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Pretoria News editor Piet Rampedi has resigned. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/htyf3ow

A record Black Friday and festive season helped Shoprite deliver double-digit first-half sales growth as it spent half a billion rand to keep the lights on during one of SA’s worst periods of load shedding yet. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/DFTja7P

Priscilla Presley is contesting her daughter's will that removes her as head of her trust. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/zk8ZKby

SA Rugby on Monday confirmed the competition structure for the 2023 season. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/aVx270O

A tiger was spotted roaming around Edenvale on the East Rand on Monday morning. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/mD4nYtb

For equity investors, the Union Budget for 2023-24 and the US Fed's interest rate decision will be the major events to watch out for this week, analysts said. The ongoing earnings season, global market cues, domestic macroeconomic data announcements and auto sales numbers would also influence trading in the market, they added. "The Union Budget is a key domestic event on February 1st, and the outcome of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for the same day late at night is a key global event. A bunch of companies will come out with Q3 earnings this week, while monthly auto sales numbers and macroeconomic numbers from the USA will be other important factors. The market will continue to monitor the Adani Group. FIIs' flow will be important," said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd. Adani group stocks fell sharply last week after US-based investment research firm Hindenburg Research made damaging allegations against the co

More than half of households in a survey conducted online across 309 districts expect a decline in their income by up to 25 per cent and dip in savings, and are looking for relief in the coming budget, online platform LocalCircles said on Sunday. The survey, conducted between November 25 and January 25, found that with job losses and hiring sentiment turning negative, 52 per cent respondents feel that the economic uncertainty will persist for the next 6-12 months. LocalCircles claimed that 37,000 responses were received from household consumers across 309 districts of India, comprising 64 per cent men, 36 per cent women from tier 1, tier 2 and smaller towns as well. "Our survey indicates that majority households in the country are facing the squeeze and in community discussions thousands of inputs were received by LocalCircles about lowering income tax rates or increasing deductions and exemptions," LocalCircles founder Sachin Taparia said. The number of responses on each

Missing alleged child sex ring kingpin Gerhard Ackerman was spotted by residents in Florida, Roodepoort who recognised him in a mall, leading to his re-arrest on Sunday. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/7DSwhAo

Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday to claim a 10th Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal's 22 Grand Slam crowns with a victory that returned him to world number one. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/mqF7pDM

SA's largest poultry producer, Astral Foods is calling on the government to remove value-added tax (VAT) on chicken products. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/NY21ABh

Print and courier franchises are surprisingly cheap, and unlike the restaurant industry allow you to mostly keep office hours. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/OlR7QLC

Many parts of Johannesburg have been left without water for days due to constrained reservoirs and towers. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/xkW9R7T

Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District Municipality are still trying to extinguish a fire that broke out in Bainskloof Pass on Saturday. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/eX7vtaj

The Blitzboks have made it to the semi-finals of the Sydney Sevens after topping Pool B and then beating Ireland in their quarter-final clash on Saturday. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/AEVZtXe

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Durban on Friday night and a truck driver was wounded in the crossfire. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/WASQFEK

The Union Budget is not a single document. It is a list of 13 documents and three of them - Annual Financial Statement (AFS), Demands for Grants (DG) and the Finance Bill - are mandated by Article 112,113 and 110(a) of the Constitution. Some documents are explanatory notes, which support the mandated documents with narrative for quick or contextual references.   There are two other documents which are a 21st Century addition to the Union Budget. These documents - Macro-Economic Framework Statement and Medium-Term Fiscal Policy cum Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement - are statements under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act, 2003. These documents broadly look at the economic health of the country.   What is the FRBM Act?  This Act was enacted in 2003 to help the Centre adhere to the path of fiscal consolidation, which refer to concrete policies for reducing government deficits and debt accumulation. It came into force on July 5, 2004. The Act mandates the Centre

Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDCs have captured the imagination of central banks around the world. Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the pilot 'digital rupee' project and reports suggest that it may further expand the project "based on the learnings from the current pilot." Governor Shaktikanta Das' recent statement on CBDC adoption indicates that 'digital rupee' may get a boost. "Central banks issued digital currencies are the future of money and its adoption can help save on logistic and printing costs," he said at a recent event.  With the Union Budget around the corner, industry watchers expect some announcement regarding the digital rupee.  "I think CBDC will be a hot topic of discussion in this year's Budget," says Kamlesh Nagware, CTO at Snapper Future Tech, a blockchain firm. He believes that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman may announce measures to enable offline, cross-border payment and digita

Health tests and reports suggest that Bryan Johnson, 45, has the heart of a 37-year-old and gets erections like a teenager, Bloomberg reported. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/K5iGsX0

