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Here are a few things you need to know as Saudi stocks start trading on Wednesday. stc is considering an initial public offer (IPO) for its 100%-owned subsidiary, Arabian Internet and Communications Services Co. (solutions by stc), on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Yanbu National Petrochemical Co. (Yansab) announced the scheduled shutdown of two plants to carry out preventive maintenance work. National Commercial Bank (NCB) completed issuing additional Tier 1 sukuk at a value of $1.25 billion (SAR 4.69 billion). Al Moammar Information Systems Co. (MIS) announced that its 50%-owned subsid...

I had the nightmare again last week, right before the annual celebration. I’m in a crowd of people and I’m back smoking a pack and a half of cigarettes a day. A wave of utter hopelessness washes over me. How did I get here? I had quit — and now I know for certain I’ll never be able to quit again. Then I wake up with such a feeling of relief I could cry. It was 30 years ago on Jan. 31 that I really did quit after smoking for the previous 30. I started when I was 13, stealing packs of Salems from my mother and then, big hero, sharing them with friends.

26 January 2021, 10:38 PM  |  Lerato Matlala  |  @SABCNewsOnline Image: SABC NewsJonas Gwangwa is a renowned trombonist, composer and cultural activist who was born in Orlando East, Soweto. Tributes continue to pour in for legendary jazz musician Jonas Gwanga, who died on Saturday. With more than 30 years in the music industry, many are honouring the trombonist f...

The Oscar-nominated trombonist used music as a rallying cry against apartheid and spent years in exile

Trombonist heralded by president Cyril Ramaphosa as ‘a giant of our revolutionary cultural movement’