No responsible party will be held liable for not registering by 30 June under the Protection of Personal Information Act, the Information Regulator said on Tuesday.

Bitcoin fell below $30 000 for the first time in nearly five months as China’s latest crackdown on cryptocurrencies weighed.

Bitcoin’s slide towards $30 000 amid China’s continued cryptocurrency crackdown is stoking fears of a deeper sell-off, with one researcher warning a break lower could bring a world of pain.

The brain inflammation and impaired “brain circuitry” seen in people who die of Covid-19 look a lot like what doctors see in the brains of people who die of neurodegenerative conditions, researchers said.

It is now mandatory for local banks to make hand sanitisers available at all 30 000 ATMs in South Africa, but an industry body says this is going to be almost impossible to achieve.

Naspers-controlled Takealot group reported revenue growth of 55% in the last financial year despite a ban on unfettered e-commerce during the height of the hard lockdown in 2020.