The roads construction sector has continued to experience a lack of work resulting in weak trading conditions while still carrying some excess capacity which is required for the current volume of work on hand...
Yaa Agyare-Dwomoh 26 Apr 2021
The main objective of CSI should be to implement meaningful programmes that have a positive, sustainable and measurable impact on communities...
Over 40% of brokers surveyed see office-bound companies revising their office space needs and in many cases downscaling. The planned downscaling is not only due to greater levels of work-from-home, however...
John Loos 25 Mar 2021
The Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) improved from 61 points in the fourth quarter of 2020 to 64 in the first quarter of 2021. This is the highest level of the Agbiz/IDC ACI since the second quarter of 2014...
According to the latest FNB/BER Building Confidence Index, more than 70% of respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions...
Local business confidence is expected to reach an index high of 94.7 in March due to lowering of lockdown restrictions to level one and increasing success of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out...
Dealers performed well in the retail space with an 84.3% share of the total market, with rental taking 10%, government 3.4% and sales to corporate fleets 2.3%...
For over a decade, the South African corporate tax rate has remained unchanged at 28%. This was so even in the face of a global trend which saw many countries reduce corporate tax rates...
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the pace of deterioration of South Africa's government finances because revenue collection has fallen, the cost of borrowing has increased and it has pushed our economy into its longest recession in over two decades...
Business owners remain confident that the economy will slowly start to stabilise in 2021 despite the series of blows it took last year...
Trevor Gosling 20 Jan 2021
Renewed lockdown regulations in key trading partner countries resulted in domestic mining production taking a nosedive in November as it dropped by an astounding 11.6% y/y...
Geoff Nölting 20 Jan 2021
The South African new-vehicle market continued to recover somewhat in December 2020, but the industry remains depressed as a result of the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, both locally and abroad...
Gero Lilleike 8 Jan 2021
Most South Africans are now understandably keen to see the end of 2020 and are hoping for better times in 2021, after what has been a rollercoaster year for SA's political economy...
Raymond Parsons 30 Dec 2020
A year that was - a difficult 2020...
John Hudson 21 Dec 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on massive changes to the manufacturing industry, which has had to adapt to new operating models, an evolving consumer market, and disruptions in supply chain processes, all while keeping the workforce safe and healthy...
Mark Wilson 17 Dec 2020
Eskom is still facing significant resistance from former managers and from some still in its employ in its transition from the grips of state capture, which has led to financial and operational difficulties...
Following a notable recovery to 51 points in quarter three of 2020, the Agbiz/IDC #Agribusiness Confidence Index rose to 61 points in quarter four, which is its highest level since quarter three of 2014...
The seventh edition of the Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue was held, this year, in a hybrid physical and digital format in Johannesburg...
Issued by Optimize Agency 30 Nov 2020
"So sorry, but there is no quick fix for developing professional communication skills." This statement is not music to any organisation or entrepreneur's ears...
Issued by Wits Plus 25 Nov 2020
The minister of finance Tito Mboweni hit the nail on the head during the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) when he said that it is not only investors who need confidence, but also the average South African...
Dr Andrew Golding 29 Oct 2020
A number of African countries have recently been decisions by credit rating agencies. Some have raised objections that the rating agencies lack understanding of their economic environment...
Misheck Mutize 20 Oct 2020
Although President Cyril Ramaphosa's Reconstruction and Recovery Plan addressed all the talking points in steering the country back to desirable growth levels in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, it fell short on tangible frameworks and deadlines....
As previously expected, the Covid-19 lockdown, and resultant deep recession, has been taking its toll on the commercial property market, dragging capital growth deeper into negative territory in the first half of the year...
John Loos 16 Oct 2020
The government has been urged to boost its support for research and development (R&D) in South Africa, to help the economy to weather the economic storms of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Leonie Stanley, customer service executive, Telviva shares insight into why excellent customer service is an internal journey...
Leonie Stanley 23 Sep 2020
The Sarb considered risks to both growth and inflation as balanced, and signalled no intention to make further cuts for the remainder of 2020. However, in the second half of 2021 we may see the first round of hikes...
Paul Makube 18 Sep 2020
The Monetary Policy Committee's decision to keep the repo rate stable was not entirely surprising, as the 300bps rate cuts for the year to date are still taking effect...
Dr Andrew Golding 18 Sep 2020
After deteriorating from the 50-point mark to 39 in the second quarter, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) rebounded to 51 in the third quarter of 2020...
Liesl Simpson, MD at Evolution PR discusses how an organisation can get the most out of their PR retainer...
Liesl Simpson 1 Sep 2020
The Zimbabwean government recently signed an agreement to pay 4,500 white farmers $3.5bn for infrastructure improvements on the land expropriated by the government during the chaotic land reform programme of 1997/8...
Misheck Mutize 11 Aug 2020
Bonitas Medical Fund reported its financial results for 2019, announcing bolstered reserves of R4.3bn during extremely difficult trading conditions...
Issued by Bonitas 7 Aug 2020
The agricultural sector is showing itself to be an anomaly, and it grew almost 30% during the financially turbulent first quarter of 2020...
Despite four consecutive quarters of contraction and ongoing challenges due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa's agriculture sector rebounded by 27.8% quarter-on-quarter...
Casey Delport 28 Jul 2020
The further reduction of the repo rate by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 3.5% takes the prime interest rate down to 7%...
Dr Andrew Golding 24 Jul 2020
The economic backlash of Covid-19 has prompted the government to come up with a recovery plan intended to restore business confidence, stimulating investments as well as safeguarding and creating jobs in the mining and energy sector.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have decreased across Africa in the first half of 2020 in terms of both volume and value, with some exceptions. Going forward, dark clouds remain over the M&A market in Africa in the short-term, but recent developments brighten the continent's prospects for medium-term recovery...
The ongoing Covid-19 crisis is primarily a health shock, but its impact on the economy has been severe and these sentiment results are a reflection of that...
The modern world is facing a unique and unprecedented time. Lockdown and social distancing measures have been introduced across the globe, with South Africa implementing some of the strictest regulations.
Lucy Desai 29 May 2020
The team at PayProp share their experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how their organisation is navigating these unusual times...
Sindy Peters 27 May 2020
At Saica's Leadership in a time of crisis webinar series, Investec's Chief Investment Strategist, Chris Holdsworth, shared insight on how the pandemic is shaping investment strategies...
Issued by SAICA 18 May 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has created immense risks to public and private sector organisations as they grapple with new business models...
Isabel Papadakis 18 May 2020
A slowing capital growth trend, into negative territory by 2019, has been in play in recent years. The coronavirus crisis is likely to add momentum to this correcting trend in 2020...
John Loos 4 May 2020
The Covid-19 hurricane has engulfed the world and all businesses are entwined in a whirlwind of uncertainty...
Tony Bales 6 Apr 2020
These are strange and unpredictable times. For the first time ever and as a result of the economic stranglehold that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has on markets, the United States has been downgraded...
Ian Matthews 30 Mar 2020
The survey of the first-quarter data was conducted between the final week of February and the first week of March 2020, which is a period before the spread of COVID-19 intensified across several geographies...
A new online marketplace to help SMMEs access the growing digital retail sector in Africa will launch by the end of March...
Lactalis South Africa is the new name for dairy company Parmalat SA...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its global passenger traffic results, which shows that passenger demand rose by 4.2% compared to 2018...
The Beat The Price New Car Demand Index for December 2019 reflects the nervousness in the local car market...