In the ever-evolving business landscape, the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked widespread discussions about the future of various job roles.
South Africa’s largest private health-care network expects diesel costs to more than quadruple to R165-million this year as it runs generators to help contain the impact of rolling blackouts. Generator diesel costs increased to R67-million in the six months through March from R10-million a year earlier because of the consistently high number of power cuts and increased fuel costs, Netcare said in its earnings report on Monday. The company is among a growing number of businesses that are being forced to rely on alternative sources of electricity as State-owned Eskom implements daily blackouts because it can’t meet demand.