Joburg City Library Closure: 'Archive sitting idle, no growth'

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A round-up of news updates, including civil society groups' petition for the Joburg library to be reopened and how social media is introducing new readers to science.

23 May 2024 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Steenhuisen’s exit exposes a deeper crisis inside the DA

‘There’s a conservative group that feels the party has left the runway and veered into another direction. In a sense, they’re trying to pull it back to its basics,’ says Sanusha Naidu, writer and commentator at the Institute for Global Dialogue.

4 Feb 7AM 8 min

Anti-cancer foods: Science or supermarket spin?

Steenhuisen’s dip and the battle for the DA’s soul. Beyond the rate pause, 2026 marks a turning point for SA property. And alarm over hate speech legislation overreach.

4 Feb 5AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Eskom unbundling faces fresh hurdles as energy reform drags on

‘We don’t want a fiscal risk to the sovereign because we didn’t do this properly. That risk is real; Eskom is just coming out of a debt moratorium,’ says Rudi Dicks, head of the Project Management Office in the Presidency.

3 Feb 9AM 7 min

Building for extremes: Rethinking infrastructure after the floods

What Operation Vulindlela’s Q3 report reveals about SA’s economic reset. Unions slam Sarb over rate hold. And from ice cream to air miles, how South Africans really spent their money over the festive season.

3 Feb 5AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Sars already knows more about offshore income than expats think

‘South Africa participates in the global information-sharing framework that requires foreign banks, investment platforms and financial institutions to report account information linked to South African tax residents,’ says Roxanna Naidoo, head of global strategy at Latita Africa.

2 Feb 8AM 8 min

Joburg City Library Closure: 'Archive sitting idle, no growth'

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