Business
In today's headlines: How many wealthy people are there in South Africa? A new report suggests that there are just over 2,000 individuals with net assets of $10m (R150m) and more and just under 40,000 South Africans with net assets of about $1m (R15m) or more. In his weekly newsletter to citizens President Cyril Ramaphosa lambasted business for failing to hire enough senior black executives, but when it comes to improving female board representation, South Africa is right up there with countries that have performed best. Zimbabwe’s mining industry has appealed to the government for help, saying output is declining as fast as the state-owned power company fails to honour electricity-supply contracts, reports Bloomberg. Where do dogs come from? What is their relationship to wolves? Where do Homo sapiens come from? What is our relationship to other human species such as Neanderthals, Denisovans and Homo erectus? The secret is Survival of the Friendliest.