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Self-funding goal at R1.6bn

HOME AFFAIRS: DEPT EXCEEDS TARGETS

Prospective investor's guide to finding right derivatives broker

Choosing the right derivatives broker is a crucial step for any beginner investor, as the broker you select will be your gateway to the financial markets.

Why many retirees relocate

CHALLENGES: AND FIVE REASONS SOME DECIDE TO STAY IN SA AND NOT GO ABROAD

SA debt soars 250% while GDP is up only 105%

The annual medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS) announcement in October is an important event at which the National Treasury offers insights into the health of the public purse.

Houses very cheap in bitcoin

BETTER ASSET: R1M SA HOME BOUGHT IN 2017 COST 12 BTC. ITS VALUE IS LESS THAN 1.5 BTC TODAY

Reit Redefine's income and dividends dip

Redefine Properties - the real estate investment trust (Reit) with a portfolio in South Africa and Poland totalling almost R100 billion - yesterday reported a 2.9% dip in its distributable income per share (DIPS) and dividend per share (DPS) for the full year ended 31 August, 2024.

Illegal lavish homes go up

NO PLANS EXIST: BUILDING CONTINUES WHILE COUNCIL 'INVESTIGATES'

The Koolest Gang

COMING TO SA: R&B BAND GOING STRONG AFTER SIX DECADES

Why should people believe in ANC leaders?

Does step-aside mean sitting at home on full pay, or something else, writes Ben.

More to China than meets eye

My son has been eyeing possible job opportunities in Beijing, which horrifies his mother, who conjures up visions of an overcrowded, polluted police state.

Gautrain may be white elephant

Now the government has found another new venture to waste more money on. It wants to extend the Gautrain to Limpopo, costing billions of rands.

Is MK takeover of KZN so bad?

Former ANC treasurer-general Matthews Phosa tells a story in his book of how laissez-faire the other members of former president Jacob Zuma's ANC top six had become in their positions as leaders of the ruling party that they agreed to have a meeting at Zuma's house in the presence of the three Gupta brothers, who were the kingpins of state capture, as the Zondo commission has showed.

Queries on tender after shoddy job

When the comrades are at the trough eating, there is little time for niceties such as ensuring that the massive tender they won will be fulfilled properly.

Unstable US bad news for planet

The Americans probably think today's election - for their next president - is the Super Bowl or World Series of politics. But, just as the rest of the world is not that interested in their sports, so, too, will the election mean little to the vast majority of people on our planet.

Fury after Morales talks plea spurned

Cochabamba - Former president Evo Morales has accused Bolivia's government of ignoring his request for dialogue over protests by his supporters in which 200 soldiers were taken hostage.

Sacked over terror links

Türkiye yesterday sacked three mayors facing terrorism charges in the Kurdish-majority southeast and replaced them with trustees.

Deaths as volcano erupts

A volcano in eastern Indonesia killed at least 10 people as it spewed fireballs and ash on surrounding villages, officials said yesterday, as they raised the alert to its highest level.

Israel cuts ties with UN agency

NOTIFICATION: MPS VOTE TO BAN ORGANISATION

Tense countdown to US polls

OPPONENTS: FRANTIC EFFORTS TO WIN LAST HOLDOUTS WITH FEW HOURS REMAINING

Voting behaviour shift makes election less predictable

S polls are predictive to the extent that voting behaviour within groups remains relatively stable.

Roads Agency Limpopo probe

The Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) has incurred irregular expenditure of more than R8 billion, with the DA calling on MEC for public works Tonny Rachoene for urgent action.

UJ students face challenges

REPORT: MENTAL HEALTH, FINANCE, SAFETY CONCERNS

HRC to probe denial of food to pupils

Allegations that undocumented pupils were denied access to the school feeding scheme in several schools in Mpumalanga is being investigated by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).

Working class ‘need post office’

'NOT VIABLE': GOVT SAYS IT CANNOT BAIL OUT SOE

Smit gets life for teen's 'cruel' murder

Daniel Smit was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Vredendal, yesterday for the murder of 13-year-old Jerobejin van Wyk in Klawer in February 2022.

Break from extremely hot weather

South Africans can breathe a sigh of relief as the country exits the latest heatwave following a scorching, dry weekend, with some places recording maximum temperatures as high as 38°C.

Gauteng govt in Covid lockdown payment scandal

Some Gauteng government employees allegedly claimed overtime and exorbitant travel costs fraudulently while the country was in lockdown, the DA in Gauteng said yesterday.

‘Nothing has changed’

FOOD POISONING: FATHER OF VICTIM SLAMS GOVT'S REACTION ON SPAZAS

No glory, but Breeders Cup runners fly SA flag high

Trainer Graham Motion and jockey Manny Franco were vexed after the Breeders Cup Turf Sprint in California at the weekend.

Urdu Bazaar on last legs

FADING LITERATURE: LOSS OF ANCIENT LANGUAGE AND ITS READERSHIP LAMENTED