Author: Agency Staff

Cellphone mapping key to Tokai murder probe

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Detectives are using cellphone mapping in their investigation of 16-year-old Franziska Blochliger’s murder in Tokai Forest, the Wynberg magistrate’s court heard on Friday. Prosecutor Renee-Prinsloo Uys

M4JAM set to make a comeback

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Micro-jobbing platform M4JAM (Money for Jam) may be making a comeback after an acquisition by Informal Solution Providers. The start-up ran into financial difficulty and announced in

Uber goes green in Cape Town

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Ride-sharing company Uber on Thursday announced a limited promotion of UberGreen in Cape Town. Following a Johannesburg pilot of the service, Uber expanded to Cape Town

Don’t worry, we have a plan: gov’t

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Government is satisfied that it’s doing enough to unblock the constraints to economic growth, said minister for planning, monitoring & evaluation Jeff Radebe. Briefing the media on the

Uber drivers intimidated in Jo’burg

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Metered taxi drivers tried to block Uber partner-drivers outside Johannesburg’s Park Station on Thursday morning. Twitter users on Thursday morning started reporting about the incidents, which occurred outside the train station

Recession fears as SA’s GDP plunges

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South Africa recorded a negative growth rate of -1,2% in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures released by Stats SA on Wednesday. Statistician general Pali Lehohla announced the official GDP in Pretoria

Rand seesaws on slew of news

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The quick succession of news that South Africa’s economy shrank by 1,2% in the first quarter of 2016 followed by news that ratings agency Fitch had spared the country from junk status sent the rand on a quick roller-coaster ride

New twist in dodgy prisons IT tender

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Correctional services minister Michael Masutha has been interdicted from acting against a controversial R378m tender given to an ANC benefactor. National treasury found that the correctional services