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6 Feb 4AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Lottery scandal now engulfs SA media credibility

‘When there are concerns that money is affecting the way a news publication is reporting on a corrupt institution, that becomes an issue of immense public importance,’ says Nathan Geffen, editor of GroundUp.

29 Apr 8AM 6 min

R285m textbook deal sparks urgent probe calls

Sunday Times editor drawn into lottery funds scandal. Sars overhaul puts diesel claims under digital microscope. And fragile consumers globally turn to ‘comfort spending’ amid uncertainty.

29 Apr 6AM 30 min

[TOP STORY] AI policy blunder highlights risks in SA’s tech strategy

‘The big tech businesses that we’re doing business with such as Microsoft, Huawei, Google, AWS, we’re accepting contracts on their terms, and we need a policy to cover that,’ says Nathan Ross-Adams, AI law researcher and founder of ITLawCo.

28 Apr 9AM 9 min

TRC at 30: The cost of unfinished reconciliation

AI revolt forces policy retreat and exposes South Africa’s digital blind spot. Aviation’s tech spend fails to deliver as data gaps persist. And budgeting beats big salaries, new SA study finds.

28 Apr 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] SAPS crisis runs deeper than one corruption scandal

‘You've got this combination of a massive budget, really attractive to organised criminal groups, but then you've got these internal processes that lack transparency,’ says Dr Guy Lamb, commissioner, National Planning Commission.

24 Apr 8AM 7 min