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 morning with something for your weekend table talk, the Covid-19 pandemic changed our everyday lives in a few ways, most of all it changed the way we had to work but what if your boss said you never have to come back to work? Well, that’s exactly what Airbnb has told employees …
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The ANC has finally resolved to come to a more concrete definition of the controversial step-aside rule after the party’s national executive committee (NEC) tightened a loophole to the rule. The NEC has agreed that “‘any member who had stepped aside voluntarily following an indictment to appear in a court of law on any charge” …
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In case you missed it, we begin this morning with the big overnight news that Twitter has agreed to sell to billionaire Elon Musk for a reported $44 billion and take the 16-year-old social network private in the process. The deal was unanimously agreed upon by Twitter’s board and is expected to be concluded later …
