Sappi has joined businesses around the world in calling for ambitious, collective action for nature. Covid-19 is causing societies, businesses and governments around the world to focus on ways to emerge more economically resilient from the crisis...
Issued by Sappi 6 hours ago
The hospitality and tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa must adopt a new "adapt and innovate" modus operandi to meet the challenges produced by the Covid-19 pandemic...
Mark Havercroft 6 hours ago
If South Africa is to ever thrive, it needs to evolve and truly start to compete in the knowledge economy...
Glenn Gillis 7 hours ago
The need for companies to be more agile in the way they operate is on the increase, and so is the upward trend of job-seekers contracting, micro-jobbing and gig working. Here's why....
Phillipa Geard, Issued by RecruitMyMom 7 hours ago
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is running a free webinar for crypto enthusiasts across South Africa...
Issued by Binance 7 hours ago
Francois Kriel, change management consultant at Kriel & Co, agrees that data is no different than oil...
Issued by Kriel & Co 7 hours ago
The ripples of the national lockdown are still being felt by the South Africa's construction industry. Unexpected delays and disruptions have resulted in increasing construction costs...
9 hours ago
For Africa to not just survive the current pandemic, but to thrive, investment into digital infrastructure is inevitable...
Ryno Rijnsburger 9 hours ago
When Anadarko Petroleum Corp. confirmed last year it would be constructing a $20bn liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Mozambique, this was major news...
NJ Ayuk 10 hours ago
We (the citizens) need to re-establish an ecological healthy relationship between nature and culture...
Bonani Madikizela 10 hours ago
As the deadline for the post-Brexit trade talks between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) looms, concerns have arisen as to whether the two parties will be able to conclude a deal...
Mills Soko 12 hours ago
Health crises are not new in Africa. The continent has grappled with infectious diseases on all levels, from local (such as malaria) to regional (Ebola) to global (Covid-19)...
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Ellis Adjei Adams & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie 12 hours ago
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought disruptions and devastating impact on the South African economy with several businesses reeling from the effects of this pandemic. The South African and global economy has taken an unexpected turn and this has had dire consequences on businesses...
Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 3 days ago
The sounds emanating from the property market in recent months seem to point to two almost totally different worlds...
John Loos 3 days ago
Energy security and cost, logistical port and rail bottlenecks, regulatory uncertainty, modernisation, social tensions with communities and organised labour, and crime, including illegal mining are some of the key issues...
3 days ago
With Covid-19 having accelerated the need for socio-economic development, sustainability and societal impact continue to gain traction and recognition among the investment management and investor communities alike...
3 days ago
The decision by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to retain the repo rate at 3.5% (home loan base rate at 7%) is welcome news...
Samuel Seeff 3 days ago
At the outset of the Covid-19 lockdown, agriculture and the food sector were classified as essential services to avoid disrupting the nation's food supply. But there were always concerns about whether the agricultural value chains and logistics could work efficiently when most other sectors of the economy had ground to a halt...
Wandile Sihlobo 3 days ago
It's easy to fall into the doom-and-gloom trap of how the current pandemic will forever change the face of cities...
Patrick McInerney, Christoph Malan, Catharine Atkins and Malika Walele 3 days ago
KZN businesses get major traffic/sales boost with help from East Coast Radio...
Issued by East Coast Radio 3 days ago
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 3 days ago
As developing nations reel from the impact of the novel coronavirus and national lockdowns, communities and households are seeing their collective resilience and wellbeing put to a rigorous test...
Andy Jury 3 days ago
Since taking over as the managing director for Michelin South Africa, Marcus Baffoe-Bonnie has led the business, and its 10 cluster of countries, through major shifts that have built on the work of his predecessors...
Issued by Havas Johannesburg 17 Sep 2020
The GoDaddy Global Entrepreneurship Survey, which looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the world's smallest businesses, has been released...
17 Sep 2020
For years, we've been told that entrepreneurs are key to South Africa's economic growth and job creation...
