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EU regulators fine Google €1.49bn for blocking advertising rivals
Last year, the EU competition enforcer imposed a record €4.34 billion fine on Google for using its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals.
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Suzanne Daniels: I regret silence over Eskom corruption, mismanagement
Suzanne Daniels was found guilty in 2018 of misconduct following revelations about Eskom’s transactions with Gupta-linked Trillian and McKinsey.
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Cape Chamber of Commerce: Load shedding may ruin small businesses
Eskom and government say there’s no quick fix to the country's electricity issues, with months of load shedding still expected.
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'We are a responsible supplier supplier of ammunition' - Rheinmetall
Prospective clients from 53 countries are attending the company’s munitions capability demonstration outside Arniston this week.
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Convicted fraudster Rubben Mohlaloga removed as Icasa boss
In accordance with the Icasa Act, a councillor who is convicted of a crime, including fraud, is disqualified from holding office.
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SA’s FDI inflows reach five-year high in 2018
Africa’s most industrialised economy has barely grown in the past decade with fiscal missteps and corruption contributing to weak business and consumer confidence.
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Bosasa liquidators granted leave to appeal decision to reverse liquidation
It is understood that Bosasa will launch an urgent application for an enforcement order pending appeal.
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Markus Jooste must be prosecuted for role in Steinhoff scandal, say MPs
Members of Parliament want Jooste prosecuted for his role in the country’s biggest corporate scandal to date and for him and his associates to be jailed as soon as possible.
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CPI inches up to 4.1% year/year in February
Core inflation, which excludes the prices of food, non-alcoholic beverages, petrol and energy, was at 4.4% year on year in February, unchanged from the rate in January.
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Gordhan on Eskom: We’ll get it right in the next year or 2
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, however, doesn't believe power outages will be intensified beyond stage four.
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Rand stutters as electricity crisis weighs
Caution prevailed among investors as South Africa’s power utility Eskom said it would continue implementing power cuts on a rotational basis as it struggles with generating capacity shortages.
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Zondo inquiry advocate: Testimony of former Denel boss is crucial
Riaz Saloojee was fired as CEO of the state-owned entity by the Daniel Mantsha-led board in 2015 for alleged misconduct and financial irregularities.
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Eskom says load shedding stages to reduce by the weekend
The power utility on Tuesday said power cuts would likely last for the next six months, but denied that it had plans in place for stage 5 and 6 load shedding.
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Steinhoff: Implicated executives will be held accountable
Steinhoff was on Tuesday forced by four parliamentary committees to reveal the names of its former executives, including disgraced former CEO Markus Jooste and four other men outside Steinhoff, implicated by PwC’s forensic investigation into the scandal.
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Load shedding: Motorists likely to suffer as diesel stocks exhausted
In a startling admission, the embattled power utility says it used up more than R5 billion on diesel in less than a year in a last-ditch effort to keep the lights on.
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Concerns that businesses may shut down, jobs lost if load shedding continues
Some businesses say that if the situation doesn't change soon they will need to close, putting workers on the street.
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Instagram moves into e-commerce with shopping button
A new "checkout" button for instant purchasing launched in a beta version of the app in the US with a limited number of businesses.
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NSPCA ‘disgusted’ by Eskom as load shedding impacts farm animals
The organisation says in any intensive farming system, animals are dependent on ideal environmental conditions to survive and these conditions often depend on a constant supply of electricity.
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Load shedding will hurt SA's economic growth, say economists
While economists and business leaders agree that it is difficult to quantify exactly how much turnover has been lost by business due to load shedding, there is consensus that the amount runs into billions of rands.
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Rand steadies, investors eye US Federal Reserve policy meeting
Caution prevailed among investors as Eskom said it would continue implementing power cuts on a rotational basis as it struggles with generating capacity shortages.
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Eskom denies reports on stage 5 and stage 6 load shedding
Fin24 reported on Tuesday that officials had started preparations for stage 5 and 6.
