What South Africans want from bars and restaurants

Photo by Helena Lopes via www.pexels.com An executive summary of the study reveals a promising outlook for South Africa’s on-premise beverage market, particularly in the spirits and cocktails sectors. Despite ongoing economic challenges, including a cost-of-living crisis, South Africans continue to prioritise dining and drinking out, with half of the population visiting on-premise venues weekly….

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Markets optimistic as Trump returns to the White House

4 minutes Investors welcomed Donald Trump’s second inauguration, anticipating a pro-business agenda, while remaining wary of his protectionist trade policies, particularly his stance on tariffs. During Trump’s speech, stock futures traded higher, with contracts on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, the Nasdaq 100 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading up between 0.4% and…

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Arsenal pay heavy price for lack of ruthlessness

PSG’s Fabian Ruiz, Marquinhos, Joao Neves, Lucas Hernandez celebrate after the match 3 minutes On the eve of Arsenal‘s Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris St Germain (PSG), manager Mikel Arteta said his players needed to be in the right place at the right moments to have a chance of reaching the final in Munich….

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HSBC and Bidvest Bank fined millions for non-compliance

Source: Reuters. The South African Reserve Bank imposed sanctions on Bidvest Bank for failing to comply with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act following a 2022 inspection. The bank did not implement its risk-management and compliance programme (RMCP) for the assessed trade-based transactions. The Prudential Authority fined Bidvest Bank R5m for non-compliance, with R2.5m suspended for…

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Ashes Test tickets sell at record rate

England’s Ben Stokes signals for a review after dropping a catch from Australia’s Steve Smith off the bowling of Moeen Ali Cricket in the Ashes Fifth Test at the Oval, London, Britain on July 31, 2023. 2 minutes Tickets for the Ashes series were snapped up at a record rate when they went on sale…

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Alleged online drug dealers remanded in custody

Pharmaceutical tablets and capsules are arranged on a table in a photo illustration. 1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Gauteng says additional charges may be brought against four people accused of being part of an online drug syndicate. The accused Norman Brits, Henry Crail, Mona-Lize Grobler and Cailin De Bruin appeared before the Pretoria…

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