The Citizen - November 22, 2024

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November 22, 2024

Slight reprieve for consumers

This takes repo rate to 7.75%, prime lending rate to 11.25%.

2 mins

Going bananas over a banana

A fresh banana taped to a wall – a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan – was bought for $6.2 million (about R112.5 million) on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced.

1 min

Hefty fines for kids on platforms

Social media companies could be fined more than $30 million (about R540 million) if they fail to keep children off their platforms, under new laws tabled before Australia's parliament yesterday.

1 min

ICC arrest warrants out for Israel PM, Hamas' military boss

The International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif.

2 mins

Blacks become more affluent

Numbers show life is slowly improving for African blacks, say economists.

3 mins

Catholic Church must compensate sexual abuse victims

Spain's ombud yesterday urged the country's Catholic Church to compensate victims of sexual abuse committed on the institution's watch.

1 min

The echo of silent movies

Meets in what was workhouse Charlie Chaplin slaved in asa child.

3 mins

Concern over influx of foreigners

Limpopo department of economic development, environment and tourism is worried that foreign nationals are in the majority of those queuing to register spaza shops across the province.

1 min

'Terbufos behind deaths'

Terbufos, the chemical found in some spaza shops, is commonly found in the pesticide aldicarb, which was banned eight years ago, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen said yesterday.

1 min

'Abide by law' – Cyril

Call to register, be regulated and operate legally.

2 mins

Expired food found at storages

Police operation also discovers fake big brand clothing at warehouses.

1 min

Shop owners rushing to get their businesses registered

Spaza shop owners are rushing to get their businesses registered before President Cyril Ramaphosa's mandated deadline.

1 min

Failing government printing works divide parliament

Opinions within parliament are divided over the Government Printing Works (GPW).

2 mins

Medical plan for drug crisis

Addicts constantly hustle to buy enough to stave off dependency reaction.

3 mins

Call to stem trafficking

Envoy calls for continuous screening of the vulnerable for telling signs.

1 min

Rocky road for SA-US ties?

Eric Naki The road ahead could be rocky for SA-US relations as a hawkish Republican senator, Marco Rubio, takes over as secretary of state in the incoming Trump administration next year.

1 min

Best of the best for Africa's richest race

The cream of South Africa's classic distance racehorses will assemble at Turffontein next weekend for Africa's richest horse race, the Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup over 2000m.

1 min

How to break macho mould

Shake the stigma behind men talking about their struggles.

3 mins

Litmus test for Swapo

In past 6 months ANC and Botswana Democratic Party got wake-up calls.

2 mins

Hooch kills four tourists

Four foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a back-packer hotspot in Laos, Western government officials and media said yesterday.

1 min

Rise by 78% in digital fraud threatens trust in SA

With International Fraud Week taking place this week, telecommunications fraud is on the rise in South Africa, with the sector seeing one of the highest suspected digital fraud attempt rates globally, according to credit bureau Trans Union.

1 min

Black people are better off now

The results of joint research by Unisa and the Momentum group are bound to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy, not in the least among politicians who harp on about our country being dominated by wealthy white people.

1 min

Ai, ai for AI faking it..

It used to be that any villain, unmasked on the pages of a newspaper for something he or she said, would cry \"I was misquoted,\" or \"I was quoted out of context\".

2 mins

Softer hand in the war against drugs

Drug abuse is devastating in so many ways, physically, mentally and psychologically - to the addict, the addict's family and to society.

1 min

Ramaphosa should first fix SA before G20

The only problem is country is in the wrong hands called the ANC, writes JV.

1 min

Icasa better placed to inject growth

Later this week, parliament's portfolio committee on communications and digital technologies will interview candidates for four vacant positions on the Icasa Council.

1 min

Beauty of small rituals

We may not realise it, but there is something powerful about the small rituals that shape our days - the tiny, seemingly insignificant routines we often overlook.

1 min

Ancestor Lucy 'not alone'

The 52 bone fragments amount to 40% of the skeleton.

2 mins

Truce: Israel 'can't impose conditions,

Hezbollah's leader delivered a de Hant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war.

1 min

AI project to reverse insect extinction

Researchers in Canada are using artificial intelligence to monitor the ongoing mass extinction of insects, hoping to collect data that can help reverse species collapse and avert catastrophe for the planet.

2 mins

Probe of nuke debris starts

It will take six months to a year to analyse a tiny sample of radioactive debris retrieved by a robot from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said yesterday.

1 min

Nearly 40% of kids among displaced

Children made up nearly 40% of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the UN agency for children said yesterday.

1 min

Money sinks climate plans

Elephant in the room is the missing concrete number.

1 min

'No more errors, Boeing'

Boeing's new CEO told workers Wednesday the company has serious culture problems and can't afford another mistake, according to a report.

