King Zintle takes over EL DJ scene: Already making waves after...

Mdantsane-born Zintle Ngxovu, popularly known as King Zintle, is breaking barriers as a popular female DJ in a male-dominated industry. The 30-year-old self-proclaimed Melophile began...

City of Joburg, banks under cyber attack

The City of Johannesburg reported a breach of its network on Thursday night and shut down its website and all e-services, hours after receiving...

Data prices will fall as Competition Commission and MTN reach agreement

The commission said on Thursday that a consent agreement concluded between itself and MTN to reduce data prices had been finalised. “This follows the commmission’s...

Lockdown has left South Africans drowning in debt

New studies of the impact of lockdown on the economy paint the picture of a country locked in a downward spiral of rising joblessness...

Go People – Mark Plumstead

This week we chat with Mark Plumstead about how he turned his passion into a source of income by selling various locally sourced natural...

Louis Vuitton bags world’s second largest diamond — it’s like a...

The biggest rough diamond discovered in over a century was shown to private clients Tuesday by French luxury handbag-maker Louis Vuitton, which acquired the...

CCMA goes digital to enable filing of disputes during pandemic

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has introduced a free digital platform for people to refer conciliation and arbitration disputes and make...

Port Rex and MIWA host exhilarating competition

In honour of Youth Day, the Motor Industry Workshops Association of SA (MIWA) Eastern Cape hosted their second Motor Mech show at Port Rex...

Man unzips‚ gets two years’ supervision sentence on sex charge

An East London KFC delivery man has been found guilty of exposing himself to a woman customer when he delivered her order to her...

On the spot: Eskom’s top three drop Gupta bombshells

Stunning reversals, a shocking confession and elaborate justifications were among the responses from the chairman, the acting CE and the finance head, write Carol...

Buffalo City-born dietician at forefront of combining nutrition with technology

Originally from Buffalo City but now based abroad, dietician, founder and CEO of Qina, Dr Mariette Abrahams MBA RD is im proving public health by...

Stage 2 load-shedding effective from midday, risk of more cuts this...

Breakdowns in electricity generation have resulted in Eskom announcing an enforced power outage from midday to 10pm on Tuesday. Ten generation units at seven power...

‘It’s very difficult to believe anything we hear from government now’...

British American Tobacco is resuming its legal challenge against the ban on the sale of tobacco products after it says the government betrayed its...

Hawks reviving charges against Gordhan

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan is being investigated by the Hawks over the alleged bugging of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) offices in 2007‚...

Only three days of load-shedding during winter: Eskom CEO

Eskom is due to implement three days of stage one load-shedding in July when the country enters the height of the winter...

Loadshedding a ‘devestating blow’ to EC farmers – DA

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has levelled heavy criticism at Eskom following the bout of loadshedding at the weekend. SA shadow MEC for rural development and...

Embattled rand slides dangerously close to R14/$

The rand was almost 2% weaker against the dollar on Tuesday morning‚ as the trade spat between the US and China escalated‚ casting a...

High risk of load shedding as pay dispute trips up Eskom

Eskom has warned of a high probability of load shedding on Tuesday as a strike continues over wages at the power utility. The potential return...

Aussie company turns stones into tree-free waterproof paper

Two Australian entrepreneurs are saving trees by making paper out of stones. Kevin Garcia and Jon Tse, of Karst Stone Paper, are producing notebooks made...

‘Zol’ hitmaker Max Hurrell launches clothing line

Following on the success of his track Zol, Cape Town music producer Max Hurrell has  launched a clothing line brandishing a  famous line from the hit...

City of Cape Town suing energy minister

The City of Cape Town has taken Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to court to force her to give it permission to buy renewable energy. This...

Pure coffee easy to brew at home

Coffee is the world’s No1-selling beverage, and  if we look closer to home, its popularity in SA  is growing by the day. Internationally, the world...

Go People – Richard Kumm

This week we chat with Richard Kumm, owner of Mancave Braai and Accessories, about his successful business model and plans for this year What products...

14 municipalities lose clean audit status

The expenditure budget for local government in 2015-16 was R378 billion but municipalities with clean audit opinions represent only 19% (R70‚9 billion) of this...

Public Protector sparks the Battle of the Bank

South Africa is bracing for the Battle of the Bank as uncertainty over the Reserve Bank's future threatens the country's economy. After Monday's shock recommendation...

