South Africa’s state-owned entities are flagging – how innovation, research and development could revive them
Research, development and innovation are essential for fulfilling state-owned enterprises’ mandates and driving economic ...
South Africa’s giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...
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‘Negligent’ Prasa loses case against nurse who suffered broken arm during stampede caused by ‘skollies’
The judge accused Prasa of being ‘inhuman’ after it argued that the passenger would not have been injured if she remained ...
To Grow Africa’s AI Economy, Microsoft Invests $300 Million In Datacenters
Microsoft will invest $290 million over the next two years in South Africa on AI and cloud infrastructure, and will train 1 ...
Moneyweb7d
Where are the private sector plans for Cape Town port?
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to include the Port of Cape Town when ...
Leaked bank letter adds new twist to Prasa saga
A leaked Standard Bank letter to the Passenger Rail Agency South Africa(Prasa) and Maziya General Services has rebutted many ...
Cape Town's traffic nightmare a wake up call
The public transport system, marred by inefficiency, criminality, and mismanagement, has made only incremental steps in ...
Engineering News4d
Western Cape, National Business Initiative, sign MoU on climate change and growth
The Western Cape provincial government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Business Initiative (NBi) ...
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On track: Prasa and City of Cape Town rail agreement finally gets going
An amended Service Level Plan between the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the City of Cape Town was finally signed off on 21 February. GroundUp reports the original plan, which the ...
The Citizen3d
Allegations of fraudulent payments amounting to billions at Prasa
A report compiled by a whistleblower alleges Prasa has also fraudulently made advance payments to the company – Maziya ...
Mid-Day7d
George Linde joins South Africa as travelling reserve
Linde arrives on the back of a successful SA20 campaign, where he played a crucial role in MI Cape Town’s maiden title ...
CNN9d
Trump wants to protect South Africa’s White farmers. But potential changes to trade privileges would hurt them
Citrus grower Gerrit van der Merwe, who exports to the US from Citrusdal in the Western Cape province, told CNN that South Africa’s likely exclusion from AGOA would lead to job cuts.