Domestic

A group of cyclists from Mauritius, who stayed at a guest farm in Paarl this week had their mountain bikes stolen from a storage facility.

Four suspects have been killed during an armed robbery at a shopping mall in Edenvale, east of Johannesburg. One man was critically wounded and a sixth arrested.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority has lifted the suspension of the Air Operator Certificate for Comair, after a five-day-long suspension of flights by British Airways and Kulula.com.

South Africans can expect record fuel price increases in April with petrol projected to touch R24 a litre and diesel R23.60 a litre.

The Competition Commission (CompCom) issued a stern warning on Tuesday night to local airlines around price gouging, following the grounding of Comair at the weekend which has seen a surge in demand for flights on other airlines ahead of the upcoming long weekend.

McCain Foods South Africa has announced a voluntary recall of specific bags of frozen sliced green beans and stir fry. The company says in a statement it has confirmed that small glass fragments that came from a light fitting have affected a limited batch of products.

The Labour Court has dismissed a challenge to a company’s Covid vaccination policy. The court upheld the company’s vaccination policy which required employees to either be vaccinated or provide a weekly Covid negative test. The court ruled that introducing such a policy was not a breach of an existing employment contract. The judgment also provides some clarity to employers regarding when a mandatory vaccination policy will be lawful.

Market abuse complaints against Facebook and its WhatsApp subsidiary have been escalated to the Competition Tribunal for abuse of dominance over attempts to offboard messaging service GovChat from the WhatsApp Business platform. This follows a complaint lodged with the Competition Commission in November 2021 by GovChat and #LetsTalk against Facebook.

The University of Limpopo has expressed its shock after Accounting and Auditing Lecturer, Professor Mohamed Saber Tayob (51) was gunned down. He was jogging in Munik Road next to the Sterpark suburb in Polokwane at about 06:30 am on Sunday when the incident took place.