The collapse of the next industrial revolution

[Naseem Javed] Now that all the brilliance of the mighty popular World Economic Forum 2016 in Davos, themed as The Fourth Industrial Revolution, has been fully captured, streamed and indexed, it's time to find a revolt.

#DesignMonth: Getting people where they want to go

[Cari Coetzee] Urged by unreliable public transport and a desperate need to get to class on time, Devin de Vries and Chris King started an innovative company...

Feathering the nest: sound businesses practices

[Liesl Jobson] This emerging entrepreneur recently received his biggest business deal ever with 5,000 chicks on order for Christmas. He aims to move from supplying informal traders to...

How Andries Mabila got on track with tours and safaris

[Liesl Jobson] His desire to protect the animals in his care, and a gift for storytelling, inevitably led to Andries realising his full potential as the co-founder of Nghelekele Tours & Safaris...

Court rules that SARS must present all the facts in preservation orders

[Heinrich Louw] In The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service v Sunflower Distributors CC and Others, the court had to decide whether a provisional preservation order granted in favour of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) should be made final.

Moving into the 21st Century

[Danette Breitenbach] This year there's a streamlining of the PRISM Awards, not only in terms of categories, but also in terms of entries and judges with the implementation of a new online registration submission system...

Digital media: What's going to be big in 2016?

[Richard Lord] So here we are - 2016, with yet another year under our belts. 2015 held some interesting developments in the digital space...

CFO to CEO - the right brain shift

[Auguste Coetzer] A frequent corporate assumption is that the chief financial officer (CFO) is the CEO in waiting. This has often been the case in South Africa, but recent US research indicates this could be less and less likely...

Not all social media returns can be quantified

[Andre Steenekamp] As businesses start to dedicate more resources to managing their social media channels, the question that they are asking is how they should measure return on investment...

A significant and profound celebration of individuality

[Daniel Dercksen] The extreme truth of his hidden identity and acceptance of his true self sets an impassioned artist free in the exceptionally soulful The Danish Girl. It's the much anticipated new film from Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Miserables), and one that will make its mark in history.

Secrets to success in database company startups

[David Wicks] Toying with the idea of starting a database company? Worried about the success or failure of embarking on such a venture? What if I told you that you could easily succeed...

Five tricks digital content producers can't live without

[Phindiwe Nkosi] It is not always necessary to reinvent the wheel. One must, however, be constantly willing to interrogate if it is serving its purpose and can't be improved upon; and if so how...