HASA slates WHO report on private hospital costs

[Nicci Botha] A WHO study claiming high private hospital costs in South Africa has been slated by the HASA. Or is the association just trying to defend its turf?

#AWSSummit: Egalitarian and fickle: the changing business landscape

[Lauren Hartzenberg] An Amazon Web Services Summit was held in Cape Town last week - the first of its kind on the African continent...

Health market inquiry: what we've learnt?

[Nicci Botha] The Competition Commission market inquiry into South Africa's private healthcare industry is tasked with getting to the bottom of possible anti-competitive practices...

A pinch, a punch or business as usual?

[Tiffany Markman] Are freelance creatives feeling or starting to feel the pinch of recession? If you are, is there anything you can do about it? I investigated...

The Inconvenience of Wings

[Terry Levin] Following rave reviews at the 2016 Grahamstown Festival, The Inconvenience of Wings, a play by acclaimed South African playwright and director Lara Foot, is on at the The Baxter Theatre until mid August.

Lloyd Cornwall chats Tomorrowland Unite

[Ruth Cooper] Tomorrowland Unite, the live streaming version of the massive Belgium music festival Tomorrowland, comes to the Ticketpro Dome in Joburg this Saturday, 23 July.

Do's and don'ts of digital marketing

[Simon Campbell-Young] These days, it is no longer a question of if companies should execute a digital marketing strategy, but rather how to best execute a meaningful and engaging approach that generates results...

User journeys are broken

[Mike Saunders] Fifty digital enthusiasts tucked themselves into a trendy venue in Durban to discuss 'Design Thinking' and 'User Experience' at our latest edition of Digital Swarm...

Why system integration is good for business

[Lindsay Britz] The global market for system integration is booming, and South Africa is no exception. IDC predicts that IT services spending, including system integration...

Self-driving cars and insurance - Gigantic losses or innovation opportunity?

[Ané Theron] Imagine a world where you can summon your car via an app on your phone...

PMA Fresh Connections designed for SA fresh produce sector

[Cari Coetzee] We interviewed Lindie Stroebel, the new GM for PMA SA...

SA leads way with 11 startups among DEMO Africa finalists

[Tom Jackson] DEMO Africa, which began life in Nairobi, Kenya and has taken place in Lagos, Nigeria for the last two years, will take place in Johannesburg...

FNB's IT incubators hatch innovators

[Nicci Botha] FNB has put together a number of think tanks to support budding entrepreneurs and merge IT and business to foment its fintech initiatives...

[Orchids & Onions] Tuned into what matters most

[Brendan Seery] Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) and its ad agency, Ogilvy, has always been tapped into what makes South Africa tick - or at least that part of South Africa that is a potential market for vehicles...