Companies
Economy
Eskom to implement Stage 2 load shedding from Saturday night to Monday morning
Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding will be implemented at 21:00 on Saturday and will last until 05:00 on Monday.
IMF’s chief economist warns that variants could derail global economic recovery
Elon Musk's wealth drops by R245 billion in tech stock plunge
Outrage and calls for fuel price audit as motorists overpaid for petrol on Wednesday
Brazil in recession as drought and inflation hammer economy
Markets
Markets play 'Omicron tennis', rand back below R16/$
Asian markets were mixed Thursday and oil edged up with traders still trying to claw back their latest Omicron-induced losses but still full of uncertainty after Wall...
Rand rallies, markets rebound after Omicron turmoil
Rand back below R16/$, but global markets and oil slump on Omicron vaccine warning
Markets hit by Moderna vaccine warning over Omicron
Stocks, oil prices rebound from Omicron rout
Money
EXPLAINER | Got a Will? Here's how the pandemic could impact your estate planning
Many people feel comfortable once their Will has been signed without knowing the pitfalls that may be experienced when the Will is executed, and the estate...
South Africa's pension system gets a C-grade. Where is it going wrong?
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Tech
Wikipedia is selling an NFT of its first edit from co-founder Jimmy Wales that reads 'hello world!'
Christie's is auctioning the NFT as well as the strawberry-coloured Apple computer that Wales used to develop Wikipedia.
Facebook sold ads comparing vaccines to the Holocaust and said 'Make Hanging Traitors Great Again'
Facebook says China made up fake Swiss scientist to claim the US was blaming it for Covid-19
4 metaverse projects sold $106 million in virtual land last week, with The Sandbox taking a...
Apple has told suppliers demand for iPhone 13 is falling ahead of the holidays, Bloomberg reports
Business Insider
You can thank TikTok for Spotify's most popular 'throwback' songs of the year
Songs like "Dreams," "Yellow," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" were all tied to TikTok trends in 2021, and appeared on Spotify's Wrapped 2021 report.
Omicron's 'wacko' combination of mutations has scientists split over if it developed in humans or...
Meet the founder of Reefer, a South African brand that makes shoes from cork and hemp
Elon Musk's SpaceX secures 3 more commercial crew flights from NASA due to Boeing Starliner delays
Pfizer will soon have more data on children under 5 receiving a Covid-19 vaccine
Finweek
COVER STORY | The metals rush
Global metal supply is constrained even as huge demand lies ahead to decarbonise the planet’s economy. We look at four locally-listed miners and how they are adapting...
Politicians trying to hijack Eskom
Are you optimising your annual tax benefits?
Advertorial | Samsung steps up investment in SA
COVER STORY | The health of SA's medical schemes
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Rand - Euro
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Rand - Aus dollar
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Gold
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Silver
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Palladium
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Platinum
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Brent Crude
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Top 40
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All Share
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Industrial 25
93,700
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