Bank Zero CEO Yatin Narsai Bank Zero broke even for the first time in August, four years and 10 months after opening to the public. In the same month it took on about half a million end customers from remittance group Mukuru, more than doubling the number of people on its platform. Chairman Michael Jordaan…
SAP customers assess migration options beyond the 2027 deadline. (Image: Supplied) With mainstream maintenance for the core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 scheduled to end on 31 December 2027, organisations are deciding how and when to transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. SAP currently states that optional extended maintenance will be available for…
Marilize Redelinghuys, head of retail modernisation, Mr Price Group. Application modernisation and consolidation is a journey many established organisations need to undertake, but the path is not always as easy as some might expect. Mr Price Group has made significant progress on its modernisation journey, having rationalised from approximately 330 applications to 120, according to Marilize…
The question of why 70,000 Moroccans migrated to the Spanish-governed territories of Ceuta and Melilla within hours on 30 July – ‘Throne Day’, which is one of the most respectable celebrations of the Morocco Kingdom – still lingers in international media and haunts inquisitive minds. Commentators have talked extensively about the socio-economic and geopolitical incentives,…
If the action happens, it will be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history, AP reports. Published On 25 Aug 202625 Aug 2026 The United States is preparing to cancel business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum in the country, according to…
The communications department has told parliament that no date has been set for South Africa’s analogue television switch-off, and that it is concerned communities may believe otherwise. Director-general Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani told the portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies on Friday, 14 August, that a date would be considered only after engagements with stakeholders had…
Chris Fearne says Europe must look beyond its borders to solve its migration problem. Malta’s Foreign Minister Chris Fearne calls for a stronger and more coordinated European response to growing crises across the Mediterranean and beyond. He rejects the idea of the Mediterranean as a border separating a more affluent Europe from a less affluent…
The 17 August meeting in Durban should turn shared history and economic interdependence into coordinated action against xenophobia. South Africa’s recent anti-migrant protests, vigilantism and mass repatriations have put regional solidarity in the spotlight. Most of the African migrants targeted by groups like March and March come from South Africa’s immediate neighbourhood. That means tough…
Five more bodies have been found along Ceuta’s coastline as the enclave recovers from unprecedented border influx. By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026 At least 72 people have died after around 60,000 migrants surged across the border from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta over the…
· Oil prices slide as US, Iran pause hostilities over Strait of Hormuz ·Shettima lauds AfDB as REA, SAPZ sign MoU on energy for agro-processing zones Deji Elumoye and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that an expected “super” El Niño weather event could cost African countries between $10 billion…
