South Africa's nuclear sector has failed its test: the Koeberg nuclear plant life extension
Aug 21, 2022 17:23 pm UTC| Science Economy
South Africas only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, has frequently been in the news in 2022, all for the wrong reasons. Its operating licence expires in 2024, and its continued operation thereafter depends on critical...
Aug 21, 2022 17:19 pm UTC| Economy Business Politics
The ability to move products from A to B has been affected by COVID and Brexit-related bottlenecks in recent years, as well as rising concerns about the environmental impact of how companies supply our goods. The...
Aug 21, 2022 17:17 pm UTC| Economy Law
The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of clean energy. But pouring money into technology is just one step...
Indonesia's ‘Super Apps’: will they be another waste of state budget?
Aug 21, 2022 17:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Indonesias Ministry of Communication and Informations (Kominfo) plan to merge around 24,000 government apps into just eight apps, which they call Super Apps, is worth closer scrutiny. As of today, the government has...
Inflationary psychology could make things worse, but for now it's in check
Aug 21, 2022 17:15 pm UTC| Economy
With the world is experiencing inflation levels not seen since the 1980s, central banks are caught between warning of the dangers of an 1970s-style inflationary spiral, and contributing to that spiral by talking about...
Inflation: why it's very unlikely to get back below 2% for years to come
Aug 21, 2022 17:14 pm UTC| Economy
Inflation in the UK and eurozone is still getting worse. UK prices rose a whopping 10.1% in July compared to a year earlier, while those in the eurozone went up 8.9% breaking longstanding records in both places. Contrast...
Starbucks’s COO is leaving as the role has been eliminated under the restructuring scheme
Aug 19, 2022 10:36 am UTC| Business Economy
Starbucks is reorganizing its management, and it decided to remove the chief operating officer position. As a result, the coffee chains current COO is leaving the company after two decades of service. Starbucks is said...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects