US airline Delta is set to start its new direct route between Cape Town and Atlanta in the US on Saturday 3 December. The airline has already offered direct flights …
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Meta fined R4.7bn over data leak of half a billion of it’s Facebook users
Meta Platforms was slapped with a €265 million (R4.7 biillion) fine for failing to prevent the leak of the personal data of more than half a billion users of its …
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Reunert witnesses R844 million increase in revenue and operating profit
Reunert has released its preliminary annual results, reporting increases in revenue and operating profit of 16% and 17%. It also saw a 10% overall increase in profit. Among Reunert’s interests …
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Twitter CEO Elon Musk says user signups at all-time high and touts features of ‘everything app’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk says new user signups to the social media platform are at an “all-time high”, as he struggles with a mass exodus of advertisers and users fleeing …
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Amazon to face strikes and protests from thousands of workers across 40 countries
Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers across about 40 countries plan to take part in protests and walkouts to coincide with Black Friday sales, one of the busiest days of the …
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Twitter agrees to talks with fired Africa staff over severance
Twitter agreed to engage with fired staff from its only African office after they were offered poorer-than-announced severance packages. Affected employees in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, have secured talks with …
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South Africa talking with more countries to end reliance on coal
South Africa, having secured $8.5 billion (R146.83 billion) in climate finance from some of the world’s richest countries, is in talks with additional nations to help it cut reliance on …
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Pepkor sales growth slows down due to the hit from KZN floods and unrest
Pepkor, which owns brands such as PEP and Ackermans, managed to deliver a double-digit earnings increase even as the effects of the July 2021 unrest and KwaZulu-Natal flooding hit the …
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Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter accounts after online poll
The 24-hour poll garnered more than 15 million votes. Musk earlier reinstated accounts tied to conservative media personality Jordan Peterson and satirical website Babylon Bee. Trump’s reinstatement on Twitter is …
Eskom has been ordered by a court to scrap a R16 billion tender award for the maintenance of high-pressure boilers and pipes at its 15 coal-fired power stations after it …