Why are local governments losing so much money?

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A new app puts road repairs in citizens’ hands. How a commodity boom could throw SA’s economy a lifeline. And SA’s expanding waistline: 46% of adults projected to be obese by 2035.

5 Mar 5AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Bank Zero’s break-even milestone challenges the cost of traditional banking

‘Technology changes everything. Software is eating the world, and the cost of running a modern bank is just significantly different from what we knew in the past,’ says Bank Zero’s chair, Michael Jordaan.

22 Sep 8AM 9 min

44.7m trips: Local travellers are tourism’s unsung heroes

Can zero-fee banking finally prove the sceptics wrong? R36bn lost as SA pays the price for neglected infrastructure.

22 Sep 6AM 37 min

[TOP STORY] ‘Enough is enough’: Taxi industry threatens nationwide action over rising costs

‘It is a way of showing government that we can no longer bear the conditions under which the government makes us operate,’ says Theo Malele, spokesperson for the National Taxi Association.

21 Sep 8AM 8 min

Mpox spike puts SA on high alert

SA taxi industry threatens national shutdown over soaring costs. Specialist nurse shortage is putting patients at risk. And why women earn 12% less, but the pay gap starts even before they’re hired.

21 Sep 6AM 35 min

[TOP STORY] SA’s OnlyFans economy: Who is really making money?

‘One of the examples that I was given by my participants is that many people sell pictures of their feet on these platforms,’ says Phiwokazi Qoza, UCT researcher and doctoral candidate.

18 Sep 8AM 8 min