4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (181+ words) Sowetan Immigration control: drones and bodycams to bolster borders Pressure on government to tighten immigration controls ramps up overhaul of border security planned for 2026-30, including repairs to damaged fencing and deteriorating roads The National Treasury is finalising a funding model…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (667+ words) From carefully chosen floor tiles to the familiar click-clack of trolley wheels, retailers can design their stores to influence how quickly shoppers move and how long they spend looking at products. Prof Roland Goldberg, an expert in consumer behaviour, retail…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (453+ words) Consumers in township and rural areas are being forced to travel farther to find the products they need because small businesses there face barriers that make it difficult for them to grow and compete. This is according to recent research…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (395+ words) Spring Day is meant to be a joyful occasion — a welcome break from the cold winter months and a symbolic ushering in of warmer weather, renewal, and new beginnings. For many South Africans, September 1 also signals that the festive season…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (91+ words) Sowetan RECORDED | Ramaphosa hosts Mnangagwa for Bi-National Commission Leaders to discuss co-operation and bilateral agreements President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa for a Bi-National Commission on Friday. Stream courtesy of SABC. Would you like to comment…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (537+ words) More than 1,000 children from Joburg stand to benefit from a new maths programme that will take lessons from the basketball court to the classroom, using sport, artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to improve their numeracy skills. The initiative, announced at…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (546+ words) In July 2020, in the midst of the brutalising Covid-19 pandemic that devastated national economies across the globe, the South African National Editors’ Forum released a shocking statistic: between 2010 and 2020, the country lost more than 50% of its journalists, with the number…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (509+ words) What happens when a lie travels faster than the truth? What happens when a WhatsApp message claiming that social grants are being increased, suspended, reviewed or cancelled reaches thousands of beneficiaries before the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has…...