Financial regulators have fined Ant 7.12 billion yuan ($984 million), the People’s Bank of China said, concluding more than two years of investigations into the financial technology firm founded by billionaire Jack Ma. Tencent has been fined 2.99 billion yuan, according to central bank data on Friday. Shares of Ant’s Alibaba Group Holding Company rose … Read more
It is the largest cycling race and the third largest sporting event in the world, yet not much is known about why. Tour de France: Unchained is an eight-part documentary series that uses 21 stages of the 2022 Tour to show why this 3328km competition is so important. It gives a behind-the-scenes view of the … Read more
Ai-Da Robot is the first AI robot artist and he is pictured during the UN Global Summit on AI for Good, giving the keynote address on July 07, 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images by Aidan Miller) A runner or runner is turned upside down by a small calf in a bullring … Read more
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The South African Football Association (SAFA) has said it will prosecute Bart Henderson for defamation and breach of the Personal Information Protection Act (Popia). In June 2023, Henderson—a fraud risk and reputation management consultant by profession—published a forensic report alleging numerous irregularities within Safa. With fingers pointing at association president Danny Jordan. Safa has been … Read more
This is notwithstanding the payment of about R500,000 to her registered attorney, Shine’s solicitor, out of the R4 million adjudicated to charge Mkhwebani for the legal costs of the last round of her impeachment proceedings. Qubudile Dyantyi, the committee chair, said in a statement on Friday that Chaane had sat on the Mkhwebani matter for … Read more
Joburg residents should brace themselves – and start filling their water pails – before a scheduled maintenance shutdown that will knock out water across the city next week. Johannesburg Water says this shutdown is necessary to complete maintenance and modernization requirements at Rand Water’s Eikenhof pumping station. As Rand Water supplies water to Johannesburg’s reservoirs, … Read more
