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Assessments can’t be tick box exercises … if not done correctly, development will trump environmental conservation
Setting out the concrete facts in the Amazon-linked development in Cape Town in which Transnet sold land for a song
It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices
Icasa rules have prevented Elon Musk’s company from officially launching in the country, but thousands are still using the service illegally
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The chief executive of South Africa’s leading e-commerce company has called for an even playing field
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Subscription streaming services have become giants. Some will be lifted onto their shoulders and some will be crushed under their weight
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The movie tells the story of basketball’s most infamous sneaker, the Air Jordan
The pandemic may have disrupted the analogue business models of South African retailers to the online world. Amazon, unlike Walmart, is possibly an even bigger disruptor lying in wait
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Foreign direct investment will not create enough jobs to resolve the unemployment crisis
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The group had 1.54 million employees worldwide at the end of September, excluding seasonal workers
udgment halting the River Club development
in Cape Town was ‘induced by fraud’, full bench
of the Western Cape high court finds
This contentious development exposes our current approach to development, which is development at all costs, backed by politics, power and money
Mamongae Mahlare, group chief executive of Takealot, says the company is not intimidating sellers, which have increased from 120 in 2016 to more than 8 000
New cloud storage option will help accelerate the continents digital transformation and create jobs
Amazon plans to move into South Africa in 2023 and the world’s biggest online marketplace might give local companies a run for their money
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Open letter to Amazon boss asks that the company stop the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust from continuing construction work on a site sacred to indigenous people and of high environmental significance, despite court ruling
The country has lauded the upcoming launch of a new International Finance Centre in Nairobi as it looks to position itself as a tech startup hub
Most South Africans are not equipped to deal with armed robbers without the help of an armed response company.
Head of local government, environmental affairs and development planning Anton Bredell says judgment contains ‘number of errors’
Zenprop chief executive James Tannenberger, who stands to benefit financially from the River Club development, failed to address the substantive points of our original article
They can have positive and negative effects, such as restricting small-scale fishers access to the ocean or restoring endemic fauna
A court application to halt the River Club development has been opposed by the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust, the City of Cape Town and First Nations leaders
If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out
Wealthy foreign corporations colonise local markets and impose technologies of violence and control on local populations
As long as agribusinesses and global financial institutions continued to fuel and make money from global deforestation these carbon sinks will continue to be razed
Steven Hill thinks “digital operating permits” could be the key to reining in tech giants and protecting their users.
While Standard Bank and FNB ward off fintech disruptors, their digital-only competitors battle on the fringes
Lindiwe Sisulu and her adviser are accused of meddling in a R4-billion development in a sensitive Cape Town area meant to house Amazon’s Africa office
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The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide
The Covid-19 pandemic created wealth for some, including internet entrepreneurs, and poverty for many