More than 1m on-road hydrogen vehicles by 2027

A new study from Juniper Research has found the number of hydrogen vehicles in service globally will exceed 1-million in 2027, from just over 60 000 in 2022 – a substantial growth of over 1 500%. Juniper Research defines hydrogen vehicles as vehicles that use...

Scammers go after Sassa beneficiaries

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has been made aware that social grant beneficiaries are being deceived to change their Sassa cards to take a certain unknown bank card. The scammers claim to be working for Sassa and advise clients to open an account...

What you need to know for the 2022 income tax filing season

The tax season for the 2022 tax year is around the corner and it will be one of the shortest to date, writes Reinert van Rensburg, expatriate tax legal specialist; and Jonty Leon, managing partner, attorney and tax practitioner at Leap Group. The period to submit tax...

The impact of debt on father figures

In most families, the role of a father figure is to provide for, protect and to ensure that the family’s financial wellbeing is managed. With the current financial pressures and increase in the cost of living, most families will find themselves under immense...

Covid online schooling left the poor behind

The mass shift to online schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately disadvantaged poorer children, who had a much smaller chance of accessing online education compared to children from wealthier households. Two years of lost and disrupted schooling have...

Path to meaningful global connectivity forged

The World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) concluded with the adoption of a forward-looking agenda to address the global connectivity gap that has kept 2,9-billion people around the world from using the Internet. Organised by the International...