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
The South African alcohol industry is assisting the government's efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic by donating PPE worth almost R20m over two months...
11 Sep 2020
As e-commerce surges and the landscape continues to shift, will brick-and-mortar shopping fall by the wayside...
Issued by Lontana Apparel 3 Sep 2020
Women leaders in the healthcare sector discussed possible solutions to drive gender equity, the need to achieve growth and foster innovation for better health outcomes across the continent as part of the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) 2020 Dialogues series.
19 Aug 2020
Before coronavirus, inequality was already increasing in many parts of the developing world...
Kunal Sen 19 Aug 2020
Gauteng MEC for Health, Dr Bandile Masuku has denied claims that he influenced a R125m tender deal for personal protection equipment (PPE)...
28 Jul 2020
Prior to Covid-19 becoming a global reality, few existing contracts had appropriate provisions for its impact, specifically in the construction sector...
28 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has in this time of unprecedented demand for essential goods revealed many vulnerabilities in supply chains, logistics and fulfilment operations...
Andrew Dawson 22 Jul 2020
Following the implementation of Level 3 lockdown, one particular property sector is making waves and has seen a noticeable spike in activity...
24 Jun 2020
City Lodge Hotel Group is starting to open up its hotels in a phased response to business traveller demand as South Africa moves to Level 3 alert of the lockdown from 1 June 2020...
Issued by City Lodge Hotel 3 Jun 2020
As South Africa enters Level 3 lockdown, sectors across the country, including wind power construction teams, are facing more stringent health and safety regulations than ever before...
3 Jun 2020
While the National Home Builders' Registration Council (NHBRC) provincial offices will resume full service operations next Monday, 8 June, satellite offices will be phased in gradually...
1 Jun 2020
As the number of Covid-19 infections moves over 21,000, both public and private healthcare is going to be under constant pressure...
Issued by Bonitas 26 May 2020
Let's not allow the very real challenges of the virus overshadow the progress Africa has made...
Pieter Bensch 25 May 2020
How we step up to the challenges and opportunities presented by the Covid-19 pandemic will be our legacy, says Carole Podetti-Ngono, founder and managing director at Valued Citizens Initiative...
21 May 2020
The Basic Education Department (DBE) has postponed a briefing that was set to outline the phased approach to the reopening of schools amid the Covid-19 lockdown...
14 May 2020
As countries explore re-opening in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, it is important to our industry's recovery to look at how challenges across the supply chain may affect the agriculture industry.
12 May 2020
Local company Matus has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of R5.9m after it admitted to inflation of its gross profit margins with regards to essential hygiene products...
30 Apr 2020
There has been a proliferation of models which predict hospital admission rates when the Covid-19 infection rate accelerates, but there have been very little focus on what is happening in our hospitals right now...
Craig Getz 23 Apr 2020
SAB is donating 100,000 face shields, made from recycled beer crates, to the Gauteng Health Department...
20 Apr 2020
Regent Business School, a member of Honoris United Universities, has heeded the SOS call from healthcare professionals fighting Covid-19 across South Africa for Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)...
Issued by Regent Business School 9 Apr 2020
A team at the Faculty of Engineering from the North-West University (NWU), in collaboration with other experts involved in this unsettling battle, is rising to the challenge to support our government in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic...
Issued by North-West University (NWU) 9 Apr 2020
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has commenced production of 57,000 protective face shields...
9 Apr 2020
Sisi Safety Wear has launched a quarterly lifestyle magazine specifically targeted at working women in the industry...
3 Mar 2020
As the world moves quickly into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), South Africa finds itself at a tipping point...
Keith Matthews 12 Dec 2019
While South Africa's construction industry is firmly in recession, there is cause for optimism with the government's economic stimulus plan reported to inject billions into infrastructure development...
29 Oct 2019
"Nothing fits" has long been the lament of women working in male-dominated environments such as mining.
12 Dec 2018