A roundup of news updates including what life in Ukraine really looks like and a new view on the green hydrogen debate.

‘People are using them to scam individuals by saying that their relatives are being hijacked or they've been held ransom and getting people to pay ransoms for their release. We've seen a few instances of that,’ says Stephen Osler, Nclose co-founder and business director.

A roundup of news updates including a look at union reactions to the new government employee vetting process.

‘We don't have a problem with the upholding of safety on the road and ensuring that vehicles that are contrary to that are impounded, but it has to be done in accordance with the law. That's the basis of our argument,’ says South African National Taxi Council spokesperson, Rebecca Phala.

A round-up of news updates, including a look at threats by Santaco to take the City of Cape Town to court over the recent impounding of taxis.

A look at calls by Johannesburg residents for the city to reconsider property rate hikes and analysis of Ramaphosa's plans to fight corruption.

‘We have fridges full of chicken, so I don't expect a chicken shortage and neither do I expect that this duty will have a material impact in raising prices to the consumer,’ says the chief executive officer of the South African Poultry Association, Izaak Breitenbach.

A round-up of news updates, including a look at the impact of undersea cable damage on the internet.

Poultry sector's take around chicken tariffs and insights on what’s causing the delays at Koeberg.

‘What was the criteria which was used in order to release them or in this instance, which special type of treatment has been utilised in order to protect or maybe in order for the former president to be able to benefit,’ says legal analyst, Mpumelelo Zikalala.

A round-up of news updates, including a look at Correctional Services's decision on former president Jacob Zuma’s jail term.

The tourism sector welcomes the end of the Cape Town taxi strike, what the Lady R investigation found and the SIU updates on the Tembisa Hospital procurement investigation.

‘This is absolutely problematic for the country and takes us back significantly and we are already at the precipice, and things like this just create serious crises,’ says Business Unity South Africa’s chief executive officer, Cas Coovadia.