BMW outsells Mercedes-Benz for second year in a row
German automaker BMW outsold arch-rival Mercedes-Benz in the past year, according to vehicle sales numbers released Tuesday. Globally, BMW sold 2.1 million cars in 2022 – a fall of 5 percent compared to 2021. But it was still enough to outpace Mercedes Benz, which sold 2.04 million cars. The two German giants both pointed to […]
The richest people in South Africa at the start of 2023
Although 2022 was a challenging year for numerous South Africans, the country’s billionaires are starting the new year with even more money in the bank. According to Forbes’ real-time tracking of billionaires, Johann Rupert is still the wealthiest man in South Africa in 2023, with a net worth of $10.3 billion – over R175 billion. Despite losing $100 […]
Jack Ma to give up control of fintech giant Ant Group
The billionaire founder of Ant Group, Jack Ma, is to give up control of the Chinese fintech giant after a regulatory crackdown. Ant Group said that after the change no-one would have overall control. The formerly flamboyant Mr Ma has seldom been seen in public since criticising China’s financial sector in 2020. Following that criticism, […]
Cape Town looks to drones and dashcams as it pleads with Ramaphosa for more policing power
The City of Cape Town has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to give the metro more policing powers to the city’s law enforcement agencies. This follows various attempts by the city to reach the ministers of justice and police, which the city says have fallen on ‘deaf ears’. The South African Police Service (SAPS) in […]
SA finds its first case of most transmissible Covid variant
Maria Van Kerkhove, Covid-19 technical lead at the World’s Health Organisation, this week called XBB.1.5 “the most transmissible sub-variant” detected so far in the pandemic. Nicknamed the “kraken variant” by some for its ability to spread, so far there hasn’t been significant differences in severity identified between cases caused by XBB.1.5 and those from other variants. […]
