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South Africa’s Driving Licence Backlog Hits 540,000 as Printing Machine Crisis Worsens
South Africa Today
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August 18, 2025
South Africa’s driving licence backlog has surged to approximately 540,000, with applicants now waiting up to two months to receive their cards—and delays are expected to persist well into 2026. The crisis stems from the Department of Transport’s...
Musk’s company seeks exception to South Africa’s Black ownership rules
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX urged South Africa to consider an alternative to Black ownership rules for telecom companies that want to operate in Africa’s largest economy. SpaceX asked the authorities to allow it to operate using an equity-equivalent...
TUC summit explores trade unions’ role in shaping future of work
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 19, 2025
Part of the conclusion reached at the just-concluded Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) summit by the South-West region is the need for trade unions to understand the dynamics and search for a strategic role in shaping the future of work. To...
Free Trade And AfCFTA: Unlocking Africa’s Economic Potential
The Chronicle News Online
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August 19, 2025
High tariffs! Price controls! Large bureaucracy and unnecessary regulation of the African market are what have made Africa have the identity as a poor continent because it is not free. This has caused Africa’s intra-trade to attain a percentage of...
TotalEnergies publishes 732-page tome as clearance eyed for South Africa exploration campaign
Upstream
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TotalEnergies has filed draft environmental documents with South Africa’s government outlining plans to drill multiple exploration and appraisal wells in 2026 or 2027 in the southern part of a huge deepwater block in the Orange basin. The French...
Africa Data Centres achieves Level One Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) certification, reinforcing its commitment to inclusive digital transformation
Middle East News 247
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August 18, 2025
Africa Data Centres (www.AfricaDataCentres.com), a business of Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, has announced that it has achieved a Level One B-BBEE (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment) certification. This...
London’s mayor has a message for Cape Town entrepreneurs
Cape Business News
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August 18, 2025
By Adrian Ephraim The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, said Cape Town is “alive with ideas” as he delivered a stirring speech that spoke to the city’s entrepreneurial spirit. Speaking at the recent Grow London Global event on Friday 18 July at...
India-US Ties Are Too Strong To Be Rocked By Trade Tariff
Arabian Post
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August 18, 2025
By Nantoo Banerjee Come August 27, the picture of the Indo-US trade may show a considerable change. India’s merchandise exports to the US will be generally subjected to a 50 percent import tax from that date. A few categories, including drugs and...
Engage South Africa
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- The Post) IT has been weeks of denials and prevarication with the government of Lesotho apparently at sixes and sevens as to how to respond to the maltreatment of Basotho citizens living in South Africa. Following relentless pressure from...
South African union and opposition label national dialogue a 'Talk Shop' without solutions amid Marikana anniversary
IOL
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Following the first convention of the National Dialogue in Pretoria from August 15 to August 16, 2025, the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) has condemned the process labeling it a talk shop that cannot resolve the crisis...
South African police men celebrate Pakistan's Independence Day with Pakistani community in Mzansi
Briefly
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August 18, 2025
South African police officers joined the Pakistani community in celebrating Pakistan's Independence Day at a local shop in Mzansi The event featured a cake decorated in the colours of Pakistan's flag and was marked by warmth, laughter, and...
Paulo Costa: UFC champ Khamzat Chimaev's 'horrible' style has the 'potential to kill this business'
Yahoo Sports
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The middleweight division may have a new champion after UFC 319, but Paulo Costa wasn't overly impressed by the performance delivered by Khamzat Chimaev this past weekend. Chimaev achieved what felt like a long-awaited and inevitable coronation...
South Africa: We Must Propel The Voices Of Women In Science, Says Deputy Minister Gina
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) PRETORIA, South Africa, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- Despite notable progress in empowering and elevating South African women in science, Deputy Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Nomalungelo Gina...
South Africa: Committee On Cooperative Governance And Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Welcomes Findings Of Investigation Into Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Funds At Matjhabeng Municipality
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) today welcomed the findings released by the Minister of Public Works and...
Cryptonewsbreaks The Latest Technology And Innovations To Take The Stage At Traders Fair South Africa
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Investor Brand Network) Next month, the trading world will converge at the 2025 Traders Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa. Set to take place on Sept. 20 at the Protea by Marriott Hotel Wanderers in Sandton, the event will draw seasoned...
SARS has allegedly targeted businessman Dali Tambo for R1.7 million in unpaid tax
Briefly
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August 18, 2025
Popular South African television host and media personality Dali Tambo is reportedly owing the taxman over R1 million SARS has reportedly applied for a judgment against Tambo as he reportedly owes over R1.7 million in unpaid personal income tax....
Bloomberg to host inaugural Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg
Business and Financial Times
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August 18, 2025
…as Official B-20 South Africa Sideline Event Bloomberg will host its inaugural Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 18, 2025, as an official sideline event of B-20 South Africa 2025. The Summit will convene...
South Africa’s Nedbank sells major Ecobank stake
Semafor
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August 18, 2025
South African banking group Nedbank sold its 21.2% stake in Ecobank for $100 million to Bosquet Investments, a firm belonging to Cameroonian businessman Alain Nkontchou, in a move aimed at focusing on its strongest customer base in southern and...
Collaboration between South African and Chinese universities to tackle climate challenges
Daily News
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August 18, 2025
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, said yesterday that one of the fundamental challenges facing the scientific community presently was the imbalance in the world system of knowledge production. He was speaking at the...
SARS has allegedly targeted businessman Dali Tambo for R1.7 million in unpaid tax
Briefly
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August 18, 2025
Popular South African television host and media personality Dali Tambo is reportedly owing the taxman over R1 million SARS has reportedly applied for a judgment against Tambo as he reportedly owes over R1.7 million in unpaid personal income tax....