Moneyweb@Midday

[TOP STORY] Affordable electric vehicles gain traction as petrol costs bite

‘The real game changer came from BYD with the Dolphin Surf, and now Geely with the E2, that has come in at a very different price point, you're talking about just above R300 000,’ says Alan Quinn, chief product and innovation officer at Cars.co.za

28 Jul 8AM 8 min

The gamble behind the Trevor Noah tourism campaign

Electric vehicles are breaking out of the luxury niche and heading for the mass market, threatening to upend pricing. Grain SA says the JSE’s latest soybean decision could cost farmers. And ChatGPT now among the Top 10 most impersonated brands.

28 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Joburg’s vehicle licence paper shortage exposes deeper government failure

‘It's not like they didn't know that they were running out of paper. It's not like they don't know how many people are coming to have their licences done and renewed. So this is just sheer incompetence,’ says Wayne Duvenage, CEO of OUTA.

27 Jul 8AM 7 min

A closer look at Ramaphosa's blueprint for water reform

Why confidence in SA’s anti-corruption institutions matters for investment. Paper shortages, long queues and broken systems, Outa on the licensing chaos hitting SA motorists. And how unpaid fees are locking graduates out of jobs.

27 Jul 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] How Amazon gained the upper hand over Starlink in SA

‘It's going to be accessible to consumers through Herotel, which will sell its satellite broadband to households and small businesses,’ says Arthur Goldstuck, CEO of World Wide Worx.

24 Jul 7AM 7 min

SA ad boss resigns over sexist remarks at global ad festival

The satellite showdown Elon Musk didn’t see coming. How Amazon beat Starlink to SA. When residents succeed where government failed, a community brings Happy Valley back to life. And why brands are betting big on micro-dramas.

24 Jul 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Cape Town port tender raises exporter concerns

‘Our concern about this is why do they want to concession something out that has already been concessioned,’ says Terry Gale, chair of Exporters Western Cape.

23 Jul 8AM 8 min

Pork market swings from crisis to surplus

Exporters seek clarity on Cape Town port shake-up. Leadership chaos and a regulator probe rock the PIC. And is your wellness routine backed by science, or TikTok? The truth about biohacking, peptides and NAD+.

23 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Union warns Eskom Green is privatisation by another name

‘Corporate monopolies that are dominating key sectors of the economy are subsidised by the state. Their costs are socialised while their profits are privatised,’ says Giwusa president Mametlwe Sebei.

22 Jul 8AM 8 min

SA’s guava crunch, the sweet fruit facing a sour future

Can Home Affairs finally end the queues and modernise identity services, or is the new strategy creating a two-tier system that leaves millions of South Africans behind? The minister speaks. Eskom Green sparks fresh privatisation row. And why leadership gaps are putting the retail sector at risk.

22 Jul 6AM 36 min

[TOP STORY] Eskom defends Koeberg safety after four contamination events

‘Such activities, we plan for them appropriately, and we have diverse mitigations that we put in place to ensure that we manage the airborne radioactivity properly,’ says Eskom’s chief nuclear officer, Velaphi Ntuli.

21 Jul 8AM 7 min

What SA’s new township economy policy gets right and wrong

Koeberg contamination, should we be worried about nuclear safety? Why the Tafelberg judgment could deepen SA's housing crisis. And how the Fifa World Cup brand value tripled since South Africa hosted the tournament in 2010.

21 Jul 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Aucamp opens door to private foot-and-mouth vaccinations

‘I think that is the main shift is we've looked at provisions that will allow farmers to become authorised people and then apply the vaccinations themselves,’ says Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp.

20 Jul 8AM 9 min

PanSALB condemns linguistic profiling during immigration protests

New agriculture minister Willie Aucamp on politics, vaccines and the mood on the farms. Will SA create innovators, or import them? Why science is the new economic battleground. And no immediate copyright changes despite landmark court ruling.

20 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] When retirement savings can legally be withheld

‘It is allowed for someone who has a claim against you, such as your employer, to pursue recovery from your pension for damage they may have suffered as a result of your conduct,’ says the Pension Funds Adjudicator, Lebogang Mogashoa.

17 Jul 7AM 8 min

What’s driving teachers out of public schools – and what will it cost SA?

Résumé fraud lands former CFO in pension battle. What the Competition Commission’s franchise inquiry could mean for franchisees, lenders and franchisors. And why you always leave the supermarket with more than you planned.

17 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Power restoration racket preys on desperate Joburg residents

‘The people are desperate and these contractors or fake City Power officials are capitalising on that and asking residents for up to R1500 to restore power,’ says Anna Cox, investigative journalist at the Daily Maverick.

16 Jul 7AM 6 min

Smarter skies for 10bn travellers, without building more airports

Public works and infrastructure minister speaks on government’s war on construction mafia. How criminal syndicates are cashing in on Joburg's electricity crisis. And why climate funding means little without green skills.

16 Jul 6AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] What police can and cannot do in immigration cases

‘If somebody is found not to be entitled to be in the Republic, then the role falls squarely upon immigration then to process somebody for the purposes of deportation,’ says James Chapman of the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town.

15 Jul 8AM 7 min

Venetia shutdown signals trouble for SA's diamond sector

Immigration enforcement and the rule of law: Separating fact from fiction. Israeli oil deal sparks fresh scrutiny over South Africa's ICJ stance. And how bad waste data can sink ESG credibility.

15 Jul 6AM 34 min