With the Fourth Industrial Revolution underway, organisations that respond proactively and appropriately to technological changes will gain a competitive advantage...
Shriya Roy 16 Sep 2020
There's no doubt the Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally shifted the world of business, forcing organisations across sectors to rethink their business models and implement responsive operational changes...
Louis Retief 15 Sep 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic caught the country unaware, but several lessons can be drawn from the crisis as we look ahead into implementing the National Health Insurance (NHI)...
14 Sep 2020
Clicks' blunder was easily avoidable. Was it worth the gamble, if intentional, or will it damage the brand within the hair care sector, or in the larger brand equity. What was the damage?
mike broom 10 Sep 2020
The decisions we make today impact where we will be tomorrow. For many years business leaders have been travelling with their engine light on and avoiding the ever-increasing pace towards a more digital world...
Katlego Thulare 8 Sep 2020
For years now, South Africa's local fashion industry has been steadily trudging along. Many production and economic challenges face both local brands and designers, but the closest to their bottom line are inexpensive imports.
Samantha Chrysanthou 8 Sep 2020
In December 2017, South Africa's International Arbitration Act (IA Act) came into operation. The IA Act incorporated the UNCITRAL Model Law and was intended to bring South Africa's international arbitration laws in line with international standards...
Jackie Lafleur 7 Sep 2020
As South Africa settles into lockdown level 2, many businesses in the hospitality and travel sectors are struggling to differentiate themselves as they compete for the limited spend of a still wary public. Incubeta specialists look at practical digital tips to help local venues attract customers...
7 Sep 2020
One thing the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us is that relying solely on insight driven by historical behaviour is no longer viable...
Gary Allemann 3 Sep 2020
Media strategist Eve Pennington is concerned that fake news is clouding the efficacy of the published word...
Eve Pennington 1 Sep 2020
One industry that can attest to the importance of gender diversity, is the insurance sector - particularly liability insurance. Women possess a number of traits that make a significant impact in this complex and ever-evolving world.
31 Aug 2020
We continue to hear the lament about the low numbers of women CEOs, CFOs, and women in finance or in leadership and decision-making positions...
Thami Moatshe 27 Aug 2020
This Women's Month, we've showcased the incredible work of women in their respective fields of expertise...
Evan-Lee Courie 26 Aug 2020
As part of our Women's Month content feature and in the build-up to our panel discussion with some of this year's Gerety Awards all-female South African executive jury members, taking place in September, Jessica Tennant, senior editor: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity interviews Riverbed's founder and CEO Monalisa Sibongile Zwambila...
Jessica Tennant 25 Aug 2020
Too often women are told that in order to be successful in the workplace, they need to emulate men. This couldn't be further from the truth...
Shaun Lamont 24 Aug 2020
Social distancing is changing the way we do business and until we can 3D print all we need at home or the office, the delivery of goods still needs to be physically transported, delivered and accepted by the customer....
24 Aug 2020
We all know there are mountains after mountains of data out there - generating it is what our beloved Internet does, along with our smartphones and other connected devices...
Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 18 Aug 2020
The latest enquiries from the City Press journalist regrettably seeks once more to elevate anonymous emails beyond their merit...
Professor Ihron Rensburg, Issued by Vaal University of Technology 7 Aug 2020
When the dust settles, the humanitarian sector will need to take strategic steps to restore and strengthen its capacity to contribute effectively to a post-Covid world...
Reana Rossouw, Issued by Next Generation 7 Aug 2020
Mall Ads has re-launched Mall TV, with a renewed focus on targeting the mass market segment of the South African population...
Issued by Provantage Media Group 3 Aug 2020
Brian Mhlanga poses five vital questions that board members and the executive team need to ask themselves to ensure that the organisation gets the best possible chance at survival...
Brian Mhlanga 31 Jul 2020
![How Covid-19 has impacted print media [news and social media analysis]](https://biz-file.com/c/2007/567687.png)
Meltwater tracked and analysed news and social media to explore the impact that Covid-19 has had on the print media industry. The answer, the data seems to indicate, is not the end of print media, but rather, a 'new normal'...
Issued by Meltwater 23 Jul 2020
The higher education sector globally has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Academics have been discussing various aspects of the disruptions in a series of webinars organised by the University of Cape Town...
Salome Maswime, Kevin Marsh & Rifat Atun 20 Jul 2020
Some business projects when implemented are done with good intentions and there is a vision of how it is going to work...
