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Johann Rupert, chairman of the investment company Remgro, which has interests across banking, insurance, mining, and transport (including South Africa’s largest taxi operations) is set to assume full ownership of Mediclinic’s hospitals in South Africa and the Southern African region. As part of the restructuring, MSC’s subsidiary IHL will take full control of Mediclinic’s Swiss operations. The move is said to be designed to streamline ownership and allow each party to focus o

Recent articles propose that South Africa’s population may be significantly larger than the official estimate of around 63–65 million. These reports highlight data gathered by Fibretime, a fibre-network operator that used drone imagery, satellite mapping, household visits, and AI-driven modelling while working in townships and informal settlements. Their counts frequently showed many more households than official records indicate, and when these findings are scaled nationally