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 | As part of Saica's Leadership in a time of crisis webinar series, CA(SA) and CFO of Discovery Health, Brett Tromp, shared his thoughts on what good leaders can do in a time of crisis... read |
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 | SAFIYYA PATEL & JAYSHALL VASSEN At the same time as grappling with a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, South Africa's credit rating was also downgraded to below investment grade by Moody's...read |
|  | NICCI BOTHA Richard Rattue of Compli-Serve says the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the fintech and working from revolution. It has created a new normal that is going to be around for a long time..read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY PERFECT WORD Utilising technology for financial reporting can be highly advantageous, to provide business managers with reports that deliver insights that are easy to analyse... Read |  | The ailing economy compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic have knocked South Africa's tax and revenue performance... Read |  | ANNE BENNETT, DONALD FISHER-JEFFES AND NEO PENN Under South African domestic law, a company will be tax resident in SA if it is incorporated in SA or has its "place of effective management" in SA... Read |  | JUANITA VAN DER MERWE As part of the second phase economic response to the Covid-19 pandemic, National Treasury has published another draft bill to formalise the tax relief measures available to small businesses. The draft legislation aims to clarify several matters which were previously the subject of uncertainty and introduces additional tax measures... Read |  | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH The Edge Growth-managed Vumela Fund recently invested a R25-million funding line in ProfitShare Partners to specifically help SMEs who supply and deliver essentials in the fight against Covid-19... Read |
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 | ROBERT ZWANE, ISSUED BY SAICA So many of us point fingers at the rampant corruption in the public sector, while in the private sector we don't think about ourselves and the wrongs we've normalised through policy - something I like to call 'the acceptable theft'... Read |
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 | MATT MCKIE It's no secret that South African banks and other financial services providers draw on massive volumes of data to make decisions and provide targeted services to middle and upper-income earners... Read |
| Economy |
 | 81% of South Africans said they were either uncertain or pessimistic about the country's economic recovery after Covid-19, compared to 72% in March... Read |
 | RODRIGO OLIVARES-CAMINAL Africa is home to 41 of the International Monetary Fund's 59 Low Income Countries. These are more structurally vulnerable to external shocks such as Covid-19... Read |
| Education & Training |
 | ISSUED BY SAICA William Ngobeni has followed an exceptionally long and windy path before finally qualifying as a chartered accountant [CA(SA)] in February this year, having passed the qualifying exams after over a decade of stops and starts... Read |
| Financial Services |
 | NICCI BOTHA Llewellyn Allen, Metropolitan's head of marketing, explains how the financial services giant is navigating the rapidly changing world we find ourselves in... Read |
 | ROXANNE VAN ROOYEN AND MICHELLE DAVID People unable to work due to the pandemic may be looking to access their pension credits in this time of financial hardship. The position in South Africa remains that a member cannot access their pension benefits while they are still in service. Several other countries have however included, as part of their economic relief packages, measures targeting the assets of pension funds... Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | Despite the latest S&P ratings downgrade to an eye-watering BB-, there will always be opportunities that offer excellent returns and that can make the bold few very rich... Read |
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 | As South Africa enters another week of the national lockdown the world and business as we know it, is changing dramatically... Read |
 | The global digital evolution has just been put into overdrive by COVID-19 as locked-down nations are forced to accelerate the shift online, driving a massive spike in data needs... Read |
 | SHAHEEN MEHTAR, LUCILLE BLUMBERG, MARC MENDELSON Many countries, including South Africa and Nigeria in Africa, are moving to make it mandatory to wear non-medical cloth masks when people are outside their homes... Read |
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 | NICCI BOTHA While people can handle change, uncertainty can seriously drive up stress and anxiety levels, especially around the world of work... Read |
 | A study conducted by Mastercard shows that South Africans are moving to contactless payments for everyday purchases, seeking touch-free payment experiences... Read |
 | Findings from the Covid-19 National Small Business Survey highlights the continued plight of small businesses coming out of Level-5 lockdown... Read |
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