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#CommerceMonth: PayU's newly appointed CEO plans to build on local opportunities
[Jessica Taylor] "There's a massive opportunity in front of us," says Mario Shiliashki, who recently joined Naspers-owned PayU as CEO of its EMEA business... read


Insurance & Actuarial
Third time the charm
FedGroup Life walked away with a coveted Golden Arrow in this year's PMR.africa awards... read
Engineering the risk

Alvin Dye

Large engineering projects are characterised by substantial irreversible commitments, skewed reward structures when succesful, and high probabilities of failure... read
The South African funeral insurance market

Issued by Analytix BI

Analytix Business Intelligence has recently completed industry research on the funeral insurance industry in South Africa. A combination of expert industry interviews as well as focus groups across Johannesburg and Cape Town were used to gather market intelligence... read
Accounting & Auditing
QuickBooks Online Plus massive discounts - One week only

Issued by QuickBooks

For this week only (17- 22 April) QuickBooks Online Plus will be on sale for 80% of the normal selling price... read
Financial Services
Life insurer confidence remains strong
A survey shows life insurer confidence was marginally stronger in the first quarter of 2016, from a weaker fourth quarter, 2015... read
Financing businesses through the use of home equity

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Most business owners end up using home equity in order to gain a viable financing source, but that does not mean that the opportunity is the one that is the best for you... read
Need to raise finance to service your contracts?

Zahra Rawjee, Issued by Uzenzele Holdings

There is generally one concern - how will I fund this contract while I wait for my customer to pay me?... read
Markets & Investment
SRI must be economically attractive to the private sector
South Africa's asset management industry - which currently stands at an estimated R4tn with the listed portion being R2.3tn - should translate into a lot more investment in social and economic infrastructure in order to further boost economic development... read
The risk of investing in an expensive stock
In investments, the pain of losses is felt much more strongly than the joy of gains... read
Political will needed to unlock PPP value
Public private partnerships (PPPs) have been touted as the solution to South Africa's onerous infrastructure development needs... read
The light at the end of South Africa's economic tunnel

Nadia Rawjee, Issued by Uzenzele Holdings

Most people I know are pessimistic (at best) about the future of our economy and, being in a sector that looks for growing businesses, I found myself asking - where is the light?... read
Taxation & Regulation
Capetonians may still comment on city's draft budget
To enable more Cape Town residents to read and comment on the City of Cape Town's Draft Budget of approximately R40.7 billion, for the 2016/17 to 2018/19 financial year, the deadline for comments has been extended to 29 April 2016... read
South Africans sweet on sugary drinks despite fat tax
South Africa plans a new "fat tax" on sugary drinks to combat an obesity epidemic -- but sweet-toothed consumers say its chances are slim of making them cut down... read
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  • New Cape regional executive for Nedbank's Property Finance division - more info

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USB-EDUSB Executive Development (USB-ED), the public company within the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) in Bellville, has an internship position for a financial clerk within the finance function. Read more >>




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