From picking up pointers on YouTube to winning tournaments on the international circuit – 11-year-old golf champ Sim Tshabalala seems to have the eye of the tiger… Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show on Sunday 2 April in South Africa on DStv Now OR stream it overseas in most […]

The High Court in Johannesburg has ordered a financial services company to pay a client more than R800,000 stolen by fraudsters through email cybercrime. PSG Wealth Financial Planning has been ordered to pay a client more than R800,000 stolen by fraudsters through email cybercrime. The fraudsters had hacked a client’s email and requested via email for the […]

The Electoral Amendment Bill currently on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s desk proposes major changes to the way we vote. But the Bill has serious flaws and should be referred back to Parliament or to the Constitutional Court. As we head to the 2024 national and provincial elections, the matter is urgent.  The Bill amends the Electoral […]

The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has warned consumers against transacting with Manicaa, a scam operation online, purporting to be an online business. Acting National Consumer Commissioner, Thezi Mabuza, said the Commission has received several complaints from consumers alleging that they have purchased goods from Manicaa and did not receive their goods. “Others alleged that they […]

The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to hike interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday, taking the country’s repurchase rate to 7.75%. The prime lending rate will increase to 11.25%. The changes will come into effect from Friday, 31 March 2023. ALSO READ | DStv price hike: What you’ll pay from 1 April – it’s NO […]

South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor Lesetja Kganyago has announced that the repurchase rate (repo rate) has reached 7.75% after the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed to a 50 basis points increase. As a result, the prime interest rate will now move up to 11.25%. Kganyago announced this at a press briefing on Thursday […]

Residents of Makhaza in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have welcomed the announcement that they will be allocated a satellite police station by October. Makhaza residents in Khayelitsha will finally be getting a police station on the vacant site identified nearly 20 years ago. But this will be temporary until a permanent station is built in the […]

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) — which is expected to create a continent-wide market comprising 1.3 billion people and a combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$3.4 trillion — will make the continent an oyster for young entrepreneurs. This is the view of Silenx Director, Sifiso Nxumalo, whose company is in the process […]

An urgent meeting has been requested between the South African and United Arab Emirates’ central authorities as well as the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola and his counterpart in the UAE – to get an update on the status of an extradition application pertaining to Atul Gupta and Rajesh Gupta. The brothers […]

Eskom Acting Group Chief Executive CEO, Calib Cassim, has warned that the power utility will not tolerate acts of violence against any of its employees, after an Eskom employee was attacked and abducted earlier this month. He said: “We convey our sympathies to the employee and their family for the trauma they went through and […]

Final-year Industrial Design student at the University of Johannesburg, Tshepiso Motau, has won the Furniture Design Competition in a ceremony hosted by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic). Motau, who hails from Centurion, designed an eye-catching and colourful room divider with Ndebele patterns inspired by internationally acclaimed artist, Dr Esther Mahlangu. The […]

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says over the last two years, government has been hard at work to recover the tourism industry to what it was at pre-COVID-19 conditions. The Minister was speaking at the launch of the Africa Travel Indaba to be held in Durban in May. “We are all working towards seeing our […]

It’s now more commonly known that alcohol and tobacco use make us ill. Less known is that just four industries account for at least one-third of global preventable deaths. These industries are: unhealthy processed food and drinks, fossil fuels, alcohol and tobacco. Collectively they cause 19 million deaths every year, according to a recent series […]

The first homeless count in the City of Tshwane, which was conducted in October 2022 and launched this week, has revealed that unemployment is the single main cause of homelessness in the city. A report launched this week counted 4,177 homeless people in Tshwane and surveyed 3,408 of them. Nearly half of those surveyed cited […]

The State’s first witness in the R37.7 million Estina dairy farm tax fraud trial is expected to continue his testimony in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court today. This is another matter from the main R280 million Estina farm fraud and corruption case, which implicated the former Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane. National Prosecuting Authority Investigating […]

Localisation drives innovation within societies, says Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel. “Localisation is about driving innovation in our society,” Patel said. Speaking at the Proudly South African Buy Local Summit and Expo, held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton, Patel said government has a role to play in encouraging localisation in the […]

If you hate Mondays, you’re most certainly in good company. After a couple of days off, many of us have difficulty settling back into our routines and work duties. You may even have dread and anxiety that seeps into the weekend in the form of “Sunday scaries”. You can’t always change your schedule or obligations […]

A “rational” decision has been taken by the new minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille, to cancel the “ludicrous” R1-billion Tottenham Hotspur deal immediately. De Lille’s decision comes after much public and political opposition to the proposed plan by the South African Tourism board. She echoed popular sentiments that the Tottenham sponsorship is unlawful. Manny […]

Raised in one of the most violent communities in the country, children in Manenberg have very few opportunities but with bat and ball, one cricket coach was determined to use the sport to make a difference. Here’s what’s coming up on Carte Blanche this week. You can watch the show on Sunday 26 March in […]

New research on several Fairtrade-certified wine farms in the Cape Winelands has found that the working and living conditions at some of these farms fall short of the standards set by Fairtrade International. New research has found that some farm workers on Fairtrade-certified wine farms, which are held to international standards, still have poor housing, […]

With Air BP announcing its exit from South African airports, the DA warns this could be the beginning of a wider disinvestment from SA, and blames the ANC government’s “fatal support for Russia” for triggering detrimental economic consequences for the country. The DA cites the ANC’s support of “continued aggression in Ukraine and refusal to […]

Banks are in the news again. Two bank failures in the US, and the forced takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in Switzerland, have triggered the worst turmoil in the banking sector since the 2008 financial crisis. There’s talk of a lack of trust, of a collapse in confidence, of contagion and systemic risk. Jannie […]

South Africa’s national election is due next year. Usually the road to the national elections is characterised by a number of controversial voting campaigns… writes Godfrey Sigwela. Some political leaders like to visit churches, asking for the divine intervention in order to win the elections. While others choose to offer food parcels to attract votes. […]

National Lotteries Commission (NLC) legal files including documents from litigation running into tens of millions of rands have gone missing, according to Trade, Industry and Competition (TIC) minister Ebrahim Patel, who has oversight of the Lottery. The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) used “enormous amounts” of public money to fight government oversight, Minister of Trade Industry and Competition […]

The king and queen of Belgium have arrived in South Africa for an official visit until 27 March, at the invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa. This is the Belgian monarchy’s first official state visit to South Africa, in a demonstration of the strong bilateral relations that exist between the two countries. The State Visit will […]