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 | VUYISWA MUTSHEKWANE Many emerging landlords, small business owners, contractors and commission-based earners who operate in the property sector are facing an uncertain and bleak future... read |
|  | | Companies, which are registered through the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission's (CIPC) BizPortal to perform essential services during the lockdown period, will be required to have a new certificate from the BizPortal website for the extended period of the lockdown... read |
|  | MATTHEW KIBBY Business changed overnight when President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Those businesses that are still hiring during this difficult time will also need to change their hiring processes and policies. Nearly every aspect - from interviewing to onboarding - has changed... read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | All the winners of the 2020 Radio Awards were announced online by host and comedian Loyiso Madinga... Read |
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 | ATSUKO TODA AND DR MARTIN FREGENE The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems... Read |
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 | The Covid-19 lockdown has seen a global increase in demand for online English teachers. With average salaries between R190 and R560 per hour, depending on experience, teaching English online could be the solution for South Africans who find themselves struggling to make ends meet due to Covid-19 job losses... Read |
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| Energy & Mining |
 | PHILIP KONIG With South Africa's demand for electricity having dropped by approximately one third since the beginning of the Covid-19- lockdown, Eskom is using this time to complete much needed short-term maintenance on several of its power stations.. Read |
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| Entrepreneurship |
 | DEON MBAILE Business leaders, as humans, are generally poor in detecting and acting on early change signals... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE #LockdownLessons: Eohan Lakey, founder of NOWNOW, a marketplace for local fashion designers and brands, shares his experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
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 | DR MAMPHELA RAMPHELE It has taken a tiny organism, SARS-CoV-2, to get even the most conservative traditionalists to accept that state institutions are essential... Read |
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| Healthcare |
 | KAREN HOFMAN & SUSAN GOLDSTEIN South Africa's health authorities are testing, quarantining and treating individuals who have been exposed to the new coronavirus. And the country is in lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread... Read |
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| Lifestyle |
 | South African visual artists will present their take on the country's current Covid-19 lockdown in the new Lockdown Collection online initiative... Read |
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| Logistics & Transport |
 | South Africa's road freight transport system is fundamentally different from those of other countries, with large fleets often running into triple-digit figures and requiring complex management... Read |
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 | KINGSLEY IGHOBOR Up to 20 million jobs in the formal and informal sectors in Africa could be lost because of Covid-19, according to a new study by the African Union... Read |
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 | MYRIAM BLIN The global economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic will be massive, with the International Monetary Fund forecasting the worst global recession since the 1929 Great Depression... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE #LockdownLessons: Tanya Long, Chief Operating Officer, shares with us how the coronavirus has impacted The Argility Technology Group... Read |
 | ALLON RAIZ As entrepreneurs, we need to be making the right decisions for right now to ensure that our businesses and our people's livelihoods do not become another casualty of the virus... Read |
 | JEFF LOMEY Everyone with a business will have to initiate, review or most likely rewrite all of their current business plans as a result of the global lockdown... Read |
 | Entrepreneurial businesses both small and medium have been particularly hard hit in these challenging times, and many are now facing an existential threat. However, there are ways to rethink their business models and adapt to a world which is unlikely to return to its old habits... Read |
 | JOHN EVANS The global outbreak of Covid-19 and the subsequent national lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2020 have undoubtedly impacted many companies... Read |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS The current Covid-19 crisis has given businesses an opportunity to live up to new ideals (or not). The trend towards business empathy is one of the more encouraging trends we have observed in recent weeks... Read |
 | With a rapid shift to remote work for so many South African companies, work styles have also shifted. One of the biggest changes has been how we meet... Read |
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