No sign that push into property is slowing

[Dr Andrew Golding] Cash-strapped homeowners with mortgages, who are faced with inexorably rising consumer costs across the board, will be relieved...

Repo rate decision appropriate for economy, property market

[Samuel Seeff] The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank to retain the repo rate at 7%...

Failed businesses: a path to entrepreneurial success

[Pieter Scholtz] Sometimes knowing when to start again is the best thing you can do as a budding entrepreneur. ActionCOACH's Pieter Scholtz discusses using a failed business idea as a platform for success...

#MandelaMonth: Why we love billboards that save the world

[Terry Murphy] For the past two years, the City of Cape Town has used a substantial number of Primedia Outdoor's billboards and bus shelters to highlight the problems around drug abuse; a campaign that has just rolled out once again in 2016...

Visualising The KeeganB Show

[Pasqua Heard] Keegan Basil, a 24-year-old radio presenter of The KeeganB Show on Hashtag Radio, recently started his own YouTube channel with the same title...

[Newsmaker] Jonathan Everest from Outdoor Network

[Beverley Klein] Jonathan Everest recently joined Outdoor Network's Johannesburg office as head of sales - Street Furniture. He plans to grow sales in the street furniture division, as well as expand the company's business offering...

#BizSoeknBoer: Meet Vergelegen winemaker André Van Rensburg

[Cari Coetzee] Vergelegen recently shared the good news that they are winning the fight against leaf roll virus. We asked Vergelegen winemaker André van Rensburg to share a little more...

Marketers, set up your ad agency KPIs to exceed yours!

[Bandile Ndzishe] Marketing directors and chief marketing officers are relentlessly building a complex web of marketing, communication, sales and promotions to put them in a position to sell more products and services than rivals in the fiercely competitive marketplace...

What matters is journalism, wild ideas and crazy people

[Danette Breitenbach] Good journalism is good business, and it is also an essential profession for the political and democratic health of any nation...

How long should a TV commercial be?

[Chris Brewer] It still amazes me that so many TV (and radio) commercials are 30 seconds long...

#MandelaMonth: Groupon harnesses the power of group buying to do good

[Jessica Tennant] As part of its Mandela Month contribution, Groupon South Africa is hosting donation deals on its website until the end of July 2016...

A fresh look at workplace performance management

[Wynand Smit] There's an increasing interest in workforce well-being, particularly when that workforce is largely deskbound. Apart from the health problems that can plague...

Brands and influencers - the struggle is real

[Anne Dolinschek] Brands in South Africa are slowly but surely starting to understand the influencer landscape. They are largely dependent on their public relations teams to educate them on this matter...

Three key leadership challenges for modern communicators

[Andre Fourie] Leaders have rarely had a more challenging time. Rapid technological disruption, a rebalance of world power, continuing economic uncertainty following the 2008 financial crisis...

Magic moments at the Michelangelo Hotel

[Angie Lawrence] Arriving at the Michelangelo Hotel, situated in the heart of Sandton on Nelson Mandela Square, we were immediately struck by the elegance and prestige of this beautiful establishment...

Want to know why the Kardashians have become so popular?

[John Sanei] "You don't sing, you don't dance, you don't have any talents," said Barbara Walters when she hosted the Kardashians on her show many moons ago. In his final press speech, Barack Obama also mentioned: "Kendall Jenner is here. I'm not exactly sure what she does..."