Giorno: 13 Marzo 2023

Spotify overhauls app. Now it’s like TikTok, Instagram Stories mash-up

Read More Spotify has announced changes to its app and user experience, with a focus on creators.  The updates unveiled at Spotify’s recent annual Stream On event include a home feed with music, podcasts and shows and audiobooks sections, as well as a smart shuffle for new recommendations and auto playing for podcasts. Therevamped feed […]

Where are Mpumalanga’s new energy projects?

Read More Just one renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, South Africa’s power capital, has been contracted to supply the Eskom grid — despite the planned decommissioning of six coal power stations based in the province by 2030. Data collated by Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism indicates Mpumalanga has missed out on new generation efforts implemented by […]

R88 million entrepreneurial fund set up to support entrepreneurs

Read More The aim is to demonstrate to the local investment community that small businesses with innovative and impactful business models are investable The SAB Foundation has announced the launch of an R88 million Financing for Impact Fund in partnership with Lead Impact Capital and the National Treasury’s Jobs Fund. The purpose of the Impact […]

‘Deplorable’ Nehawu strike interdicted

Read More The labour appeal court has interdicted the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) from continuing its strike, which entered its second week on Monday. After a tumultuous week that saw industrial action turn violent and major disruptions at a number of public hospitals, Nehawu vowed to intensify its strike on Monday. […]

Financial exclusion for many black students is a generational albatross

Read More Conflicting commentary buzzed through social media about the protests at the University of the Witwatersrand.  A determined Aphiwe Mnyamana, the student representative council president, flanked by the secretary general, Tshiamo Chuma, addressed the media, dissecting the issues that had led them to resort to a protest. He raised the issues of financial exclusion, […]

Sheffield University criticised for hiring private investigator after protest

Read More Sheffield University has been criticised for hiring a private investigator to look into the possible involvement of two student activists in a protest in one of its buildings. The two students received letters on 9 November informing them that the university had hired Intersol Global, a firm of investigators, to look into whether […]

Silicon Valley Bank: HSBC rescues SVB UK but market turmoil continues – business live

Read More From 5h ago If you’re just tuning in….the UK government has struck a last-minute deal for HSBC to buy Silicon Valley Bank’s UK operations. The move, announced at 7am, will save thousands of British tech startups and investors from big losses after the biggest bank failure since 2008, my colleague Kalyeena Makortoff writes. […]

UK government poised to block Scottish bottle recycling scheme

Read More Holyrood and Westminster are heading for another showdown as the UK government prepares to block a second policy move by the Scottish government this year. Alister Jack, the Scotland secretary, intends to deny a request from the SNP government for a trade exemption for its flagship recycling scheme, in a move that experts […]