South Africa is rewriting its exchange-control rulebook for the primary time in additional than 60 years – and the nation’s crypto business fears the brand new regime will set it again, not transfer it ahead. Nationwide treasury’s draft Capital Stream Administration Rules, gazetted on 17 April, would exchange the apartheid-era Trade Management Rules of 1961…
If you happen to play the lottery in South Africa, you’ve in all probability requested your self this in some unspecified time in the future. Must you play Lotto or go for PowerBall? One guarantees extra frequent wins. The opposite gives huge jackpots that may change your life in a single day. However when it…
“I used to be all the time underneath the highlight,” stated Petersen after the derby. Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper and captain Brandon Petersen has hit again at his critics following his Man of Match efficiency towards Orlando Pirates in a Soweto derby on Saturday, Petersen pulled off some match-saving saves in the course of the match…
The US-Israel struggle on Iran is exposing deep structural vulnerabilities within the world economic system, sending shockwaves by way of power markets, driving up fertiliser prices and threatening meals safety in ways in which may linger effectively past the speedy disaster, analysts on the World Assets Institute (WRI) have warned. At a briefing this week,…
Polokwane – Limpopo police are investigating a brazen case of kidnapping and extortion after a person was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from a visitor home and compelled to switch greater than R900 000 to his captors. Police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba stated the person’s ordeal, which lasted a number of days, started on Friday, 17…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi’s declaration on Friday that his persistence with sector regulator Icasa has run out is a small bureaucratic occasion that masks a a lot bigger political one. The written assertion issued by his spokesman was rigorously phrased – Malatsi “expects to be supplied with causes for the dearth of adequate element” in…
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Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has rugby followers tickled pink with content material from his boozy boys’ weekend. The 53-year-old has posted clips of himself ingesting and dancing with workforce personnel. The posts come lower than two months forward of their first match of 2026. RASSIE ENJOYS BOOZY BOYS WEEKEND On his social media pages, Rassie…
In a world the place the value of gas is steeply on the rise due to the battle within the Center East, hitting the open street is turning into extra a of luxurious than ever earlier than. New vitality automobiles are one of many fastest-growing segments, not solely globally however in South Africa too, and…
Graphic: John McCann Because the world marks World E book and Copyright Day on 23 April, I discover myself reflecting on plenty of points that lie on the coronary heart of information creation, cultural preservation, and mental justice in South Africa. First, I replicate on the transformative energy of books. Books have lengthy served as…
Johannesburg – The Postbank has introduced a landmark milestone for social grant beneficiaries who use SASSA Gold Playing cards, as their time to be issued with Black Playing cards has come. The alternative of SASSA Gold Playing cards begins subsequent week on Wednesday, 29 April 2026. The cardboard replacements kind a part of the…