BREAKING NEWS | Herman Mashaba named ActionSA Joburg Mayoral candidate
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BREAKING NEWS | Herman Mashaba named ActionSA Joburg Mayoral candidate

SOWETO -"EN-GB">ActionSA has announced its leader, Herman Mashaba, as the party's mayoral candidate for Johannesburg in the upcoming Local Government Elections. Mashaba, who served as Johannesburg mayor from 2016 to 2019, was unveiled in Soweto after emerging as the preferred candidate from a shortlist of five. The 2026 mayoral race is expected to be fiercely contested. The City of Gold faces mounting issues including infrastructure decay, service delivery failures and a worsening water crisis. Mashaba said his campaign will focus squarely on fixing the city ,
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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare seeing ‘good growth’ across hospital products
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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare seeing ‘good growth’ across hospital products

Navigation for News Categories Photo: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has upped its full year revenue and profit guidance on the back of "good growth" in its full range of hospital products. "We have continued to see good growth across the full range of our hospital products so far during our second half," managing director Lewis Gradon said. "While relative seasonal respiratory hospitalisations in the northern hemisphere winter may continue to impact the second half result, our performance to...
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Kucoin told to halt new EU business due to compliance staffing shortfalls
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Kucoin told to halt new EU business due to compliance staffing shortfalls

Business Business Kucoin told to halt new EU business due to compliance staffing shortfallsBusiness Austria's financial regulator said Kucoin EU must appoint an anti-money-laundering officer and deputy officer, as well as a sanctions compliance officer and deputy. Feb 23, 2026, 10:24 a.m. Austria's financial regulator said it prohibited the European arm of KuCoin from conducting new business and onboarding customers after the crypto exchange lost key compliance staff just months after gaining a Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) permit to operate across the European Union. KuCoin EU no longer has key function holders in anti-money laundering (AML) and prevention of terrorist financing roles, according to a statement from the regulator, the FMA, which granted the license in November. The freeze will last until the firm appoints the necessary compliance reporting staff, it said. The effective...
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Curve Founder: DAO Disputes Signal Strength, Not Weakness
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Curve Founder: DAO Disputes Signal Strength, Not Weakness

Egorov argues that internal disagreement indicates active participation rather than instability in decentralised governance systems.A disputed US$6.3m grant and a later 80% turnout vote illustrate how contention can drive engagement.A separate Aave conflict highlights unresolved tensions around fee flows, IP ownership and legal standing.Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance, has argued that disagreement within decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) is a sign of health rather than dysfunction. DAOs operate through smart contracts and member voting to oversee onchain protocols, forming a decentralised governance structure distinct from traditional companies. Egorov said that when proposals pass without resistance, it often reflects disengagement. “If everyone automatically agrees on something, it feels like people just don’t really care. They vote for whatever comes in, or they don’t participate at...
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