17 Jul 2020
Going back to work amidst the Covid-19 pandemic is not a simple matter for most people, regardless of how keen they are to get back to routine. Almost four months have passed since the hard lockdown began. Many have not stepped into their workplace or seen their co-workers for over three months. Along with the seasons, a lot has changed...
15 Jul 2020
Meltwater will now provide print and broadcast content, monitoring and tracking to the African market. This now allows Meltwater to provide a complete 360° solution that covers 1,150 print and 70 broadcast sources in Southern Africa...
Issued by Meltwater 15 Jul 2020
As lockdown restrictions ease slightly in South Africa and some economic activities resume, the logistics and transport sector is likely to become a centre point of the "new normal: as consumers increasingly shift to remote shopping...
Gary Allemann 15 Jul 2020
There are thousands of global businesses, explains Jellyfish SA MD Charmaine Kelly, but at Jellyfish we believe we're one that's closely connected to every person, in every department, in every city, wherever they may be, around the world...
Issued by Jellyfish South Africa 15 Jul 2020
Defining digital enablement for the public sector and the value it delivers over the long and the short term is crucial...
13 Jul 2020
Independence is a cardinal pillar for organisations that are set up to deliver a public good. Their success depends on it...
Kalu Ojah 13 Jul 2020
"Women shouldn't shy away from leadership, especially during tough economic times such as these," says Shilpa Mehta, the newly elected first female president of The Entrepreneurs' Organisation Durban Chapter (EO)...
Evan-Lee Courie 10 Jul 2020
Managing and growing a business is no easy feat, this task becomes even more difficult when you factor in recessions, economic downgrades and pandemics...
Arnoux Maré 10 Jul 2020
The mining sector relies on stability and predictability to remain operational and productive. The current global predicament is something that no-one would've been able to predict until it was too late...
Nombasa Tsengwa 9 Jul 2020
On 14 June the South African Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy issued a controversial statement initiating a process that could lead to the construction of new nuclear power station...
Hartmut Winkler 2 Jul 2020
Every day, the incessant, belligerent and focused cyber crime syndicates endeavour to wear you down to the point of collapse by peppering your systems and network with assaults...
Issued by Axiz 26 Jun 2020
One of South Africa's top food safety experts has warned that the country cannot afford another food-borne outbreak like the listeriosis one of 2017...
22 Jun 2020
BusinessTech is the largest business news website in the country, and is read by eight million South Africans every month...
Issued by BusinessTech 19 Jun 2020
There is an increasing trend towards leveraging data-driven insights into student behaviour to enhance attainment, retention and student well-being...
Robert Speed 19 Jun 2020
In the pre-Covid-19 world, Industry 4.0 was driving automation and data exchange trends in manufacturing technologies and processes at an exponential rate. Now, Industry 4.0 has been accelerated even more...
18 Jun 2020
The value of printed advertising inserts to drive retail sales has been reaffirmed, just as consumers are again able to shop for (almost) anything...
15 Jun 2020
The World Health Organisation has warned that Covid-19 infection rates are likely to remain for a long time. There is therefore a need for countries to plan one step ahead of the epidemic curve...
Doyin Ogunyemi 3 Jun 2020
![Retail risk in Covid and post-Covid times - scoring an own goal [Part 1]](https://biz-file.com/c/2006/558546-120x120.jpg?3)
Ben Jansen van Rensburg elaborates on what the real issues are for retailers during the pandemic...
Ben Jansen van Rensburg 1 Jun 2020
In her authoritative book, Time to Think, author Nancy Kline talks about the importance of creating time to think...
Allon Raiz 29 May 2020
According to Ashley Motene, industrial psychologist and management and leadership programme developer at Sacap, SA educational institutions face the challenge of not just striving to fill the current skills shortages highlighted by the National Skills Development Plan 2030 and the SABPP People Factor Strategy but to also address the further competence needs to be highlighted by 4IR in the global context...
Issued by SACAP 29 May 2020
6DOT50 is stepping in with a new way to pay for essential goods, as Covid-19 takes its toll on the South African economy...
Evan-Lee Courie 26 May 2020
South African companies are increasingly looking to reduce costs in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Information Technology (IT) amongst the areas being targeted in their cost-cutting drives...
22 May 2020
It is only within the individual doctor-patient interaction that such an assessment can be made...
Philip Matley 19 May 2020
Tertius Carstens, the current CEO of Pioneer Foods, has been appointed CEO of PepsiCo sub-Saharan Africa with immediate effect...
19 May 2020
The scale of the national Covid-19 lockdown is unprecedented in living memory and entrepreneurs need to be making the right decisions...
Allon Raiz 18 May 2020