(Reuters) – Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was “temporarily on hold” while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. By Greg Roumeliotis and Sheila Dang. Since 2013, Twitter has downplayed the spread of fake accounts on its […]

Now back in sunny South Africa after spending the past six days in Ukraine, DA Leader John Steenhuisen has compiled this report on the situation in Ukraine and what it means for SA: I’m speaking to you from Cape Town on a beautiful autumn morning in the Mother City, and on a day like this […]

Tesla CEO and new Twitter owner Elon Musk took part in a live stream Tesla / Twitter event on Sunday 8 May, together with Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood and Jack Dorsey who is co-founder and former CEO of Twitter and also founder of financial payments company Block, Inc. Tesla says on its YouTube page: […]

The Daily Show host, South African expat Trevor Noah, has voiced the concern of many about the ‘billionaire games’ that the super wealthy, like fellow SA expat Elon Musk, play with the stock market. Watch below. The Daily Show, which has almost 10 million subscribers on YouTube, said “Trevor’s no finance expert, but the details […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the launch of a hydrogen-powered truck is a “giant step” in the right direction for South Africa’s budding green hydrogen economy. And there’s one man particularly who’s in the spotlight right now – Alex Tumisang Lekgau, Africa’s first and ONLY licensed operator of said hydrogen truck. Alex has risen from a […]

Power utility Eskom will need additional energy of between 4 000 and 6 000 megawatts in order to effectively carry out maintenance of its ailing power plans without having to resort to load shedding, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday. Responding to oral questions in the National Assembly, Gordhan said: “Clearly it is […]

Evaluating the environmental footprint of electric cars. By Neil Thomas Stacey. Should South Africans switch to electric cars to reduce their environmental footprint? The answer is no. In the South African context, electric cars are currently the dirtiest means of personal transport available, and will remain so until we have fixed our electricity generation. Autotrader’s […]

Eskom is expected to implement stage two load shedding from 5pm Tuesday evening until the early hours of next Monday morning. These latest power cuts come after the energy supplier lost generation capacity at several power stations. “This load shedding has been caused by a shortage of generation capacity owing to delays in returning generators […]

Christie’s Geneva will auction off a 228.31 carat pear-shaped diamond on May 11. The white gemstone – known as ‘The Rock’ – was mined and polished in South Africa over two decades ago. The diamond is estimated to sell for between $20 to $30 million. “This is really one of, not one of, it is […]

With Elon Musk being the richest man in the world, and currently one of the most famous – having just bought Twitter for $44-billion – it seems a lot of people have been asking him for tips on trading. So, the South African born and raised entrepreneur (SpaceX, Tesla and more!) has graciously shared his […]

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the City of Cape Town “is now ready to proceed with a detailed feasibility study for the devolution of the metropolitan rail function to this metro.” In other words, Cape Town has finally been given the green light by SA’s National Treasury  to look at localising its […]

BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as an official currency, the CAR presidency said on Wednesday, becoming the first country in Africa and only the second in the world to do so (after El Salvador in Central America). Despite rich reserves of gold and diamonds, Central African Republic is one of the […]

CAPE TOWN — Ticketmaster, the global leader in live event ticketing, has announced it is bringing its advanced digital ticketing technology to South Africa, with headquarters in Cape Town. Sporting teams, artists, promoters, festivals and venues will be able to take full advantage of Ticketmaster’s suite of industry-leading products and digital ticketing tools designed to […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a ‘stern’ warning to government departments and businesses providing goods and services, that South Africa will not stand for acts of self-enrichment at the expense of those who need relief – following a deluge of catastrophic floods in some parts of the country. The president’s comments, at a joint sitting […]

South African expat Elon Musk has acquired Twitter Inc in a $44-billion deal today, 11 days after first offering to buy the social media platform. The billionaire entrepreneur (Tesla, SpaceX) and world’s richest man said “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means”. Twitter accepted the […]

The South African Government says the project is discontinued… By Bernard Chiguvare. The Department of Tourism spent R9.3-million on the Tshakhuma Conference Development Heritage and Tourism Project near Thohoyandou in Limpopo. The project ground to a halt in 2014 because the service provider mismanaged the funds according to the department. Nothing remains to be seen […]

Eskom says after making some ground in recovering generation capacity, it may lift all stages of load shedding on Friday evening. The power utility has been battling generation unit failures throughout the past week, which have tipped the country into the more stringent stage four load shedding – dropping down to stage three on Wednesday […]

The Western Cape has welcomed the news that Delta Air Lines’ application to fly a triangular route between Atlanta, Johannesburg and Cape Town has finally been approved by the SA national government. The approval, which had previously been denied, means that tourists and South Africans living in the US will soon be able to enjoy […]

As Eskom today escalated load shedding in South Africa from Stage 2 to Stage 4 – due to a trip at the Majuba and Tutuka power stations – there are calls for Eskom to be declared a State of Disaster. (Last night a national state of disaster was announced to handle the catastrophic floods in […]

Eskom has ‘regretfully’ implemented Stage 2 load shedding – ie. power cuts – in South Africa from 16:00 this afternoon (Easter Sunday) until 05:00 on Wednesday, 20 April, as a result of additional generation unit losses and delayed return to service of generators. The power utility cautioned that higher stages of loadshedding may be required. […]

It reads like a Hollywood blockbuster – pets go missing in South Africa, and a well-intentioned stranger ostensibly picks them up. But the plot unravels as he turns nasty and demands a ransom for their safe return. You can watch Carte Blanche on Sunday 17 April in South Africa on DStv Now or stream it […]

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk – of Tesla and SpaceX fame – has offered to buy Twitter for about $41- to $43-billion in cash. The South African expat says he believes the social media company, which he has often criticised (with comments like “Is Twitter dead?”), needs to go private to see effective changes. UPDATE 25 […]

Just months after two separate High Courts granted interim urgent interdicts against two different seismic surveys off the East and West Coasts of South Africa – both predominantly as a result of insufficient consultation with affected communities – Tosaco Energy has received authorisation from the Department of Mineral Resources and Environment (DMRE) to proceed with […]

A good wine is a complex marriage of body, bouquet, and flavour, often only fully appreciated by those with an equally complex palate. So how did two non-drinking former refugees become award-winning connoisseurs and admired winemakers in their own right? Don’t miss this feel good story on Carte Blanche this Sunday in SA on DStv […]

South Africa’s hospitality association has welcomed last night’s lifting of the State of Disaster – after 750 days – BUT has re-issued its call for the urgent removal of the PCR test requirement for unvaccinated children between the age of five and 12-years-old… which FEDHASA says is damaging tourism. Fedhasa said it’s “delighted” by the […]