[Douglas Kruger] From Amoeba to Icon; where do you currently rank in your industry's natural progression? In this piece, I walk you through the seven stages of development as you strive to position yourself as an industry expert. [video]
13 Apr 2013 06:31
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Consumer Protection Act (CPA), which came into effect in April 2008, has far-reaching implications for vehicle buyers, particularly those interested in acquiring a used vehicle, yet there still is a lot of ignorance around with buyers being taken for a ride because they don't know their own rights.
22 May 2013 09:26
LONDON, UK: PwC is warning its public sector clients that spending constraints and staff cuts in the wrong places may leave the public sector open to fraud, as employees affected by redundancy (and suppliers faced with contract termination) seek to maximise their benefit on the way out. The report,
Navigating Your Way Through Stormy Waters, focuses on increasing risks in this area.
12 Nov 2010 07:59
Charles Pillai, having served the South African legal and financial services as the fourth Pension Funds Adjudicator, its first Ombud for Financial Services Providers, director of the Legal Resources Centre, lawyer and actor, died on Saturday 6 November 2010 from cancer, aged 57.
9 Nov 2010 07:22
LONDON, UK: Law firms see fall in fee income across the board but mid-tier come under most pressure, PwC survey shows.
8 Nov 2010 07:42
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Publishers Council (EPC*) has succeeded in getting its idea for 21st century copyright management accepted as one of just seven "Big Ideas" sought by the European Commission to forward its Digital Agenda strategy.
5 Nov 2010 11:43
Stricter controls relating to product information on all labels are being introduced by the Department of Health as part of Regulation R146, in an attempt to bring more transparency to the consumer market, and to crack down on manufacturers breaching the regulations.
5 Nov 2010 10:20
[Zeenat Moorad] The strike over wages between Pick n Pay and its employees belonging to The South Africa Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) is not good for anyone, for Pick n Pay, Neil Quirk told I-Net Bridge on Monday.
3 Nov 2010 12:56
[Michael Bleby] Pioneer Foods, the producer of Sasko bread, White Star maize meal and Tydstroom chickens, may be about to clear a longstanding cloud over its head by agreeing with authorities the extent of its fines for collusive behaviour.
3 Nov 2010 12:48
Carousel fraud, estimated to have cost the EU €5bn in lost tax revenues, will be eliminated from UK trading after changes to VAT regulations came into force this week.
3 Nov 2010 11:06
[Sanchia Temkin] Taxpayers will no longer have to back down if they feel they have been treated unfairly by the taxman, say tax analysts.
2 Nov 2010 14:06
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) has cancelled the registration of Sash Sahibdeen, a debt counsellor operating from Handy Square in Johannesburg, for contravening certain sections of the National Credit Act (NCA) and his conditions of registration as a debt counsellor.
2 Nov 2010 13:11
[Shannon Sherry] The makers and exporters of some of the best-known SA products derived from indigenous plants and organisms have laid themselves open to criminal prosecution by failing to acquire the necessary permits. Rooibos tea and SA's best-selling liqueur, Amarula Cream, are among many such products apparently being produced and exported without the required permits from the environmental affairs department.
1 Nov 2010 13:39
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