Moneyweb@Midday

Bela Bill: ‘If homeschooling is up to standard, parents have nothing to fear’

A roundup of the day’s news, including what a ‘Just Energy Transition’ means for the SA workforce and SMEs.

19 Sep 2024 3AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Road Accident Fund proposing to exclude higher income claimants

‘We are going to come up with a proposal to say, people in this kind of pay grade should not be covered by the RAF, but rich people for now, we're just saying should not be covered by the RAF,’ says McIntosh Polela, Road Accident Fund spokesperson.

18 Sep 2024 6AM 9 min

Ocean Basket wage row: 'Where there are transgressions, we will take severe action'

A roundup of the day's news, including a drive to draw more African travellers to KZN. And how do local consumer brands stack up against their international counterparts?

18 Sep 2024 3AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Proposed Karoo gas surveys backed by solid research

‘Should any resource be found, we must make sure that it is managed very well so that we do not pollute our environment and leave ourselves with a sorry legacy,’ says Professor Raymond Durrheim, School of Geosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand.

17 Sep 2024 6AM 7 min

New R3.2bn campus: ‘We want to create a friendly environment for Afrikaans students’

A round-up of the day's news, how paleo-sciences can help boost tourism and job creation. And why X has slipped out of global brand rankings.

17 Sep 2024 3AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] AI bots set to provide less biased disciplinary inquiries

‘We've run case studies and we’re confident that on the whole, the outcome is much more intelligent, objective, consistent and fair than an average line manager or an average chairperson,’ says John Botha, joint CEO of Global Business Solutions.

16 Sep 2024 6AM 6 min

MPC rate cut: ‘Inflation forecast for SA looking positive’

A round-up of the day's news, plus dwindling dam levels in at least three provinces compounded by a prolonged dry season and climate change.

16 Sep 2024 3AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Two-pot withdrawal reveals a litany of errant employers

‘Eighty-two percent of the complaints that we finalise in our office have in one way or another to do with employers not having paid contributions,’ says Pension Funds Adjudicator, Muvhango Lukhaimane.

13 Sep 2024 8AM 8 min

Gordhan's legacy: 'Will wax and wane, depending on who you ask.'

A round-up of the day's news, including a solid outlook for manufacturing output in Q3, and how the forming of the GNU is affecting trade expectations for the next six months.

13 Sep 2024 3AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Saica’s plans to improve 14% pass rate

This poor performance will ‘have a direct impact on the number of CAs we produce to save our economy’ says CEO Patricia Stock – and ‘the one area we cannot compromise is quality’.

12 Sep 2024 6AM 10 min

Art at risk: ‘We project the art will be moved to a safe place within three months’

A round-up of the day's news, including why an analyst says we need African solutions for African problems.

12 Sep 2024 3AM 32 min

Harris vs Trump: ‘Catching kitties and puppies for lunch’

A round-up of the day's news, including Apple’s new iPhone 16 launch, tech expert Toby Shapshak reveals if it is worth the hype. And a heightened demand for pre-owned cars among cash-strapped consumers.

11 Sep 2024 3AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Roots of SA extortion groups run deep

‘We have what is extremely prevalent today in the country, what we refer to as state-embedded actors. These are people within the state structures who are there to facilitate these kinds of groups,’ says Martin Ewi, Institute for Security Studies.

10 Sep 2024 6AM 6 min

Qualification fraud: 'People get killed, money is wasted and the public is not served'

A round-up of the day's news, including why a local expert says the latest China-Africa trade deals will be beneficial for agri-business and no more EFT payments within the Common Monetary Area and what this means for consumers.

10 Sep 2024 3AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Why Kimberley hospital’s oncology success could be NHI blueprint

‘Most of the operational cost and the business is driven by the private model, but it allows us to use our spare capacity at deeply discounted rates to the state,’ says Dr Ernst Marais, chief operating officer of Icon Oncology.

9 Sep 2024 5AM 7 min

Q3 business confidence: ‘The outlook seems upbeat’

A round-up of the day's news, including the growing demand for Fairtrade from younger consumers and why the NHI could work in SA.

9 Sep 2024 3AM 35 min

[TOP STORY] FSCA’s new charter aims to improve SA’s financial literacy

‘It makes me as the CEO of a company commit and say, I'm going to do this, and actually almost be obliged now because you've committed, you've signed this charter,’ says senior consumer education specialist, Alicia Moses.

6 Sep 2024 6AM 7 min

'Cabanac's appointment leaves a permanent stain on Steenhuisen and DA’s reputation'

A round-up of the day's news includes ongoing occupational risks to eyes and ears in mining and industrial sectors and why Steenhuisen’s controversial Cabanac appointment could be bad for democracy.

6 Sep 2024 4AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Alan Winde on the Western Cape’s integrated plan to fight crime

‘I think this agreement is a great start of saying, if we don't work together, we will never reach a time where we see reductions in crime, we've got to turn the corner,’ says the Western Cape Premier.

5 Sep 2024 6AM 9 min

‘When the rain comes, these priceless art pieces will be destroyed’

And have we learnt nothing from Covid? 10m vaccines needed to control Mpox in Africa.

5 Sep 2024 3AM 33 min