The SA National Civic Organisation in KwaZulu-Natal has elected former president Jacob Zuma as its chairperson. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/U7xiXQb

Hollywood's film academy said on Friday it was reviewing this year's campaigns for Oscar nominations, a day after a media report raised questions about the surprise nod for British actress Andrea Riseborough. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/ulo4e9H

The National Treasury has stood firm over Eskom's request for cash for diesel but will support it to access credit from commercial banks from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/DVMnsWG

Farms in Gauteng, North West and the Free State have been placed under precautionary quarantine following an outbreak of swine flu. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/1OPE6bh

Prince Harry, along with Issa Rae, David Change, Robin Arzón, Adam Grant, and more, will speak at the two-day Better Up summit on 7 and 8 March from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/XUJe4Nb

South Africa go into a one-day international series against England in Bloemfontein on Friday needing a strong performance to ensure automatic qualification for the Cricket World Cup later this year. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/S8T2YBE

The popular Newlands pool in Cape Town is expected to reopen on Friday, much to the delight of residents. The pool was closed for five years due to renovations and reopened in March last year, but was shut down in October due to a suspected chlorine gas leak. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/tWpNUHL

Shukri Conrad believes that the SA20's success will only benefit the Proteas as they look to use that form ahead of their England ODI series. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/0JHBFWo

A security guard has been shot dead and two more have been injured after gunmen ambushed two cash vans near Hazyview in Mpumalanga. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/Ut7fMWp

New recruit Ruben van Heerden could be in the thick of things when the Stormers tackle Ulster in a URC clash in Belfast. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/bV4IN0T

South Africa's Ndlovu Youth Choir returned to the America's Got Talent stage in spectacular fashion. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/tKhC1v6

City Power in Johannesburg spends roughly R100 million a year to secure its substations and mini substations. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/HtasIdR

Gunmen have killed a KwaZulu-Natal police officer, his wife and two children while they were seated in their car in Port Edward. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/vy5xEOT

The Office of the Public Protector has completed its Phala Phala investigation and an interim report has been drafted. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/9I5d8nH

Trauma counselling is being arranged for employees and customers who witnessed an employee being stabbed to death inside Checkers at Balfour Park Mall in East London on Sunday morning. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/kEyqs8v

Toulouse head coach Ugo Mola said that South African sides "have turned things upside down" in the Champions Cup. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/0BIDp2e

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in South Africa on Monday for talks with one of its most important allies on a continent that is divided over Russia's invasion of Ukraine and related Western attempts to isolate it. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/degqaVo

David Bester, a former "resident" of Table Mountain, returned to the popular tourist attraction for the first time in nearly 80 years to celebrate his 79th birthday. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/J4DUi1G

Farmworker Dave Verster experienced the sweltering temperatures that resulted in heat strokes claiming five lives in Kakamas. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/MVyScY1

The red meat industry and vegan food companies are gearing up to continue their battle this year over the naming of plant-based foods, with a crucial court ruling on the saga on the horizon. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/MkhIGNl

While the ANC study group on basic education lauded Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga for the recent matric results, the DA issued her with a "report card", saying there is "room for improvement". from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/f5ay0Cj

Should the Cheetahs progress to the playoffs of the Challenge Cup on Sunday, it would represent the greatest underdog act in a painful three years for the franchise. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/8CaFuSy

Evan Roos' excellent return from injury was enough of a glimpse for Stormers mentor John Dobson to believe the No 8 of old is back. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/Vt1gGyA

A 63-year-old partially blind woman from Cape Town – the breadwinner in her family – died in the early hours of Saturday morning after a train knocked her down. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/56jlCSP

For as long as civil society movements and opposition parties fail to work together, the governing party will go unchecked, writes Solly Moeng. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/mzSu3Fv

PSL assistant referee Moeketsi Molelekoa has died in a car accident, SAFA revealed on Saturday morning. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/RZitchV

After losing her mother to cancer and moving schools, Chanté Worship decided to restart her academic career and begin afresh. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/CtgiInm

Kaizer Chiefs head coach Arthur Zwane has denied that the club has turned to hosting player trials to sign players. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/3fUa5ez

After changing subjects at the start of matric, facing severe academic pressure, losing a dear friend and even having her grandmother suffer a minor stroke, a Soweto pupil still shone through. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/k7L6EW1

Sharks director of rugby Neil Powell said the footage they reviewed of Makazole Mapimpi's alleged contact to the eye in the Bordeaux game didn't give them any clarity of whether he was right or wrong. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/0bdUO28

