Business
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Cyberattack forces French supermarkets to dump tonnes of food after hackers shut down refrigerators
Hackers triggered cyberattack on French supermarkets forcing refrigerators in hundreds of stores to malfunction, spoiling tonnes of fresh and frozen food.
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Petrol hits R30 and more financial pain looms as Gauteng eyes licence fee hikes
Workers face financial strain as petrol crosses R30, November fuel hikes loom and Gauteng plans licence disc fee increases.
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Baywest Hospital to break ground on R528m Gqeberha facility
Construction of Gqeberha’s R528m Baywest Acute Hospital begins on 22 October, with 120 beds planned for its opening phase.
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KWV claims top honours at 2026 Veritas Awards
KWV’s Laborie Cap Classique Blanc de Blancs 2020 has won the Duimpie Bayly Veritas Vertex Trophy for the third consecutive year, securing the top honour at the 36th Veritas awards.
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South Africans too broke for fuel levy hike, says transport minister
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy plans to block the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) request to increase the fuel levy to R3 per litre, saying South Africans are already under severe financial pressure.
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Stock markets climb as oil prices drop following Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement
Stock markets gained ground while oil prices fell after Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday.
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Five suspects at large after Bethlehem jewellery store robbery
The police in the Eastern Free State is investigating a robbery in which millions of rands of jewellery was stolen in a store in Bethlehem.
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Police warn of consequences after cars torched in asylum protests
Police warn against lawlessness after cars were burnt after a recent Constitutional Court ruling on asylum applications.
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Coega Steels boosts energy security with new transformer
Coega Steels has switched on its first new transformer to improve energy security, with a second unit expected to be operational in 2027.
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Another raid on Reitz biscuit factory nets 24 undocumented foreigner workers
Reitz factory back in the spotlight following the arrest of 24 undocumented foreign nationals, just two months after nine were arrested during an operation.










