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News24 Business | Former Cape Town hedge fund boss can go on trial despite brain tumour, court finds
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed a bid by former investment manager Marc van Veen to halt his prosecution over R146 million in alleged hedge fund losses, rejecting arguments that a brain tumour left him cognitively unfit to stand trial.
Louis Maepa of Centurion first became aware of an unpaid MTN account in his name in January after receiving a call from the network service provider. But despite being cleared of the debt, the credit bureaux “blacklisting” has yet to be removed. He turned to Wendy Knowler for help last week.
A “Sharia Court” affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been terrorising foreign nationals in Johannesburg, shooting at vehicles and torching businesses when they refuse to pay extortion fees, according to a police detective’s affidavit before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.
A South African luxury train carrying foreign tourists to Zimbabwe for Easter collided with another locomotive on Friday, derailing carriages and injuring several people on board, the operating company and a local rail employee have said.
Sicelo Sakawuli’s journey from underprivileged schools in Eastern Cape to St Stithians College reveals the power of resilience and support. Through the Thandulwazi Maths and Science Academy, he overcame challenges, excelling academically and emotionally.
While Bo-Kaap residents have welcomed a City of Cape Town decision restricting large tour buses from entering the area, the move has angered tour bus operators who say it is likely to negatively impact the tourism sector and lead to a drop in revenue.
Pricing mistakes often happen – where items may scan higher than shelf prices, or you don’t get a discount owed to you. If you notice it on your till slip later, you’re entitled to a refund of the overcharge, or with some stores, a lot more than that, writes Wendy Knowler.
ActionSA president Herman Mashaba reposted fake texts purporting to show Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson’s most senior staff member “meddling” with an investigative journalist to “destroy” Independent Trust Board’s beleaguered chief executive Tebogo Malaka.
Donald Trump is studying whether he’s able to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, his top economist said on Friday, a day after the president publicly criticised the head of the central bank for not moving fast enough to slash interest rates.
In their first official engagements with the business and civil society sectors this week, the 66 new ANC KwaZulu-Natal leaders faced a baptism of fire from the two sectors, which levelled a barrage of criticism against the party and municipalities where the ANC governs in KwaZulu-Natal.