Google employees scramble for answers after layoffs hit long-tenured and recently promoted employees
Google employees are scrambling for answers from leadership and from colleagues as the company undergoes a massive layoff. On Friday, Alphabet-owned Google announced it was cutting 12,000 employees, roughly 6% of the full-time workforce. While employees had been bracing for a potential layoff, they are questioning leadership about the criteria for layoffs which surprised some employees, who woke up […]
Expats are moving back to South Africa – and buying multi-million rand homes
On top of a new wave of foreign buyers from Europe picking up multi-million rand houses in the Western Cape, property specialists are also counting a number of ex-pats who lived abroad for several years now returning to South Africa. According to Stephan Thomas and David Burger, secure estate specialists for Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International […]
Chinese pray for health in Lunar New Year as Covid death toll rises
China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as officials reported almost 13,000 new deaths caused by the virus between January 13 and 19. Queues stretched for about one kilometre (a half-mile) outside the iconic Lama temple […]
2022 matric pass rate climbs to 80.1% in South Africa
The Department of Basic Education has released the final National Senior Certificate results for the 2022 matric year showing a 3.7 percentage point increase in the pass rate to 80.1%. Speaking during an address to the nation on 19 January 2022, the basic education minister Angie Motshekga, said that the 2022 cohort was the most […]
South Africans are moving to the United States
Set against the backdrop of a changing political climate and a challenging economic time in South Africa, the U.S. EB-5 regional center investment program has become the preferred option for South Africans looking to migrate to the United States. The EB-5 Regional Center Program provides U.S. green cards to qualifying immigrants who invest $800,000 USD […]
Small businesses hit by blackouts to receive energy relief package
Cape Town – The Department of Small Business Development says small businesses hit by power cuts will soon be able to apply for some government relief. The assistance will be in the form of loans, which will be made up of a grant as well. This after reports that the majority of small businesses needed an alternative power source […]
