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Khutso Theledi goes exploring Mpumalanga's scenic adventures, and cultural delights ahead of Metro FM awards
Mpumalanga is going to be buzzing this coming weekend as the country's most famous faces will be in town for the Metro FM awards .The event celebrating the black artists in the music industry will be taking place at Mbombela Stadium on Apr
Nqaba Peter, Rassie van der Dussen star in Lions' win over Titans in CSA T20 semi-final
Young leg-spinner Nqaba Peter put the Titans on the ropes before Rassie van der Dussen applied the knock-out punch to steer the Lions into the final of the CSA T20 Challenge .The Lions beat their Gauteng rivals by eight wickets on the DLS
Dr Surve welcomes FSCA's taking banks to task over bank account closures on basis of reputational risk
Dr Iqbal Surv, the chairperson of Independent Media, yesterday welcomed the move by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) to take banks to task for bank account closures over reputational risk, but said the organisation was failing in its
BRPs hopeful Post Office employees will receive relief funding
THE business rescue practitioners (BRPs) acting on behalf of the Post Office yesterday said it had entered into a collective agreement with three unions.The BRP said that the agreement with SAPWU, DEPACU and the CWU was reached after consul
Tshwane has not met R22bn debt recovery target
THE Tshwane Metro says it will continue to disconnect the holders of large power prepayment accounts which hover on negative balances.Last week, it disconnected the Castle Walk building owned by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), thou
Nedbank flags unstable coalitions, Trump victory as major risk events to confidence
NEDBANK has flagged an unstable coalition government that would undo the current framework on Public-Private Participation (PPP) post the May 29 election, as well as the possible election of Donald Trump as US president in November, as two major r
Parliament committee passes unresolved issues at SOEs to new administration
The Select Committeeon Public Enterprises and Communication has passed the parcel of major unresolved issues at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to the next body when Parliament rises after the May 29 elections.Committee content advisor Eric
Household food basket rose higher than inflation rate in April
Consumers have been paying prices higher than headline inflation for basic food items as the average cost of the household food basket increased by R312,36 - or 6.2% - in April this year compared to the same month a year ago.This means that
Mining giant BHP launches bid to takeover rival Anglo American
British mining heavyweight Anglo American confirmed on Thursday it was 'reviewing' a takeover bid from its larger Australian rival BHP, in potentially one of the sector's biggest deals in years.Anglo American did not disclose the price of t