News Bulletin of 24 April 2025, 7am

Openserve, has announced its hosting of the Southern Africa Telecommunications Association Annual Conference. The conference began yesterday and will end on Friday at the Sandton Convention Centre. The Annual Conference is the premier information and communications technology event in the Southern African Development Community region. It will feature panel discussions on some of the most pressing issues and opportunities, that are shaping the region’s digital future. OpenServe CEO Selby Khuzwayo: SOUND

Although economists in the country expected inflation to slowly start increasing, in March it decreased slightly. Headline consumer inflation decreased for the first time in five months, edging lower to 2.7% in March from 3.2% in February. This was due to lower fuel prices and softer inflation for education. Statistics SA says data shows that the fuel index softened by 0.4% from February, taking the annual rate from -3.6% to -8.8%. A litre of 95-octane petrol (inland) cost R22.34 in March, down from R24.45 a year before. The average price for diesel decreased to R22.80 from R24.85 over the same period.

Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s American Music Awards nominations with a total of 10, including artist of the year, album of the year (GNX) and song of the year (“Not Like Us”). He has three of the five nominees for favorite hip-hop song: “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin, “Not Like Us,” and “Luther” with SZA. Lamar, who already has three AMA's, could tie with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston for the most awards in a single year, should he win in all eight categories.