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Bruce Whitfield, Justice Malala and Clem Sunter at Deloitte's State of the Nation breakfast. Photo: Terry Levin
Going, going Gordhan
[Terry Levin] Amid a cliffhanger of a week of political manoeuvring and social unrest, Justice Malala focused on reasons to be cheerful... read
Thinking out of the box on pension savings
Thinking out of the box on pension savings
Faced with convincing their employees to increase their pension contributions, Microsoft came up with some innovative ideas... read
Source: World Economic Forum
Gordhan responds to bombshell summons
NPA issues summons against Gordhan in surprise move... read
Insurance & Actuarial
Counting the cost of #FeesMustFall and other protests
Counting the cost of #FeesMustFall and other protests

Sharon Snell

The 39% increase in the severity of insurance claims is directly attributable to increases in service delivery and student unrest... read
S&P has poor view of insurers' growth
S&P has poor view of insurers' growth
Profitability among SA's short-term insurers is expected to weaken, as negative market growth prospects hamper their ability to boost premium income... read
Accounting & Auditing
Nicolaas van Wyk
#IAFEI: Nominations open for Top African CFO of the Year 2017 award
The economy, BRICS, cyber security, tax and financial management will be discussed at the 46th World CFO Congress in Cape Town from 9-11 November 2016... read
Education & Training
Women in Business: Financing your Business event for women entrepreneurs
Women in Business: Financing your Business event for women entrepreneurs
Nasedi Media & Communications will host the Women in Business: Financing your Business panel discussion, in partnership with Wits Business School and Absa Enterprise Development, on 2 November 2016... read
Financial Services
PSPs collaborate to enable South African retail websites to sell into high growth markets
PSPs collaborate to enable South African retail websites to sell into high growth markets
To enable South African retail websites to sell into high growth markets, leading payment service providers PayU and Computop have entered into a partnership... read
Stokvels and burial societies come in from the cold
Stokvels and burial societies come in from the cold
Communal savings programmes such as stokvels and burial societies have always operated on the perimeter of the formal financial product sector... read
Markets & Investment
Eskom challenged on power purchasing
Eskom challenged on power purchasing
One of the renewable energy associations has officially complained about Eskom's apparent refusal to enter into power purchasing agreements... read
SA government needs to stop the bleed
SA government needs to stop the bleed

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

Finding small plugs to fix the monumental leaks that cause overspending, inefficiency, corruption and fraud is the answer to South Africa's growing public sector problems, says Professor Norman Faull of the Lean Africa Institute ahead of Africa's 8th Lean Management Summit... read
#BeyondRetail2016: Can retail save the SA economy?
#BeyondRetail2016: Can retail save the SA economy?

Leigh Andrews

The question of retail's power to restore SA's economy was addressed by various speakers at the Beyond Retail 2016 event. These are the top outtakes from 'the economist's view' as shared by Dr Azar Jammine of Econometrix... read
Namibia eases business travel, encourages cross-border trade and investment
Namibia eases business travel, encourages cross-border trade and investment
Namibia is improving its business environment by... read
International
Max Levchin, co-founder of Affirm, Inc. which says it "offers consumers an alternative to traditional credit with a straightforward, transparent loan product" ©Drew Angerer ()
PayPal co-founder raises $100m for new payments startup
WASHINGTON - Affirm, a startup led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, said on Thursday it secured $100m in financing to expand its consumer lending business that aims to disrupt the credit card industry... read
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Business
How to set executive pay: A guide for rewards professionals
How to set executive pay: A guide for rewards professionals

Dr Mark Bussin

Executive pay is a trigger for many media commentators and shareholder activists, but the truth is that remuneration committees have developed several methodologies for tackling this challenging issue... read
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