FirstRand is emulating Amazon.com with a digital offering that will span everything from insurance, car license renewals to locating plumbing services as the South African bank chases new revenue sources. Africa’s biggest lender by market value is pushing customers to make more use of its mobile-banking applications by extending the …
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It is time for Eskom to play open cards with South Africans who deserve clarity and honesty with regards to the current power crisis, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. The DA noted conflicting reports surrounding the current crisis at Eskom and believed that South Africans deserved clarity with regards …
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Twenty-two people died on KwaZulu-Natal roads on Saturday, with one accident on the N2 near Empangeni claiming 15 lives alone. Preliminary investigation revealed that a Mercedes Benz and a Toyota Quantum collided head-on, killing 14 people instantly. A team of investigators and forensic experts has been assembled to establish the …
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South Africans will be paying R1.84c less in Gauteng for a litre of both grades 93 and 95 of petrol from Wednesday, according to the department of energy. Diesel will decrease by R1.45c and R1.47c, while illuminating paraffin will decrease R1.33c and R1.87c. Earlier in the month the Automobile Association …
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Former president Jacob Zuma said his lawyers wanted to see his fraud and corruption case dropped. He was speaking to supporters outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday where his case was postponed to 20 May next year to allow the court time to consider his application for a permanent …
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An eight-year-old boy died today after he was crushed by goal posts in Durban north, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said paramedics responded to reports of a head injury at around 6.04pm at a sports club. “Reports from the scene indicate that an eight-year-old male was busy …
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While director-general at the department of public enterprises, former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona, tried to persuade South African Airways to support the now defunct The New Age (TNA) newspaper after the national carrier’s bid adjudication committee turned it down, former SAA board chairperson Cheryl Carolus testified before the state capture …
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Eskom announced on Friday that it would implement 13 hours of stage 2 load shedding between 09:00 and 22:00. The rotational power cuts are “as a result of loss of additional units overnight”. “Stage 2 calls for 2 000MW to be rotationally load shed at any given period. Load shedding …
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The Blue Train is pleased to announce the addition of an Observation Car to its second train set. The second train set has been updated, the 15 carriages, reaching a total length of 328 metres. The observation car with its wide panels at the back of the train is one …
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A woman was shot dead and a man was critically wounded in a shooting incident at a minibus taxi rank shop in Berea in Durban on Sunday morning, paramedics said. Netcare 911 paramedics responded at 8.35am to reports of a shooting at a shop at the Warwick minibus taxi rank …
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