[ad_1] WeThinkCode will offer 300 fully sponsored scholarships for its NQF-5 programming course in 2021. Applications are now open for the two-year full-time program, which takes place at the WeThinkCode campuses in Johannesburg and Cape Town. “Every year WeThinkCode receives more than 50,000 applications from young South Africans seeking a …
Read More »Pick n Pay hints at upcoming MVNO launch
[ad_1] Pick n Pay plans for launch Pick n Pay Mobile, as well as Boxercom, under its Boxer chain, the retail group said Tuesday during its tentative results presentation for the six months ended Aug. 30. The global Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for access to more affordable mobile …
Read More »Gupta associate Salim Essa had knowledge of contracts at Transnet, investigation said
[ad_1] Transnet’s Diedre Strydom and former managing director of railways at Hatch, Henk Bester, said the pair wielded a lot of power and weren’t shy about using it. Transnet’s Diedre Strydom told the state capture commission on Tuesday that Salim Essa and Anoj Singh had a lot of power and …
Read More »Pick n Pay earnings suffer after lockdown as dividend is halved
[ad_1] Pick n Pay has released its interim results for the six months ended August 2020, showing a 52% drop in earnings per share, as the group’s sales and earnings were inevitably negatively affected by Covid-19 and the measures taken by governments to contain it. Comparable HEPS of 37.12 cents, …
Read More »Eliminate Covid-19 Travel ‘Red List’, Urge Western Cape
[ad_1] Victoria Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa. The Western Cape government wants the Covid-19 travel “red list” removed to save the province’s tourism and hospitality industries. the The “red list” is a list of countries SA considers to be at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus. The province’s MEC of …
Read More »Second wave of Covid-19 ‘inevitable’ predicts SA’s top scientist
[ad_1] By Karen Singh 11h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Durban: A second wave of Covid-19 infections is inevitable as taverns and nightclubs become super-spreaders of the virus. The warning was issued by Professor Salim Abdool Karim, chairman of the ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19. Abdool Karim, an epidemiologist and …
Read More »EThekwini inspectors closed several law-breaking restaurants in Pinetown
[ad_1] By IOL Reporter Oct 19, 2020 Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare Several food places in Pinetown were closed and others fined after it was found that they had disobeyed city statutes and regulations. EThekwini Municipality spokesman Msawakhe Mayisela said that a multidisciplinary operation that was led by the city’s Department …
Read More »SA could become the world’s leading green hydrogen exporter
[ad_1] By Dineo Faku 16h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare JOHANNESBURG – South Africa could become an efficient profitable green hydrogen exporter to the world, given its immense renewable energy potential, according to PwC’s inaugural hydrogen report released yesterday. The report titled ‘Unlocking South Africa’s Hydrogen Potential’ said South Africa …
Read More »US to sue Google in biggest antitrust case in decades
[ad_1] The US government sued Google on Tuesday in what would be the largest antitrust case in decades and a major test for the tech industry. A judicial source familiar with the matter confirmed the case was being shelved, after the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported …
Read More »Cell C is drowning in debt, but wants to bid on spectrum
[ad_1] Douglas Craigie Stevenson, CEO of Cell C Cell C mobile operator it has net debt, excluding leases, on its balance sheet (before a planned recapitalization) of almost R10 billion, but it still wants to participate in the next South African spectrum auction. That’s according to CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson, …
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