Expo well-supported

Small to medium businesses had an opportunity to showcase their services at the inaugural Local Yokel Business Expo that took place at Beacon Bay...

Watch – 5 Keys, 1 winner in draw for R50,000

Click on the link below to watch the finals. https://youtu.be/jJykuLqTnZk

Gupta proxies fight back with a barrage of lawsuits

Business rescue practitioners appointed to oversee eight Gupta firms are drowning in a flood of court applications brought by the directors of the businesses....

JUST IN | Ban on alcohol & cigarettes lifted from Monday...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the country will be moving to alert level 2 with bans on travel between provinces and the sale...

SAPS chair business owners meeting

The Acting Cluster Commander Brigadier Kanuka chaired a business owners meeting at the East London Board Room on Thursday November 22. He sensitized owners on...

Durban cop removed from the Jacques Pauw probe

The investigating officer in the case against The President’s Keepers author Jacques Pauw and fellow investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh has been removed from the...

Load-shedding is back‚ as Eskom cuts power from the grid

Eskom announced it would be implementing stage 1 rotational load-shedding as of Sunday. The power utility said the power cuts would start at 12.15pm and...

GO People – Dane Fortein

We chat with Dane Fortein about his successful career in personal and corporate photography. What type of photography do you specialise in? I’m a full-time corporate,...

South Africa’s Pick n Pay cuts 3,500 jobs, warns on H1

Pick n Pay has cut 10% of its staff, eliminating approximately 3,500 jobs, the South African grocer said on Monday, as the country grapples...

Reserve Bank cuts repo rate a further 50bps to 3.75%

The SA Reserve Bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday which is expected to bring further relief to SA’s battered economy, most...

SA has all the ingredients to recover from Covid-19 economic damage...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said SA's path to economic recovery will be long and difficult and must start now. Image: GCIS SA has all...

Wits drops KPMG as their internal auditor

By Times LIVE The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) has become the latest client to drop KPMG as their auditor. Wits said in a statement on Wednesday the...

WALKING THE TALK

 As part of their commitment to building relationships and solving important problems, financial consultancy PwC South Africa supports the Men in the Making programme....

Instagram and WhatsApp: The names they are a changin’

Social networking giant Facebook will be adding its name to WhatsApp and Instagram, executives have confirmed. The Verge reports that the new names will be Instagram...

EL Port to get new Harbour Master

East London Port will be welcoming a new Harbour Master on July 1 following a series of inter-port transfers by Transnet National Ports Authority...

Indicator of economic growth lifts for first time in three months

ODWA MJO The SA Reserve Bank’s composite leading business cycle indicator increased 2.7% month on month in June, rising for the first time since March. The...

Go People – Nci Tshiki

We chat with Nci Tshiki, owner of local business Squeeky Clean. What do you do? What product or service do you offer?  I manufacture and supply...

Unions ‘reject with contempt’ SAA business rescue plans

By NICK WILSON Two of the biggest unions at SAA are threatening legal action to remove the business rescue practitioners of the stricken state-owned airline,...

Adopt a room at Canaan Care Centre

Come on board with GO! & Express as part of your 67 minutes Nelson Mandela International Day or Mandela Day as it has come to...

JSE up almost 2% as markets cheer retreating greenback

The JSE looked set to end June with a strong performance on Friday‚ amid risk-on trade on global markets. Local banks led the gains on...

Tito Mboweni: government to borrow R118bn from international institution

Finance minister Tito Mboweni has revealed that government intends to borrow US$7bn (R118bn) from international finance institutions, warning strongly that it is money which...

Twitter now allows users to ‘rethink’ harmful replies

As part of a limited experiment, Twitter will be asking users if they're sure they want to post that mean tweet before they hit...

Go People – Denver Esben

This week we chat to Denver Esben, owner and CEO of Siyasebenza Plumbing about what it takes to be a good plumber in East...

Taste summer this winter in Chintsa with new festival

Chintsa’s Sardine Festival kicks off from July 4-13, celebrating the spectacular sardine run, which marks the migration of shoals of silver fish along SA’s...

Clicks Oxford St celebrates re-opening

There was a lot of excitement on Saturday when Clicks Oxford Street celebrated its official re-opening following its revamping. Clicks Eastern Cape regional manager Eugene...