Philani Sangweni 17 Sep 2020
Approximately 5,200 retail industry jobs will be saved, as Edcon announced this week that the sale of parts of the Edgars business in South Africa to Retailability Ltd has been implemented...
17 Sep 2020
South Africa's alcohol industry welcomed last night's announcement by the government to place the entire country on Alert Level 1, but raised concerns about the continued restrictions for off-consumption sales...
17 Sep 2020
Despite the debilitating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa remains committed to promoting the well-being, socio-economic development and upliftment of the country's people...
17 Sep 2020
The most recent figures released by the Association for Savings and Investments South Africa (Asisa) show a historic influx of investment into local unit trusts over the last quarter...
Anet Ahern 17 Sep 2020
Business and Arts South Africa NPC (Basa), in partnership with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), is expanding the scope of its Scale-Up Programme, with the addition of phase two, which includes a mentorship and funding component...
Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 17 Sep 2020
Locally sourced products and services comfort consumers, meeting their new needs for hygiene and spreading feel-good stories that celebrate the best of our diverse culture...
Karin Du Chenne 17 Sep 2020
Government has developed an integrated plan, incorporating all law enforcement and prosecution authorities, to police and secure the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's rail infrastructure.
17 Sep 2020
"As an industry we have come together and worked tirelessly to ensure that travel is both safe and normal for our visitors and guests... It is my sincere hope that this collaboration continues and that public and private sector stakeholders work together to get South Africa's tourism, travel and hospitality community back on their feet..."
17 Sep 2020
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement that the country's borders would open to international travellers under the strictest conditions, the South African tourism sector has promised to keep these incoming travellers safe...
17 Sep 2020
Addressing a virtual celebration of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries deputy minister Makhotso Sotyu said...
17 Sep 2020
It's been a long six months, but the data is finally showing that South Africa has traversed the Covid-19 peak, and the infection rate is holding steady enough for the country to move to level 1 restrictions...
17 Sep 2020
Following the economic downturn and immense pressure placed on businesses as a result of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing global lockdown, National Treasury, the South African Reserve Bank and the Banking Association of South Africa announced the launch of the Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Scheme...
Chantel van Zyl and Penjani Mseteka 16 Sep 2020
Sustainability has become somewhat of a buzzword in recent years and for good reason. From best practise and sustainability within the workplace to multinational manufacturers going green, the increasing importance of it is all around us...
Issued by Topco Media 16 Sep 2020
Side hustling. It's what you're doing when the clock strikes five, and everyone else kicks off their work shoes, it's what you're doing when most people's days are over, and yours is just beginning, it's what you're doing when you're using your creative fix to stash some extra cash...
Issued by OLX 16 Sep 2020
N'Gunu Tiny, founder and executive chairman of the Emerald Group, is an expert in fintech, blockchain and innovative tech...
Issued by Monetary Library 16 Sep 2020
The new three-year Afda BA Creative Writing programme will be structured to be responsive to this rapidly changing landscape, while offering integrated, rather than isolated creative writing projects...
Earle Holmes, Issued by AFDA 16 Sep 2020
The South African media landscape is poised for a major shift today as it welcomes to its fold the first-of-its-kind isiZulu-medium online business publication. Published by Likhanyile Media, the publication is called Umbele, which means the udder...
Issued by Likhanyile 16 Sep 2020
Every year, UCT's postgraduate management students who specialise in entrepreneurship are required to start a profitable business. Six students, who met through the course, founded Collars4Africa...
Evan-Lee Courie 16 Sep 2020
Investors should not place too much significance to the detailed value projections that often accompany preliminary economic assessments (PEAs) as the basis for production decisions in mining projects...
16 Sep 2020
With the release last week of South Africa's GDP Q2 figures and President Cyril Ramaphosa's calls for a quick and bold plan to place South Africa on a "rapid growth trajectory", a spotlight is shone on tourism as the sector with the greatest potential to reignite South Africa's economy, sustainably...
16 Sep 2020