Africa’s data centre gold rush needs a reality check

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Nine popular cars fail AA’s safety test. Ebola outbreak escalates as first France case sparks alarm, funding needs triple. And why learning to learn is more valuable than a degree in 2026.

1 Jul 6AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

[TOP STORY] Eskom defends Koeberg safety after four contamination events

‘Such activities, we plan for them appropriately, and we have diverse mitigations that we put in place to ensure that we manage the airborne radioactivity properly,’ says Eskom’s chief nuclear officer, Velaphi Ntuli.

21 Jul 8AM 7 min

What SA’s new township economy policy gets right and wrong

Koeberg contamination, should we be worried about nuclear safety? Why the Tafelberg judgment could deepen SA's housing crisis. And how the Fifa World Cup brand value tripled since South Africa hosted the tournament in 2010.

21 Jul 6AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Aucamp opens door to private foot-and-mouth vaccinations

‘I think that is the main shift is we've looked at provisions that will allow farmers to become authorised people and then apply the vaccinations themselves,’ says Minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp.

20 Jul 8AM 9 min

PanSALB condemns linguistic profiling during immigration protests

New agriculture minister Willie Aucamp on politics, vaccines and the mood on the farms. Will SA create innovators, or import them? Why science is the new economic battleground. And no immediate copyright changes despite landmark court ruling.

20 Jul 6AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] When retirement savings can legally be withheld

‘It is allowed for someone who has a claim against you, such as your employer, to pursue recovery from your pension for damage they may have suffered as a result of your conduct,’ says the Pension Funds Adjudicator, Lebogang Mogashoa.

17 Jul 7AM 8 min