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Ex-Prasa CEO Montana denies there was irregular expenditure of R550m in 2014
But he said the Auditor General issued qualified findings because of delayed audited financial statements.
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Mark Zuckerberg urged to nix kids' version of Instagram
Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood and the Electronic Privacy Information Center were among nearly 100 groups and individuals from North America, Europe, Africa and Australia to make the plea in a letter to Mark Zuckerberg.
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WATCH LIVE: Lucky Montana, former Prasa CEO, in hot seat at Zondo Inquiry
Former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana is appearing at the state capture inquiry where he is expected to give evidence related to the passenger rail agency.
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Ex-Prasa CEO Montana set for first appearance at state capture inquiry today
Witnesses, including former Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, testified about the tall locomotives that were bought by Prasa during Montana’s tenure.
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China GDP grows record 18.3% in first quarter in virus rebound
The world's second-largest economy was the only major one to grow at all in 2020, supported by industrial activity and better-than-expected exports as the virus hit markets around the world.
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Zikalala objects to Transnet moving port authority headquarters to EC
Head office operations are currently spread between Johannesburg and Durban and stakeholders, and some government authorities want it to stay that way.
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DA wants Scopa to summon new SAA CEO Thomas Kgokolo
Thomas Kgokolo was appointed to the position on Wednesday night but the official opposition is not happy about the appointment.
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70% of S.Africans spending all income or more than they earned - Deloitte survey
Amongst the cohort of people surveyed, financial wellbeing and job security were their main concerns.
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SAA pilots heading to court over replacement labour
The association said that it believed that the lockout imposed by the airline last year was illegal.
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New SAA CEO Thomas Kgokolo expected to hit the ground running
With SAA struggling to realise profits, and a constant change of leadership over the past decade, the new acting CEO's first challenge will be to keep the airline afloat.
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ANALYSIS: New research shows the impact of SA’s levy on sugar-sweetened drinks
The results are in: South Africa’s ground-breaking health promotion levy, introduced in 2018, is working.
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If SA continued with nuclear programme, we wouldn’t have load shedding - expert
Knox Msebenzi said at least half, if not more, of the 24 gigawatts of coal-fired energy to be decommissioned by 2050 should be replaced by nuclear power.
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Eskom says no load shedding today after 4 units return to service
In its latest update, the utility said that generation capacity recovered sufficiently enough to stave off blackouts on Wednesday.
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Tobacco industry outraged as illicit cigarettes flood SA market
British America Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) said that an Ipsos study conducted in March showed that 74% of retail outlets in Gauteng, the Western Cape and the Free State were now openly selling illegal cigarettes.
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BANDILE MASUKU: Defining 'executive oversight' is in the public interest
After the High Court ruled that former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku could not challenge the SIU report into his behaviour, he believes it erred.
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Eskom warns of constrained power grid, possibility of more power cuts
The country was saddled with stage two blackouts between 9pm on Tuesday night and 5am on Wednesday morning, with the utility blaming a shortage of generation capacity.
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In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact
Commerce Minister David Clark said the law would make climate reporting mandatory for banks, insurance companies and investment firms.
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Zondo questions Singh about his flights to Dubai facilitated by Salim Essa
Earlier on Tuesday at the state capture commission, he was grilled about why a contract not in line with a Treasury directive was signed with consultancy firm McKinsey.
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SA’s mining production increased by 0.8% year-on-year in Feb – Stats SA
Stats SA has released its latest report on the mining industry on Tuesday, the first of several reports on key economic indicators due this week.
