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Stories from Sunday 1 November 2026

  1. Binance customers pull $3.5bn after $6.3bn heist

    timeslive.co.za · 2026-11-01

    Binance saw a spike in customers pulling money out after the exchange resumed withdrawals for a number of assets on Sunday, as it tries to recover from the theft of $6.3bn in tokens from its platform. Binance said it had now covered 95% of the stolen assets.

  2. Who can afford a holiday? These people

    iol.co.za · 2026-11-01

    South Africans took fewer domestic trips in 2025 than the year before, yet spent more getting there. Statistics South Africa's Domestic Tourism Survey recorded 29.1 million day trips, down from 33.5 million in 2024, and 24.5 million overnight trips, down from 26.2 million.