Last year we wrote to you about what to expect from India's top renewable energy stocks in 2022 . We mentioned the leading companies in the space and their plans in the coming years. The renewable energy (RE) theme has picked up with India quickly becoming one of the world leaders in embracing the transition to renewable energy. The country is combating climate change head-on. What started as a renewable energy target of 225 GW by 2022, was upgraded to 450 GW by 2030, and eventually to 50% of the country's energy being derived through renewable means by 2030. This was complemented by earnest policy reforms. In a decisive move, the Indian government implemented customs tariff of 40% on solar energy modules and 25% on solar energy cells, providing the domestic sector empowering the sector to achieve scale, economy, and export competitiveness. These ambitious targets are backed by actual announcements made by some of the top business houses in the country. This includes commi

Wallabies playmaker Kurtley Beale was reportedly detained Friday over an alleged sexual assault, with Rugby Australia saying it was "aware of the situation". from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/RzxeyJr

Springbok and Bulls winger Sbu Nkosi has shared a positive update over his mental well-being. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/trsB8xf

City Power's revenue collection drive has hit the wealthy areas of the City of Johannesburg's region E, with the hopes of collecting some of the R363 million it is owed in the region. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/07pdc5l

Retailer Spar says its auditors have reported a loan the company entered into to the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors (IRBA), which oversees the country's auditing profession. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/RnMrNUa

While the South African pageant queen now resides in Florida, USA, she and her husband, pro footballer Tim Tebow spent the recent festive season in her country of birth. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/5qdgi0X

Doctors in China say they have been instructed to not attribute deaths to Covid if the patient had underlying health diseases, Reuters reported. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/shvopDV

Anne von Gottberg and Cheryl Cohen are two of South Africa’s foremost scientists. We’ve got them and their colleagues to thank for the country’s world class surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. Bhekisisa's Sean Christie visited them at their Parktown home and talked science, family and culture. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/LyJxtUD

In the most pessimistic outlook in more than a decade, a global survey of CEOs showed 73 per cent of them expecting the global economic growth to decline over the next 12 months. Releasing the annual survey on the first day of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here on Monday, PwC said this is a significant departure from the optimistic outlook of 2021 and 2022 when more than two-thirds thought economic growth would improve. This is the most pessimistic CEOs have been regarding global economic growth since PwC began asking this question 12 years ago. The survey further showed that nearly 40 per cent of CEOs do not believe their organisations would be economically viable in 10 years if they do not transform. Inflation, macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical conflict ranked as the top global threats while cyber and health risks fell from a year ago. The survey also showed that companies are cutting costs but do not plan yet to reduce headcount or salaries in their fight to r

Firefighters worked through the night to try to bring a wildfire in the Witzenberg Valley in the Western Cape under control. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/yIJHQYa

The search for an eight-year-old female tiger that escaped from its enclosure on a smallholding in the south of Johannesburg over the weekend will continue. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/bkpK7me

Bitcoin is on the charge in 2023, dragging the crypto market off the floor and electrifying bonk, a new meme coin. The No.1 cryptocurrency has clocked a 26% gain in January, leaping 22% in the past week alone, breaking back above the $20,000 level and putting in on course for its best month since October 2021 - just before the Big Crypto Crash. Ether has also risen, by 29% this year, helping drive the value of the overall global cryptocurrency market above $1 trillion, according to CoinGecko. "After a rough year last year for cryptos, we are seeing a form of mean reversion," said Jake Gordon, analyst at Bespoke Investment Group, referring to the theory of asset prices returning to long-term averages. Researchers said investor bets on a rosier macroeconomic picture were driving a jump in riskier assets across the board. Few crypto tokens have benefited more than bonk, which was launched at the end of December on the Solana blockchain and had rocketed 5,000% by early Janua

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson on Monday apologised for a much-criticised column he wrote in The Sun tabloid saying he hated Prince Harry's wife Meghan. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/SRHhs1q

Microsoft Corp on Monday said it is widening access to hugely popular software from OpenAI, a startup it is backing whose futuristic ChatGPT chatbot has captivated Silicon Valley. Microsoft said the startup's tech, which it so far has previewed to its cloud-computing customers in a program it called the Azure OpenAI Service, was now generally available, a distinction that's expected to bring a flood of new usage. The news comes as Microsoft has looked at adding to the $1 billion stake in OpenAI it announced in 2019, two people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters. The news site Semafor reported earlier this month that Microsoft might invest $10 billion; Microsoft declined to comment on any potential deal. Public interest in OpenAI surged following its November release of ChatGPT, a text-based chatbot that can draft prose, poetry or even computer code on command. ChatGPT is powered by generative artificial intelligence, which conjures new content after training on

Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner bp plc on Monday suspended a planned auction for sale of natural gas from their KG-D6 block following changes in gas marketing rules, the firms said in a notice. E-bidding for sale of 6 million standard cubic meters per day of gas was to happen on January 18. "It is hereby notified that the current bidding process is suspended till further notice," the two firms said in a notice on Monday. It did not give the reason for the suspension but industry sources said this follows the government bringing out new rules that limit the margin that could be charged on sale of natural gas. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV Profit-Latest https://ift.tt/GcYJDR3 Reliance Industries Ltd and its partner bp plc on Monday suspended a planned auction for sale of natural gas from their KG-D6 block following changes in gas marketing rules, the firms said in a noti

Geoscience data company Searcher has been granted environmental authorisation to conduct a seismic survey off the West Coast. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/G7HtzDk

Paytm Payments Bank on Monday said it has received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU). Under Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), a BBPOU is allowed to facilitate bill payment services of electricity, phone, DTH, water, gas insurance, loan repayments, FASTag recharge, education fees, credit card bill and municipal taxes. BBPS is owned by the National Payments Corporation of India. So far, Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has been undertaking this activity under in-principle authorisation from RBI. "PPBL has got the final approval from RBI to operate as Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. As an entity under Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS), PPBL has got the final authorization to conduct bill payment and aggregation business as a BBPOU," the company said in a statement. Under RBI's guidance, PPBL will display all agent institutions onboard on i

Stormers coach John Dobson admitted that rugby had "a problem" dealing with the "complex" safety laws after the Champions Cup saw no less than five head contact-related red cards in one weekend, including two in their clash with London Irish on Sunday. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/BXSAF6W

Global leaders will come together for the biggest gathering in this snow-laden Swiss ski resort town on Monday, with thousands of people, including around a hundred participants from India, set to discuss 'cooperation in a fragmented world'. This year's World Economic Forum (WEF) summit will kickstart with the crystal awards ceremony. Last year, the annual meeting was hosted in May as it could not take place in the usual month of January due to the COVID pandemic-related restrictions. Before that, the 2021 meeting was held online. Though the pandemic is yet to be declared totally over, restrictions are far and few, and the war in Ukraine and the economic fallout of geopolitical as well as health crises have made the Davos meeting, often described as the biggest congregation of the global elite, very interesting. More than 50 heads of governments or states are expected over the next five days for the meeting beginning Monday, while four Union ministers -- Mansukh Mandavi

The City of Cape Town has urged residents to use less water during prolonged stages of load shedding to prevent water supply limitations in higher-lying areas. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/O5myHMQ

Shukri Conrad and Rob Walter will be named as coaches of the Proteas on Monday, according to a report. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/GI4QO3y

In an effort to renew and rebuild its structures from the bottom up, the ANC has ordered the Free State provincial and regional leaders to stop fighting. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/LIJGaOF

Metro intends to revive a media campaign to stress the urgency to ‘uncaring’ residents. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/WTrsSwt

Minister of Department of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi has called for an official hearing following the death of two poultry workers and injuries to five other people at the Astral Foods facility in Paarl last week. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/EeNHzra

The number of South Africans belonging to stokvels could rise further in 2023, says an industry body. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/urp8toh

Sunrisers Eastern Cape skipper Aiden Markram is backing his charges to come right despite a second consecutive loss in the SA20. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/mfQOhBg

It's one of the oldest camps in the Sabi Sands, and much of the original design and layout remains. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/9wZhvJT

DA leader John Steenhuisen said consumers must join in to march against the ANC’s destruction of the country’s energy infrastructure and the economy as well as to demand urgent solutions to the escalating crisis. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/82xf4vy

Earlier this week the City announced it was investigating a possible pollution source that led to the temporary closure of Hout Bay Beach as a precautionary measure. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/KGlSXNO

University of Fort Hare vice-chancellor, Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, has described his late bodyguard, Mboneli Vesele as an employee that took the bullet for him. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/uBQELAg

News24 looked at the ‘Back-2-School’ specials and prices of school supplies at Checkers, Shoprite, Pick n Pay, CNA and Waltons. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/MBCln74

The lawyer of Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot today argued before the Bombay High Court that the industrialist's arrest in the ICICI Bank loan fraud case was unwarranted as he was cooperating with the probe. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on the other hand, claimed that he was trying to avoid probe. Venugopal Dhoot, arrested by the CBI on December 26, 2022, and presently in judicial custody, has moved the high court seeking the dismissal of the the First Information Report, and has also sought interim bail. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and P K Chavan after hearing both Venugopal Dhoot's lawyer Sandeep Laddha and CBI's counsel Raja Thakare reserved its order on interim relief. Advocate Sandeep Laddha argued that Venugopal Dhoot had appeared before the CBI "31 times" since a 'preliminary enquiry' (PE) was registered in December 2017. "Venugopal Dhoot was never arrested in the case. Even when the charge sheet w