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What wealth manager does

BENEFITS: SUPPORT, CLARITY AND SECURITY

Transnet coal corridor pulls off miracles but it's not enough

The new executive team at Transnet has performed miracles in arresting and reversing the decline in volumes freighted on the coal corridor. However, it still won't reach its nameplate capacity of 75 million tons (Mt) in 2024.

Govt printer rolling again

FIXED: ALL THREE LEGAL GAZETTES AVAILABLE

Jozi: before and after

FAST FALLING APART: LACK OF MAINTENANCE BY CITY DEPARTMENTS

Marula oil a game-changer in skincare

Among things that bother women when it comes to skin are extremely dry skin and visible stretch marks. But the solution could be the newly improved Clere lotion.

Smart cleaning

E20 PLUS: HOLDS GROUND ON LOW-PILE CARPET

A culture-rooted brand

MAXHOSA: 15 YEARS CHURNING OUT AFRICAN COUTURE

Choccies worth gold

When Ali Fakhro lays out a row of pistachio-filled chocolate bars in the morning at his bakery in Berlin, he knows they will be gone in a matter of hours.

Let it snow, let it snow

CHRISTMAS: SANTA'S VILLAGE DREARY WITHOUT ITS USUAL WHITE BLANKET

AI excels at the mundane, but still needs a helping hand

In the wake of ChatGPT's dramatic arrival two years ago, companies are excited about generative AI's possibilities but heading into 2025 with careful deliberation, rather than rushing to transform their operations.

Service is up to enshittification

Australia's quasi-official Macquarie Dictionary has picked \"enshittification\" as the word of 2024, tapping into a growing sense that once-great digital services are bad and getting worse.

Sharing a bed with... a croc

His neighbours have cats and dogs, but when 72-year-old Philippe Gillet settles down to watch television, there is usually an alligator dozing beside him.

SA's rating is a crime

Once again, South Africa is slipping in the world rankings. It's very disappointing. We have fallen to fifth position on the crime rate by country list.

'Keep calm and gobble on, US'

Lame-duck President Joe Biden had a message for Americans at his final Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony on Monday before Donald Trump returns to the White House - \"keep calm and gobble on\".

Home of climate action

I'm going to Paris! Paris, home of my son; Paris, home of the Paris Agreement, adopted by 196 countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015.

Hersov is more than an astute businessman

His input on the political front - be it in SA or globally - is an eye-opener, writes Rob Nicholas.

The monster of load reduction

Apartheid was a bad and cruel system.

Foreigners not the problem

Blaming foreigners for the food-poisoning deaths of children is crude, simplistic, populist xenophobia. It diverts attention from the deeper causes.

All must work to make schools safe

Schools are places of learning, where young minds should be able to blossom in freedom and grow so they can guide our country into the future.

State must tighten up its IT security

There might be those who accuse this newspaper of jeopardizing state security or threatening the personal data of millions by exposing how childishly simple it is to hack into our government's data base network.

US air force flexes muscle over Taiwan Strait

A US military patrol plane flew over politically sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan yesterday, as the United States seeks to reinforce the airspace as international.

Lawmakers warn about Hong Kong

FINANCIAL CRIME: US URGED TO RETHINK BANKING TIES

Accusations a 'farce'

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte yesterday denied she was plotting to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, saying her comments that sparked a government probe only reflected \"consternation\" with her onetime ally.

Rival royal factions clash

Indian government officials took temporary control yesterday at a luxurious hilltop palace in Rajasthan after arguments between rival royal brothers sparked clashes between stone-throwing loyalists outside its fortified gates.

A wasteland of rubbish...

WARNING: SA CAN BECOME A DUMPING GROUND FOR WASTE TYRES, GLASS AND PLASTIC

Nations not pliable on plastic waste taking over the world

A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened this week, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately.

Internal displacement in Africa triples in 15 years - monitor

Conflicts, violence and disasters across Africa have dramatically driven up the number of displaced people on the continent over the past 15 years, international monitors said yesterday.

Special leave after 'hitman' threatens CFO

The Eastern Cape department of education is investigating an alleged threat to the life of its chief financial officer (CFO).

'Pens down' warning

MATRIC PARTIES: AUTHORITIES DISCOURAGE RISKY CELEBRATIONS

Police 'making effort to fight' rising tide of GBV cases

Though police concede more needs to be done to protect women and children, the South African Police Service (Saps) is encouraged by the work of its family violence, child protection and sexual investigations unit.