 restrictions were due to expire, the health department announced a new round of limited regulations that will still require the wearing of face masks indoors. All the Covid-19 restrictions were due to lapse at midnight on Wednesday, but the new regulations now give the health minister …
The release of part four of the Commission of Inquiry Report into State Capture by chief justice Raymond Zondo brought with it another slew of names recommended for further investigation and possible prosecution. The list of names recommended for prosecution by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) now sits at just over 130 people. It brings …
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Welcome back from the long weekend, we trust you had a restful and enjoyable few days off. We begin this morning with the Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen’s visit to war-torn Ukraine. Steenhuisen said he arrived in Ukraine on Sunday in the western city of Lviv and would embark on a six-day tour of the …
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We begin this Friday morning with something for your weekend table talk, SA-born tech billionaire Elon Musk says he has secured the funding needed to purchase the social media company Twitter in its entirety. On Thursday, the Tesla and Space X CEO filed documents with US regulators indicating he had secured $46.5 billion worth of …
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We begin this morning with the latest from KwaZulu-Natal where the SANDF has deployed 400 of an expected 10,000 soldiers to assist with the clean-up and emergency efforts in the flood-hit province. The heavy rainfall that battered the area last week caused record floods and mudslides with nearly 450 people killed and around 4000 homes …
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We start this morning with the return of load shedding, which began rearing its ugly head last week before some reprieve over the Easter weekend, only for Eskom to ramp it up yesterday and push the country into stage four power cuts. While briefing the country, Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter said stage four …
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