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Miss South Africa Contestant Faces Identity Theft Allegations and Online Abuse
A major scandal has erupted in South Africa after Miss South Africa contestant Chidimma Adetshina withdrew from the competition amid allegations of identity theft involving her mother. The ...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 16:51hrs | 906 | by Staff Reporter
Unhealthy methods that many South Africans use to deal with poverty
South Africa is a country that has been grappling with poverty for many years. According to the World Bank, more than 20% of the population lives below the poverty line, which means that they survive ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:58hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Why are online casinos growing in South Africa?
Across Africa, but particularly in South Africa, online gambling is a growing market segment. By 2026, South Africa's casino games market is projected to ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 14:09hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Get Started with Forex Day Trading: Forex Trading Guide for Amateurs
Foreign exchange, sometimes known as "forex," is the exchange of currencies between buyers and sellers in a network at a specified price. It is a method used by people, businesses, and central banks t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: 200 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa are living on borrowed time
There's nearly 200 000 Zimbabweans in South Africa are living on borrowed time.They are in the country on a special visa, the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP).This visa category was i...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 21:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver up for smuggling alcohol
A 35-year-old man was arrested in Bulawayo on Sunday on allegations of smuggling a South-African haulage truck, two trailers and a cargo of nearly 3 000 cartons of different brands of alcohol into Zim...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How to effectively set realistic goals for 2022
With the pandemic still in full swing, 2021 has been a tough year for many. Some have struggled with slow business, loss of employment, renewed lockdowns and not being able to see family and friends. ...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 19:41hrs | 9 | by Staff Writer
Roki added to Big Zulu show line-up
ANNUALLY, Bulawayo is turned upside down when South Africa's Kalawa Jazmee stable comes to the city on the 27th of every December to host the "Homecoming Party" but this year, it is going to be differ...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
South Africans say #NoToZimWorkPermits, #PutSouthAfricansFirst
While many Zimbabweans have said they were edgy over the delay of their SA permits being renewed, South Africans have indicated the opposite, ...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 08:29hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Sports betting around the world
When compared to casino games, poker, or raffles, sports betting has been frequently vilified as a kind of gambling that is ethically wrong. This is just foolishness. Betting on a sporting event is no...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:32hrs | 13 | by Staff Writer
Why is Apple failing to gain a foothold in Africa?
Africa is one of the primary targets of tech companies, who view the continent as the world's largest emerging market. As internet accessibility spreads across the vast lands, a greater number of peop...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 12:50hrs | 46 | by Staff Writer
Africa's first black-owned car manufacturing company hits market
South-Africa based Mureza Auto Co is launching Africa's first black-owned car model with a batch of 100 vehicles being rolled out next week. The car model, which will be suitable for any Afric...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 13:50hrs | | by Lloyd Rabaya
South Africa fuel shortages in the next few days
South African Petroleum Refineries (Sapref) has declared force majeure and announced a temporary closure due to the ongoing violence and looting in South Africa, ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South African Rand trades near 2021 highs after US inflation data
The South African Rand continues to be one of the most-watched emerging markets currencies by retail FX CFD traders, as the new COVID-19 cases seem to have plateaued at low levels and economic prospec...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | 5 | by Staff writer
Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's liberation pilgrimage
In my previous instalment in this publication, I indicated that Zimbabwe's independence history is connected to that of all post-colonial African nations. Likewise, Africa's liberation is also grounde...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Mastercard and Network International Pioneering Africa's digital payment revolution
Civilization has transformed trading and commerce from the prehistoric means which involved barter trades facilitated by the item-to-item exchange. The discrepancies and inconsistencies of goods valu...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 12:27hrs | 3 | by Staff Writter
Chamisa a hurdle to progress
Unless Zimbabwe's opposition puts its act together, the thunder that is going to strike it is still doing push-ups in heaven. Events over the past two years should serve as a wake up call for the spli...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
Divine Lunga involved in car accident
SOUTH-Africa based Zimbabwean footballer, Divine Lunga, who plays for Lamontville Golden Arrows in the DStv Premiership was yesterday involved in an accident in which he came out unharmed.Whil...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can the South African Rand Hold its Position Against the Greenback?
