Tamar Kahn

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

The SA Medical Research Council (MRC) has secured R400m in commitments from donor organisations willing to step into the breach after the Trump administration slashed support for scientific research in SA, provided the government matches their contributions rand for rand. The MRC has consequently increased its bid for emergency funding from the National Treasury from R150m to R400m, according to MRC president Ntobeko Ntusi.

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Retailer limits home deliveries to 50km radius from four hypermarkets in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

Researchers from the University of Bath have cast doubt on industry claims that heated tobacco products are less harmful than cigarettes, with a new study concluding that there is not enough evidence to demonstrate they are safer. Heated tobacco products use an electronic device to heat tobacco sticks to a high temperature: they release nicotine and other chemicals, but do not emit smoke.

1 week ago | shorturl.at | Tamar Kahn

Researchers from the University of Bath have cast doubt on industry claims that heated tobacco products are less harmful than cigarettes, with a new study concluding that there is not enough evidence to demonstrate they are safer. Heated tobacco products use an electronic device to heat tobacco sticks to a high temperature: they release nicotine and other chemicals, but do not emit smoke.

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Tamar Kahn

The National Treasury’s plans to increase funding for front-line services are hanging in the balance, after finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s decision earlier this week to scrap a contentious VAT increase. Officials are now hastily crafting a third iteration of the budget, which has to include savings of R75bn over the next three years to counter the revenue forgone by holding VAT steady at 15%. The new budget will be tabled in parliament on May 21...