Sandton, the economic hub of Johannesburg – and South Africa South Africa cannot afford for Johannesburg to fail, and the city’s electricity supply is now genuinely at risk. The R5.3-billion debt that the city owes to Eskom is not being resolved in a sustainable way, and the consequences became more concrete last week. Eskom granted…
The regional forum, supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme and funded by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), brought together journalists union leaders and media professionals from Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda to strengthen professional journalism…
·Hints at being richer than reported $38bn Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that he would rather be remembered for helping to industrialise Africa than for the size of his fortune, suggesting that his actual wealth may be significantly higher than estimates by global…
First, a report on the miracle babies of the Mauthausen camp. And, South Africa’s missing great white sharks.
Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. A few years ago, the metaverse seemed unavoidable. Technology companies invested billions. Consultants forecasted trillions in economic value. Executives appointed metaverse leaders. Investors bought virtual land. Analysts spoke confidently about a future in which work, entertainment, commerce and social interaction would merge…
NewsFeed Negotiators from the US and Iran wrapped a day of talks in Switzerland as they sought to hash out details of an agreement to end the war. The discussions were briefly strained after US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran if it moved to close the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 22…
Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple plans to raise prices on its products to offset increasing memory and storage chip costs, CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. A surge in AI-driven demand for data centres has forced consumer electronics companies into a fierce competition for dwindling supplies of the key components,…
Still from Pixar’s “Toy Story 5.” Disney Disney’s Toy Story franchise still has some buzz. The fifth installment in the Pixar film series tallied $160 million during its opening weekend, the highest in franchise history. Internationally, “Toy Story 5” snared $152 million, bringing its estimated global haul for the three-day period to $312 million. “Toy…
Natasha Oosthuizen, GM of sales at Tarsus Distribution, won the 2026 Wired4Women Channel Achiever Award. The ICT channel has always been a tough environment for doing business. Natasha Oosthuizen, GM of sales at Tarsus Distribution, says the pressure now comes from several fronts: profit margins are tightening, vendor ecosystems are growing more complex and global…
After a highly criticized World Cup debut, Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal returned to Atlanta Stadium with a vengeance on Sunday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Oyarzabal, on Monday, became the first player since 1966 to fail to record a touch in the first 30 minutes of…
