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Business
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CCMA Rules On Smoking Cannabis Before Work
02 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A man who was fired from his job for smoking cannabis before arriving at work took the company to the CCMA.
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Why Everyone’s Going Nuts For Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ [Trailer]
02 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
For those of us who don’t play chess, it’s hard to imagine a series about the game being anything but dull. Then, along came ‘The Queen’s Gambit’.
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Markus Jooste Slapped With Massive Insider Trading Fine
30 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s been a long time coming, but it was announced earlier today that Markus Jooste, the disgraced former Steinhoff CEO, has been hit where it hurts.
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How SA’s New ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Business Model Actually Works
30 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In just 10 seconds, your creditworthiness can be assessed, which has opened up a new payment system to connect retailers with consumers.
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Police, Schools, Health – Infuriating Breakdown Of Where SAA’s R10,5 Billion Is Taken From
30 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Finding in excess of R10 billion from a budget already stretched paper-thin means money taken from departments that can ill afford the hit.
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SABC Still Struggling To Explain Its TV Licence Plan
29 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The SABC is trying to clarify its proposed plan to redefine which devices require a TV licence, and it isn’t going well.
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Guess Which SA City Spends The Biggest Portion Of Their Salaries On Rent?
29 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If you live in South Africa’s most expensive city, don’t stress – there’s a bit of good news for renters thrown into the mix as well.
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SA’s Medium-Term Budget Statement Broken Down In Under Five Minutes [Video]
29 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, Finance minister Tito Mboweni presented his medium-term budget policy statement, and there were a few eyebrow-raising figures that were quickly criticised.
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Divorce Lawyers – It’s Tough Being Wealthy, Married, And Away From Your Mistress During Lockdown
28 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Divorce cases among the rich are on the rise during the pandemic, for reasons that don’t usually apply to the average Joe.
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Tech Giant Is About To Make IPO History
27 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ant Group, an affiliate company of the Alibaba Group, is poised to raise about $34,5 billion in the world’s initial public offering.
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Looks Like Kazakhstan Has Finally Embraced Borat [Video]
27 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After years of dismissing Borat’s highly unflattering portrayal of the country, Kazakhstan officials look to be adopting a different approach.
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New Online Retailer Keen To Dethrone Takealot
27 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African online retail space has a clear top dog, and that dog is Takealot. A soon to be launched local company is hoping to challenge that dominance.
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Five SA Companies Feature In Forbes ‘World’s Best Employers 2020’ List
27 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to compile a list of the 750 best employers in the world, which includes five from South Africa.
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How Carolyn Rafaelian Lost $900m In Less Than Two Years
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Former billionaire Carolyn Rafaelian went from one of Forbes’ ‘Richest Self-Made Women’ in 2017 to being fired from her own company.
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Most Valuable Brands: Woolworths Scrapes Into Africa’s Top 10 List
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa dominated in this year’s Brand Finance Africa 150 list, which measures the top brands on the continent.
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Trouble At The Vineyard Hotel In Newlands
26 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of Cape Town’s most well-known hotels is being taken to court over alleged outstanding debts, with conflicting takes on how it got to this point.
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RE/MAX’s Most Expensive Cape Town House Is R150 Million – Check It Out [Video]
23 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
They say money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a R150 million mansion with a cracking view of the city.
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People Have Spent A Lot Of Money On This Zuckerberg Takedown Ad [Video]
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A new video is set to appear on American TV later today, taking aim at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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Banksy’s Monet Rip-off Sells For R160 Million – Titled ‘Show Me The Monet’
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The latest Banksy original to go under the hammer was his 2005 parody of one of Claude Monet’s famous ‘Water Lilies’ paintings.
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Disinfecting Machines, Electro-Mist, And Invisible Sanitiser: Cape Hotel Going All Out To Survive
21 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
International visitors may soon be trickling in, and hotels are pulling out all the stops to make sure they give themselves the best chance of survival.
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SABC’s Latest TV Licence Ploy Involving Netflix Is An Absolute Joke
21 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
SABC wants to broaden the scope of the existing TV licence to include payment from people who don’t consume any of their content.
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Looks Like The V&A Waterfront Is Slowly Starting To Rebound
20 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
During the lockdown, foot traffic through the V&A Waterfront plummeted, but there are now signs that things are slowly picking up.
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2021 Could Be A Rough Year For Netflix
19 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For Netflix, lockdowns across the world were very good for business. There’s no guarantee that 2021 will continue that trend.
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One Of The Most Savage Political Interviews You’ll Ever See [Video]
19 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Having seen his political career go down in flames, Advance New Zealand party leader Jami-Lee Ross was on the end of another drubbing by Newshub’s political editor, Tova O’Brien.
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What To Expect From Medical Aid Price Hikes In 2021
19 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It looks like we could be dealing with some significant premium hikes with regards to medical aid next year.
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The Owner Of Tin Roof Is Fed Up With Being ‘Scapegoated’ [Audio]
16 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When news broke claiming that Tin Roof was at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Southern Suburbs, having hosted a ‘super-spreader’ party on October 3, the jokes wrote themselves.
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Even A Pandemic Won’t Stop Some Influencers From Demanding Free Stuff
16 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Even amidst a pandemic, some influencers can’t stop themselves from prancing into businesses to ask for free stuff.
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Adam Neumann’s Latest Trick
16 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Adam Neumann once headed up WeWork, but was ousted as CEO last year. He has plenty of money to burn, and he’s dabbling once more.
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Ramaphosa’s Four-Point Plan To Fix SA’s Economy Panned
16 Oct 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Turning South Africa’s economy around is going to take a Herculean effort, and it doesn’t look like Ramaphosa’s four-point plan is going to cut it.
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New Nicole Kidman And Hugh Grant Series, ‘The Undoing’, Looks Like A Winner [Trailer]
15 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
From the creator of ‘Big Little Lies’ comes another binge-worthy thriller with even more twists and turns.
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