The South African rand remains one of the poster boys for emerging currencies across the globe, and like many of its contemporaries it has experienced a highly turbulent 2020.For example, the ...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 17:22hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
Republic of South Africa is a registered company in America
The Republic of South Africa is a registered company in the United States of America with SEC CIK #0000932419.According to the Security and Exchange Commission, Republic Of South Africa is a r...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 09:46hrs | 670 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF happy to engage opposition'
THE ruling Zanu-PF says contrary to claims by its opponents, it is happy to engage with the opposition in a bid to find solutions for Zimbabwe's decades-old political and economic crises. In a...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
The binding African spirit in challenging the Zimbabwean crisis
The Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union Patriotic Front is indebted to the steeped bona fide pan-Africanist spirit which facilitated the convening of the interparty dialogue with our sister revolutiona...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | | by Dr Obert Mpofu
How to stay cybersafe when working from home amid coronavirus pandemic
With so many people working from home and kids doing schoolwork on the same internet connection, chances are your WiFi is getting a workout. And hackers see an opportunity. They're looking for ways to...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Why South Africa wants to regulate cryptocurrencies
South Africa as a financial market participant has been on the rise in the last decade or so. Their prowess in financial knowledge, the growth of their economy, alongside the private equity indicator ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 13:47hrs | 5 | by Staff Writer
The three biggest lottery wins in South Africa
Powerball and Lotto are the most popular forms of gambling in South Africa. As far back as 2007, transaction values for these two games came to R3.972 billion and averaged 5 million transactions per w...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 14:00hrs | 7 | by Staff Writer
Rhodesia was 'successful' because essentially it was a province of SA
This week, I am going to start by doing something that we journalists don't normally do. Often we think our duty is to criticise or point out wrongdoing but never to praise even when praise is due. Bu...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 09:26hrs | | by Baffour Ankomah
Bus robbers jailed 51 years
THREE HIGHWAY armed robbers who targetted long distance buses have been jailed for a combined 51 years.Jabson Shonhe (39) of Chief Mkoka's area near Manoti, in Gokwe South and his accomplice F...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The advantages of online casino gambling
The industry of online gambling is considered to be one of the biggest in this day and age. With governments of many countries debating on the topic of legalizing gambling, the online gambling communi...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Moyo Roy
The growing addiction of mobile gaming in Africa
In contemporary society, interacting with mobile devices and engaging with the variety of activities that can be played on them - such as gambling, social networking and games - has become increasingl...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 14 | by Moyo Roy
Want to watch blocked TV channels in South Africa? Here's how to get rid of the boundaries once and for All
The practice of regionally locking a TV channel is commonly seen across all parts of the world. If you'd like to tune in but aren't currently located in that country, you may be fresh out of luck. Sou...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 10:07hrs | 8 | by Tech Reporter
Marginalised pupils get 3 000 bicycles
UNITED Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed), yesterday unveiled 3 000 bicycles to benefit marginalised children as ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chase Skuza out of prison
AFTER seven months in prison, singer Chase Skuza (pictured) is out and hitting the ground running as he has already lined up shows to announce his return. Skuza was in April this year arrested...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Online gambling in South Africa - A new dawn of gambling
If you think that gambling in South Africa is about the hooves on the turf at the Durban July, Montecasino in Johannesburg's affluent Fourways suburb, or about exciting gambling mixed with a safari ex...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Electric Tesla car causes stir on Zimbabwe social media
A white electronic Tesla Model X has caused a stir on social media in fuel-starved Zimbabwe, with people envious of the fact that the car can skip the long queues for petrol and diesel....Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Europe to crack down on 'second passport schemes'
Europe's security is being put at risk by golden passport schemes that have allowed states to sell citizenship or residency to potentially 'dangerous' individuals.This is according to EU justi...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Darikwa jets in
NOTTINGHAM Forest defender Tendayi Darikwa has arrived in the country ahead of the Warriors' back-to-back 2019 AFCON qualifiers against DRC on Saturday and next Tuesday.The England-based defen...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Offshore online casinos becoming popular in African countries
Despite the widespread popularity of online gambling sites, these have always met criticism from countries with legislation against legalising online gambling activities. For the most part, participat...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 13:49hrs | 11 | by Agencies
Trump under fire over South Africa land reform
SOUTH Africa's land reform policy was long overdue and attempts by United States President Mr Donald Trump to muddy the programme is clear testimony of his administration's defiance to black self-dete...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA fear elections won't be free and fair
A handful of Zimbabweans living in South Africa picketed outside the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town on Thursday afternoon.According to ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by GroundUp
$314 000 drugs mule not guilty
A BULAWAYO woman who was arrested after being found in possession of 3,14 kgs of cocaine with an estimated street value of $314 300 in April was acquitted yesterday.Sheron Tholiwe Tshuma (25) ...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Popular musician arrested on stage
POPULAR musician Nicholas Chase Skuza was arrested while performing on stage and sentenced to 231 days in prison for failing to pay $2 900 to a South-Africa based truck driver he defrauded in 2015....Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA hunters to shoot 2000 Zambian hippos
South African hunters will take part in the slaughter of 2 000 hippos in the pristine Luangwa Valley in Zambia. This follows a shock move by the Zambian government, which overturned a 2016 decision to...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Janine Avery
Emotions run high at Bongo burial
A POPULAR cross-border transporter (umalayitsha) Bongani "Bongo" Ndlovu who was killed at a Bulawayo nightspot recently was buried yesterday at West Park Cemetery in the city in a highly emotional cer...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is South Africa the next e-gambling heaven?
South Africa has developed a taste for online gambling during the last couple of years. Not that the country hasn't had its own fair share of enthusiasts before, but due to a restrictive legal climate...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 12:17hrs | 6 | by Agencies
South Africa is the 33rd wealthiest country in the world
As part of the AfrAsia Bank South Africa Wealth Report 2018 we looked at where South Africa stands in the global wealth picture.According to the report, SA ranks 33rd worldwide in terms of tot...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Captive cheetah breeding is reaching epidemic proportions in South Africa
An extremely worrying trend is emerging in South Africa, where cheetahs are bred on demand, taken away from their mothers to be hand-reared for cub petting, to become well-beh...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:25hrs | | by Louise de Waal
Zimbabwe on WHO listeriosis watch list
ZIMBABWE is among the 16 African nations chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to provide support for preparedness and response to a possible listeriosis outbreak in Africa.The disease...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African athletes shine in 2018 Winter Olympics
In the years leading up to Alberta Canada's 1988 Winter Olympics, a motely group of bobsled enthusiasts trained for the Bobsled Competition. The event, which was immortalized in Walt Disney's "Cool Ru...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 18:40hrs | | by Agencies
Rhino Poaching Stats: Slight Decrease But still Far Too High
The small decrease in overall poaching in 2017 has been overshadowed by a growing concern for the increase and broadening of poaching elsewhere in South Africa as onl...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Louzel Lombard Steyn
Steinhoff corporate scandal lays bare South Africa's race relations
South Africans are fond of debating whether public or private sector failings are the bigger problem. It does not take too long to realise that they are really talking about race.This is evide...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 09:43hrs | | by Steven Friedman
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