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It is more urgent now than ever before that businesses invest in digital transformation. Since the global lockdown, millions of…

The 13 million jobless South Africans are begging for help, but their cries have been met with a deafening silence.…

by Mills Soko In six months’ time the world’s gaze will be trained on what is gearing up to be…

A high court in South Africa has declared some of the earlier coronavirus restrictions unconstitutional, but it also ruled that…

by Miriam Altman There is intense pressure on the South African government to lift the lockdown and open the economy.…

As the major change event of our times, the global pandemic has brought about an unprecedented experiment in how we…

The renowned World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2020 Risk Report featured all of the Top-5 global risks as being climate-related risks.…

Over the past forty years, the mobile industry has introduced a new generation of technology every decade. The enhanced capabilities…

As South Africa enters another week of the national lockdown the world – and business as we know it -…

COVID-19 looks to be the tipping point for the world of work. Traditional organisations, which for so long demanded their…

by Zahraa McDonald, University of Johannesburg The COVID-19 pandemic could be the catalyst for action to address the consequences of…

South Africa is currently enjoying the status of a Tax Haven – a bold statement, I admit, and one that…

As we continue to adapt to the changing landscape and accept that to survive, we need to evolve and embrace…

 By Jeremy Seekings, For Ground Up Summary The emergency ‘COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress’ grant was announced on 21 April and we…

Technology, data, cultural and behavioural change of the consumer is transforming the role of the broker – and the importance…

As Old Mutual celebrates 175 years as one of South Africa’s – and Africa’s – most iconic brands, it is…

The COVID-19 pandemic has created immense risks to public and private sector organisations as they grapple with new business models,…

When a novel coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2 first entered the world stage on the heels of the Chinese New…

by Steve Reid The National Health Insurance (NHI) has become an idealistic concept known as “imaginary”. It’s become the idea…

There is an insidious scourge in society, criminality, albeit perhaps only due to a disregard for people. An ignorance of…

by Ralph Hamann and Scott Drimie In South Africa a range of social solidarity networks have emerged to respond to…

The current global pandemic and the rise in staff working remotely has brought existing business working models into sharp focus.…

by Julia de Kadt The COVID-19 pandemic is a fundamentally social and societal event. The virus spreads between people, and…

This week millions of jobless South Africans will begin receiving relief grants of R350 each to help them cope with…

by Marcos E. García-Ojeda I, like many Americans, miss the pre-pandemic world of hugging family and friends, going to work…