AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY 25bps rate cut provides relief for the agricultural sector in tough times[Paul Makube] The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) cut the benchmark repo rate to 8% and raised its growth outlook, citing increased confidence from stabilizing electricity supply and spending from the new two-pot retirement system... | |
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT Catapult your team’s performance – this is how - ActionCOACH SA Business Coaching[Harry Welby-Cooke] The recipe for business success is, and likely will remain, a work in progress as the corporate world experiences new trends, changing technology, and a shift in professional mindsets with each passing generation... | |
ENERGY & MINING New SA National Petroleum Company gets Compcom nodThe newly formed SANPC will operate as a subsidiary of the CEF | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Huawei unveils familiar looking Watch GT 5 seriesHuawei Watch GT 5 doesn't change the design much from last year. | |
FINANCE & INSURANCE From Struggle to State Capture: Remembering Pravin GordhanSource: @PresidencyZA/X | |
LEGAL ConCourt grants extension to GNU for Marriage Act amendmentA view of the Constitutional Court. | |
FINANCE & INSURANCE SA economy under strain as MPC opts for modest repo-rate cutSource: Reuters. South African Reserve Bank's Lesetja Kganyago. | |
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY Food inflation ends 8-month decline, rising 4.1% year-on-year in August[Paul Makube] South Africa’s consumer price inflation slowed in August 2024 to its lowest in 40 months, falling below the Sarb’s target. Monthly inflation rose slightly but remained below the previous month's increase... | |
FINANCE & INSURANCE Fed cuts by 50bps but with a less dovish outlookSource: 123RF. | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Vodacom launches R250 cloud-based phone, but no WhatsApp[Lindsey Schutters] To be fair to Vodacom, its R250 cloud phone is a more flexible solution for low cost smart functionality than the current feature phones… | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS Instagram launches Teen Accounts to pour water on legal inferno[Lindsey Schutters] Instagram Teen Accounts is Meta’s latest stop on the Mark Zuckerberg rebrand world tour… | |
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT Enhancing the value of age diversity in teams: Why wisdom work is the new knowledge work[Auguste (Gusti) Coetzer] In an ever-evolving professional landscape, the value of age diversity in teams has become more prevalent because there could be five generations in the workplace... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA South Africa's secret to creativity: Resilience bred out of adversitySource: © 123rf 123rf Vanessa Bosman, managing director SA, Just Design SA examines South African creativity | |
RETAIL The hidden power of eventing in boosting direct business sales[Terena Chetty] Terena Chetty, head of strategy at 1Africa Consulting, shares why hosting or participating in events are a significant driver of direct business sales for small to medium enterprises... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA #Exclusive: Dustin Chick: Enough of the OMGs – it’s time to ask, ‘what now?’Source: www.unsplash.com | |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE Urgent call for interest-rate cut to rejuvenate SA's property marketSource: 123RF. | |
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Insights into the fight against the construction mafia[Lindsey Schutters] The construction mafia has had a negative impact on South Africa’s economy and government is responding… | |
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY Simply Boer at Nampo 2024 offering affordable cover for farm workers - Simply Financial Services[Sam Fleming] Simply launched the Simply Boer campaign at this year’s Nampo Harvest Day, Africa’s premier agricultural expo... | |
CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING Milkor puts SA back on the advanced military engineering radarMilkor 380 is entirely locally developed and fabricated | |
AUTOMOTIVE SA's minibus market heats up with new Ford Tourneo[Imran Salie] The new Tourneo looks to grow its market share against the snazzy Hyundai Staria and posh Mercedes-Benz V-Class... |