Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone app stores (although not in the EU). Zuckerberg, who is chief executive of Threads’ parent company Meta, says that at least 30 million users signed up in the app’s first day. According to some speculative reporting, Threads might be a reliable alternative to […]

The highly anticipated Proudly SA Local Wine Expo is back, and promises an unforgettable experience for all wine lovers. The expo is set to take place from Thursday, 13 July to Saturday, 15 July 2023 at the Prison Break Market in Lonehill, Johannesburg. According to Proudly South African, it will bring together about 30 South […]

South Africa’s electricity generation capacity continues to show signs of improvement and stabilisation, says Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. This follows work done in the past two weeks. The Minister was speaking on Sunday during his weekly media briefing on progress made regarding the implementation of the Energy Action Plan. Outlining the […]

South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has tweeted that he drove the new Tesla-produced Cybertruck around Austin, Texas. South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has tweeted that he drove the new Tesla-produced Cybertruck around Austin, Texas. ALSO READ: Vehicle license renewal fees EXPLAINED At the time of publishing, the post had been viewed over 42 million times. As reported by The South African website in […]

Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of […]

Determined to get into the male-dominated steel industry, Shocky Nengovhela from Middleburg in Mpumalanga, left her job and started her own steel engineering company, Tembo Engineering. “Mechanical engineering is my passion. I have always wanted to get involved in this industry. We are a growing company. It was not easy to get to where we […]

A waitress, who was fired for not declaring that she had received a R150 cash tip, has failed in her Labour Court bid to challenge this. The firing of a waitress at Chef’s Warehouse for not pooling her tips has been upheld by the Johannesburg Labour Court. Judge Edwin Tlhotlhalemaje said her actions were “self-serving […]

Two years since the events of July 2021, the South African Special Risk Insurance Association (Sasria) has launched a documentary titled The Unrest. The much-anticipated documentary tells the pivotal role played by Sasria – a public enterprise non-life insurance company – during and post the July 2021 unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The documentary premiered […]

A Limpopo-based producer of cleaning products is on an ambitious mission to bridge the gap between affordability and quality in a market dominated by established international brands. ALSO READ: Social entrepreneurs’ diverse motivations drive venture creation Saddled by the lack of job opportunities, budding entrepreneur Lebogang Moloto became a reseller of established multinational cleaning brand products […]

The Central Line service between Nyanga, Chris Hani, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain in Cape Town will be running before the end of March next year, according to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). PRASA CEO Hishaam Emeran told MPs during a visit on Tuesday to see train infrastructure along the line that Chris […]

National Treasury has outlined the basic characteristics and requirements for the solar panel incentive, which is meant to help individuals in their immediate decision-making regarding any solar installation. This follows an announcement by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana at the tabling of the National Budget earlier this year that tax incentives would be provided to households […]

South Africa-born Elon Musk has extended his lead over France’s LVMH chairperson Bernard Arnault in the world’s richest person list. Musk, 52, who was born in Pretoria in South Africa, has seen his fortune skyrocket by $110 billion this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. ALSO READ | What is the most common name for a newborn BOY in South Africa? […]

The Outlier website has released its monthly grocery basket comparison for June 2023 – with some changes from previous months. Prices of 12 staple foods and products were collected from eight major South African retailers, namely: Makro, Woolworths, Spar, Shoprite, Checkers, Pick n Pay, Food Lover’s Market and Boxer. MUST READ | SARS tax questions answered: What are the tax season deadlines? Previously, […]

A group of women in the Free State are eradicating poverty in Meloding, Virginia, through a community development and nutrition centre that provides daily meals to unemployed and vulnerable residents. Bomme ba Boithatelo bo Botle consists of a group of women dedicated to serving their community by providing meals to residents who are living below […]

The South African and ended up with the short end of the stick again, with the ZAR testing all-time lows against many major currency counterparts. Despite a rather stable week in the forex markets, the ZAR continued along its downward trajectory. South African producer price index (PPI) data came in at 7.3% for the month […]

Famous British entrepreneur Richard Branson, recently surprised crew and staff of local budget carrier Fastjet when he flew to Zimbabwe’s capital city. The Virgin Group founder happily posed in photographs with passengers and airport staff at Harare’s Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. The British billionaire is somewhat of a celebrity in these parts. Being the […]

Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week. ZUCKERBERG Zuckerberg’s Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as “Threads, an […]

The time to file your annual income tax return is only days away. Individual taxpayers can submit their return from 20h00 on Friday 7 July 2023 until 23 October 2023. While provisional taxpayers have until 24 January 2024 to submit their income tax return. SARS is also in the process of sending out millions of SMSs to taxpayers who […]

You need to renew your car license once a year to be legal on South African roads. To help you find the cheapest online platform, we put together a useful article on where you can renew your car license online – click HERE for more. ALSO READ: Vehicle license renewal fees EXPLAINED However, those websites/services do not include the […]

Anti-corruption activist Paul Holden has done South Africa a great favour by summarising the work of the judicial commission that probed massive corruption under former president Jacob Zuma. No one except academics will read the commission’s 4,750 page report, but many will read Holden’s book, Zondo at your Fingertips. Holden is a former director of […]

The last, relatively pristine section of Western Cape coastline between the Olifants River and the Northern Cape border is threatened by two new mining-related applications.

A “gagging order” obtained by the Moti Group against investigative news agency amaBhungane has been set aside in its entirety. The Gauteng High Court has set aside the “gagging order” brought against amaBhungane by the Moti Group. Judge Roland Sutherland said the Moti Group had abused the court process by bringing an unjustified ex parte […]

To avoid paying administration fees to renew a vehicle licence disc online, motorists can make use of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) online service. The only fee charged is the R99 courier fee, which other online service providers also charge. “The R72 transaction fee, which has been referred to, is a legislated fee, which […]

Motorists are in for more relief this month, as both grades of fuel are expected to decrease for the second month in a row. Illuminating paraffin and LP Gas are also expected to decrease, with an increase in the price of both grades of diesel. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced […]

Last week famous British entrepreneur Richard Branson flew into neighbouring Zimbabwe, not by private jet or in first class. Branson arrived in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare with budget airline Fastjet on 30 June. The airline was honoured to have the celebrity entrepreneur on board one of its flights and thanked the founder of the Virgin Group […]