1 min

A hilarious geeky comedy

Show in which every person will find identifiable narrative for their own lives.

2 mins

Inside the killer tsunami of zoo

Unseen archival footage, survivor testimonies, insights from scientists.

3 mins

Wes Bank case dismissed

Emerald van Zyl accused firm of overcharging due to calculation errors.

2 mins

NPO wants minister, printer CEO jailed

It is more than three years since the Johannesburg High Court ordered the Government Printing Works (GPW) to do its job. But this has not happened.

1 min

ARM shares plunge 13%

Pula Graphite claims Motsepe firms violated agreement.

2 mins

Covid shake-up buoys Southern Sun Hotels

The Covid pandemic hit the hotel sector hard, forcing major players like JSE-listed Southern Sun to significantly restructure.

1 min

Mr Price shares jump over 8%

Shares in Durban-based apparel and homeware retail giant Mr Price jumped over 8% yesterday, following the group's release of robust half-year results ending 28 September this year.

1 min

Best way to invest savings

Considering a living annuity and lump sum investment combination.

3 mins

Lessons for investors

Short-term gains paint rosy picture, but undercurrents of risk are unmistakable.

2 mins

Bellamy is no ‘lunatic’

WALES: QUICKLY CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OVER HIS VOLATILE PERSONALITY

2 mins

Olympic champion Tebogo aims to inspire the next generation

After upstaging powerhouses the United States and Jamaica to win a rare Olympic sprint gold for Africa, Letsile Tebogo (right) aims to unleash the \"deadly\" untapped potential of athletes from the continent.

2 mins

Norris ready for next step

Mc Laren's Lando Norris said he has acquired the experience to challenge for a Formula One world championship but it is \"probably too late,\" to stop Max Verstappen from taking a fourth consecutive title this weekend.

1 min

Paolini wraps up incredible year

BJK CUP: 'IMPOSSIBLE' TO IMAGINE SUCH BIG SUCCESS

1 min

Day is fired up to chase Majors

Former world No 1 Jason Day (right) said his recent resurgence has lit a fire inside him to chase a second Major in 2025, a decade after the Australian smashed through the barrier at the PGA Championship.

1 min

Newbie urged to be himself

Australia captain Pat Cummins yesterday urged new opener Nathan McSweeney (above) not to try and emulate swashbuckling David Warner, while admitting his team had unfinished business with India.

1 min

Gatland has a strong desire to continue

Warren Gatland (right) has insisted he is focused solely on tomorrow's daunting Test against South Africa and not talk of his future as Wales stare down the barrel of a winless calendar year.

1 min

Fassi makes the most of lifeline

FORM: STRONG CASE FOR REGULAR NO 15 BOK JERSEY

2 mins

Curry given the all-clear

England have insisted Tom Curry (above) is \"100% fit, healthy and ready to go,\" against Japan on Sunday despite the flanker's latest concussion.

1 min

Les Bleus face a difficult hurdle

GALTHIE: WARNS THAT LOS PUMAS ARE A FEARLESS SIDE

2 mins

Campese changes tune on Schmidt

Australia great David Campese said on Wednesday he had changed his mind about Joe Schmidt, admitting the New Zealander was \"proving me wrong,\" as Wallabies coach.

1 min

NO COMPLACENCY

Unfancied Magesi FC count Richards Bay, Orlando Pirates and TS Galaxy among their cup scalps.

2 mins

A Bok season to remember

The Springboks will play their 13th Test of the year against Wales in Cardiff tomorrow, looking to end their season in the same way they started it, with a resounding thumping of Warren Gatland's side.

1 min

Proteas get a raw deal

The Proteas have been extremely hard-done-by with the lack of Test cricket over the current Test Championship cycle, and many of their players as well as head coach Shukri Conrad have voiced their dissatisfaction.

1 min

Year-end truck sale

ATTRACTION: SOMETHING FOR EVERY COMPANY AND BUDGET

1 min

Four curated art sales

Strauss & Co will host four curated sales on Monday and Tuesday.

1 min

Dinosaur skeleton fetches R116 million

The skeleton of a 22-metre-long dinosaur fetched €6 million (R116 million) last Saturday, AFP learned from auction houses Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa.

1 min

Star power falls short

Hollywood stars including Eva Longoria and Dominic West this week attended a centuries-old charity wine auction in the French town of Beaune, the capital of Burgundy wines, though the sums raised fell short of expectations.

1 min

Paisley Park to show he still has a winning touch

One has to go back to December 2022 to find the last time Paisley Park was led into the winner's enclosure.

1 min

Cup draw function sets the tone

Murphy adds international flair to meeting.

2 mins

Alchahine stands out in Abu Dhabi

The return of smart HM Alchahine headlines the seven-race card at Abu Dhabi tomorrow.

3 mins

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