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Cross-border payments at speed of a local EFT

More than 30 financial institutions from countries in the Common Monetary Area, including South Africa and its neighbours Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia, are getting ready to onboard BankservAfrica's immediate cross-border payment system, says Ruhling Herbst, strategy and transformation officer.

Court victory for Putco

RULING: GAUTENG GOVERNMENT INTERDICTED FROM AMENDING CONTRACTS

Illegal suburb row

TSHWANE: NO SERVICES, BUT PLOTS SELL FOR UP TO R600 000 EACH

Govt to tap private sector to revive crumbling cities

South Africa's government said it will, for the first time, ask private companies to help revive dilapidated buildings it owns in inner cities in the country's biggest urban centres.

Mommy Club's drama queens

Neetasha Singh walks out due to 'toxic and hostile environment'.

Vote to get Miss Universe SA into semifinals automatically

South Africa has an impressive track record at the Miss Universe pageant.

‘Trap’ is halfway there

SERIAL KILLER: MYSTERY THRILLER IS SILLY BUT A LOT OF FUN

'Call My Agent' creators are turning their focus to world of cabaret with 'Ca, c'est Paris'

The makers of France's global television hit Call My Agent are turning their focus next to the world of cabaret with Ca, c'est Paris, which promises to peek behind the curtain of the quintessentially French world of frills, sequins and high kicks.

Mass protest over Moz electoral 'fraud'

Maputo - Mozambique is at a \"crucial moment\", the nation's main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane said before a protest he had called for later yesterday.

Nissan set to lay off 9,000

Japanese carmaker Nissan yesterday announced 9,000 job cuts as it slashed its annual sales forecast, saying it was taking urgent measures to tackle \"a severe situation\".

Mauritius polls amid scandal

Port Louis - Mauritius votes on Sunday in an election overshadowed by a wire-tapping scandal that has rocked the Indian Ocean archipelago amid fears that rights are eroding in one of Africa's biggest success stories.

'Choose talks or destruction'

RUSSIA: NEGOTIATE OR SEE UKRAINE DESTROYED

The power of a simple scent

Here's something truly magical about how a simple scent can send you back to a moment from your childhood with startling clarity.

SOEs turned into feeding trough

The editorial, \"People's lives on the line as SOE is milked\", refers: There is nothing one could disagree with, but the article concludes that one of the consequences of the incompetence at SOEs is that lives are on the line.

Eskom is pricing itself out of the market

The less electricity the power utility sells, the higher the next tariff hike has to be, writes Mervyn.

Saving children from themselves

It is an almost immutable law of the universe that the older generation disapproves of, or even wants to ban, the latest fad focused on by children and teens.

Nobody wins in a war

At a lunch the other day, I found myself sitting opposite a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier, now in his late 70s, who was recounting his sheer terror in doing his first Halo (high altitude, low opening) night parachute drop.

Malema's heyday seems to be over

It seems like a lifetime ago that EFF leader Julius Malema had what was described as his \"Beyoncé moment\", as he was elevated on a stage - like the famous singer - before an FNB Stadium packed with adoring \"ground forces\".

What another Trump presidency means for Africa

Another Trump presidency means that African nations will have to navigate tighter monetary policy than from a counterfactual Harris presidency, an economist says.

Women did not save Harris

The economy, inflation, plays a major role.

Marking fall of the wall

Democracy and freedom can never be taken for granted.

Cold War centre gives warm welcome to world's refugees

East Germans fleeing communism were once housed there. Now, a centre in the German capital provides refuge to people who have escaped war and misery from Afghanistan to Africa.

Justice, security cluster performance scrutinised

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has a 13% greater backlog of cases than it did in 2023.

'Scheme was pro-white'

LIEBENBERG: ONLY WHITES ALLOWED ON DISGRACED DEALER'S PLATFORM

Still no plan to tackle food poisoning

There is no plan from government on how to contain food poisoning that has claimed the lives of 11 children in the past five months and left close to 500 hospitalized.

Violent crime victims need to be better protected by law

South Africa has insufficient means to reduce violent crimes in the absence of a strong collaboration with organs of civil society and trade unions, according to Justice Minister Thembi Simelane.

EFF is 'falling apart'

EXODUS: ONLY TWO MORE OF YOUR FAVOURITES REMAIN, SAYS MALEMA

Tik Tok blamed on self-harm challenge

Gjakova - A quiet corner of Kosovo has been turned upside down after parents and teachers uncovered a disturbing string of child self-harm cases they say is linked to a TikTok challenge.

Under 16? No phone then

Companies like Facebook, TikTok and Elon Musk's X would face penalties.

Brazilian problem has a sting in the tail

Forget snakes, it's scorpions Brazilians most need to worry about.