Based on official figures - which may be somewhat under reported - Covid-19 has not been as devastating in South Africa as initially feared...
Burtram C. Fielding 57 minutes 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 6 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
Ahead of the 2020 presidential elections in the United States, social media platforms have been attempting to define their participation and have been coming under fire...
Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 9 hours ago
2020 has seen more people speaking of "resilience" than ever before...
9 hours ago
The basic ingredients to the success of the acclaimed Netflix series, The Last Dance, show us how to really deliver value from archived and alternative content...
Issued by Levergy 11 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
Parliament has urged all South Africans to participate in the public consultation process to strengthen the current draft legislation dealing with gender-based violence (GBV)...
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
For both leaders and employees, the workplace is rife with emotional complexities, making it essential for all stakeholders to learn key communication and interpersonal skills. Arguably, one of the most important skills in any relationship is the ability to create and maintain healthy boundaries...
Julia Kerr Henkel 17 Sep 2020
According to the United Nations, South Africa's rural population, currently at just over 33%, will decline to 20% of the total population by 2050. While this seems like a step in the right direction, says FoodForward SA MD Andy du Plessis, even more people moving to already saturated urban areas with limited job opportunities will have a negative impact on vulnerable rural communities too.
17 Sep 2020
Bronwyn Williams has observed the ways businesses and brands have responded to the crisis, the one being cynical crisis capitalism and the other, authentic brand empathy...
Bronwyn Williams 17 Sep 2020
Tyrone Van Heerden, head of strategy at Iris, looks into the continuous trend of the cancel culture, the impact that it has on brands and how communications professionals can try and reduce the risk...
Tyrone Van Heerden 17 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
During the early stages of the crisis, organisations had to prioritise their most mission-critical functions to stabilise and pivot. Digital transformation emerged as one of those high-priority areas...
Robin Fisher 16 Sep 2020
Months into the global Covid-19 pandemic, policymakers have begun discussing what the "new normal" might look like in metropolitan environments...
Nate Plageman, Jennifer Anne Hart, Tony Yeboah 16 Sep 2020
Ipsos announces the launch of Creative|Spark, its new online solution to evaluate video creative in South Africa, which enables faster, better creative decisions to deliver business impact...
Issued by Ipsos 15 Sep 2020
Creativity is on the march across the retail landscape as sector players get to grips with shifting consumer values and influences in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic...
15 Sep 2020
The Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation (JCAF) is set to open to the public with an inaugural exhibition, which will run from 16 September 2020 to 30 January 2021...
15 Sep 2020
When thinking about resilience, we need to remind ourselves it is not about grit and tenacity. It is more than that...
Anja van Beek 14 Sep 2020
The MMA SA Smarties has launched its Business Unusual Categories alongside its core categories for 2020, as well as a new submission process. Thanks to its partners, it will be free to enter this year's MMA SA Smarties...
14 Sep 2020
When we look back on 2020, we'll remember it as the year everything changed. Customer communication is no exception...
Mia Papanicolaou 14 Sep 2020
'Jerusalema' by South African DJ and record producer, Master KG, featuring Nomcebo Zikode, has taken the world by storm as people around the world have now even created a dance challenge with the song...
Issued by Meltwater 14 Sep 2020
Sabrina Andreucci, strategic director at Social Media 101 writes that the Covid crisis has created an ideal opportunity for brands to engage with their consumers through social media...
Sabrina Andreucci 14 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
Unilever is removing TRESemmé products from local retail shelves for 10 days and is setting up a new diversity committee to oversee future advertising materials...
11 Sep 2020
Armand Mukenge, head of digital marketing at African Communications Media Group comments on brand integrity and new digital marketing strategy that could be beneficial to organisations...
Armand Mukenge 11 Sep 2020
Founder, managing director and thought leader, Wayne Flemming from Brandtruth// DGTL writes; "The internet lasts forever, but can your brand's reputation?..."
Wayne Flemming 11 Sep 2020
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant economic stresses and strained operating environment reflect in the major banks' results ending June 2020.
11 Sep 2020
President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent announcement of a substantial infrastructure development drive to address the economic impact of Covid-19 will go a long way towards stimulating recovery in the beleaguered construction industry...
Morag Evans 11 Sep 2020
This week the University of Oxford and Astra Zeneca temporarily postponed further vaccination in clinical trials of the Covid-19 candidate vaccine, AZD1222, after one of the participants fell ill...
Ina Skosana 11 Sep 2020
FAO has elaborated a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of Covid-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration...
QU Dongyu 10 Sep 2020
It only took half a year, but in that time the world as we know it changed forever. Even though certain aspects of life are likely to revert to type, there are both big differences and small variations which have affected much of how we'll do life going forward...
Leigh-Anne Acquisto 10 Sep 2020
The University of the Western Cape's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) hosted a webinar entitled Techpreneurship: Is this a viable option for your future?
Charleen Duncan 10 Sep 2020
Lyra, a new app-based education platform that uses innovative advanced speech recognition and touch screen analysis to teach reading and writing, has been launched by co-developers, WGI Worldwide Company and GE. Lyra will initially teach users how to read and write in English, and will be offered for free to people most in need of literacy skills...
9 Sep 2020
A R128m grant from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help fund a five-year multinational research study that Stellenbosch University is undertaking to investigate new tuberculosis (TB) tests...
9 Sep 2020
AutoTrader has recorded exponential growth in car searches year-on-year. Activity on South Africa's largest digital automotive marketplace rose from 32,4 million in April, to 39,9 million in May, to a high of 43,3 million in June, marking a full 76% increase when compared to June 2019...
Issued by AutoTrader 9 Sep 2020
African farm groups demand answers of Green Revolution Forum...
Timothy A. Wise 9 Sep 2020
It is back to the drawing board for a giant new wind farm project on the West Coast, following an appeal decision by Environment Minister Barbara Creecy...
John Yeld 9 Sep 2020
The Microsoft Global State of Multichannel Customer Service Report underscored the value of resolving customer issues at speed and the importance of equipping contact centre staff with the right knowledge...
Jan Kühn 8 Sep 2020
The South African economy contracted by a staggering 51% in Quarter 2 of 2020, as the country reeled from the consequences of the Covid-19 enforced lockdown...
8 Sep 2020
Ad Stars has announced this year's Grand Prix, Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, chosen from 20,028 entries from 60 countries...
8 Sep 2020
Covid19 has challenged every industry - especially healthcare - to think differently, rely on data, target action and rapidly trial new models of care and technology in the race to save lives and preserve health...
8 Sep 2020
Mail & Guardian's Athandiwe Saba and eNCA's Thembekile Mrototo will lead this years virtual reveal on 10 September at 7 pm, with 11 categories to award - along with 2020's special 12th category, Frontliners, highlighting heroes of the response to Covid-19...
Issued by Mail & Guardian Media 8 Sep 2020
Thinking about insurance: clever concept of 'rebooting' 2020; Simple aspirations of people who have seen the world turned upside down...
Brendan Seery 8 Sep 2020
Early investors in startups with exposure to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are benefiting from significant revenue growth despite the physical constraints...
7 Sep 2020