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The Competition Commission intends to release its provisional report for the inquiry into data prices by April 30.Image: iStock

Preliminary report on data costs to be released before end of April

South Africans will by the end of the month get a glimpse into whether or not data prices in this country are higher than what they should be. The Competition Commission said on Monday that it intended to release its provisional report…

Commuters say they are bullied when they criticise taxi drivers who are driving dangerously.Image: Gallo Images/Foto24/Lulama Zenzile

Half of SA has seen or experienced taxis breaking the law: IRR poll

About half of South Africans on average have seen or experienced taxis breaking the law. “The most common of these infringements was a driver breaking the rules of the road, which 74% of all respondents (70% of minibus users) said they…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has had to make big decisions since becoming president.Image: TimesLIVE

Cyril Ramaphosa’s biggest moves since taking up the presidency

February marks 12 months since President Cyril Ramaphosa took the reins from Jacob Zuma. From his drive to bring in R100bn in investments to cleaning up state-owned enterprises, here are five moves we’ve seen from the president.…

Three men have been arrested after a mother and her son were found dead in Gamalakhe, KwaZulu-Natal.Image: iStock

Trio in court after mother and son found dead at home

Three men suspected of being behind the double murder of a mother and her son last week are expected to appear in the Ramsgate Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The decomposing bodies of Doris June Ntozakhe, 73, and her son, Sfiso, 35, were…

Ahmed Seedat confessed to killing his wife Fahima Yusuf in August last year and then burying her body in a shallow grave at their home in Perth, Australia.Image: Fahima Yusuf via Facebook

SA man who admitted to killing wife in Australia awaits his fate

A psychologist’s report is likely to shed light on what lead a former South African accountant to bludgeon his wife to death and bury her in their backyard in Perth, Australia. Via a video link from his Hakea prison cell, Ahmed Dawood…

One percent of South Africans earn more than R48,753 a month.Image: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Money matters: Are you part of the 1%?

The Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit created an income comparison tool to see how income is distributed across South Africa. Only 1% of individuals in South African households earn R48,753 or more per month. SALDRU…