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 | BERNARD SACKS Since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, South Africans have been forced to make do without some basic products at the various levels including alcohol, tobacco and fast food. read |
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 | SOMAYA KHAKI Earlier this year, the South African Revenue Services (Sars) announced that in light of its PAYE 2024 project, the focus, from the 2020 filing season and beyond, would shift from PIT (personal income tax) filing season to the employer reconciliation filing season...read |
|  | ISSUED BY CIMA The South Africa Institute for Business Accountants (SAIBA) and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to mutually recognise each body's accounting designations and work more closely to advance the accounting profession in South Africa...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH Animation and gaming company partners with Edge Growth and FirstRand's Vumela Fund to unlock digital solutions... Read |  | ISSUED BY ADVERB Most businesses have been on one end or the other of the scale during this global crisis. On the one hand, some have been fortunate enough to be producing a service or product that has been in lockdown demand while others fall on the dismal end of the scale... Read |  | ISSUED BY SAICA Are you or your clients facing business collapse? The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) explores practical options relating to the business rescue process and turnaround interventions... Read |
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 | PIETER BENSCH South African chief financial officers and senior finance professionals recognise that the world is changing, with a perfect storm of technological and social forces altering the rules of business in this digital era... Read |
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 | The African Union's Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection (known as the Malabo Convention) outlines principles which urge all AU member states to respect and protect individuals' rights to privacy online and offline... Read |
 | Standard Bank, Investec, FNB and Nedbank have committed to reforming their conveyancing practices in response to concerns raised by the Competition Commission on the relationship between banks and conveyancers... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY UMUZI Umuzi has been working with leading employers across the country to build a digital talent pipeline for web development, data science, data engineering, UI design, digital copywriting and UX strategy... Read |
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 | TONY LEE AND JUSTIN BALKIN While it is too early to know the full impact of Covid-19 on the economy, we are seeing that lockdown restrictions in South Africa are starting to have a significant impact on the bottom line of a number of companies... Read |
 | TONY LEE AND JUSTIN BALKIN In Part 1 of this article, we looked at the difference between traditional and distressed mergers and acquisitions, and how to overcome some of the challenges involved in the buying and selling of a distressed asset... Read |
 | LEBO THUBISI In South Africa, millennials represent the largest generation to enter the workforce - more than 50% in 2020, and 75% by 2030... Read |
 | RICHARD NEAL The Covid-19 lockdown left a trail of devastation across entire industries - but it has also forced many South African businesses to look for new approaches and markets... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SA SHARES Here are five best Forex brokers in South Africa along with their pros and cons... Read |
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 | "The sustainability of the sector, now and in the post-Covid-19 era, is dependent on this deferment if job losses are to be avoided." Read |
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 | SALOME MASWIME, KEVIN MARSH & RIFAT ATUN The higher education sector globally has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Academics have been discussing various aspects of the disruptions in a series of webinars organised by the University of Cape Town... Read |
 | Africa has experienced a decade of positive socio-economic growth, supported by a continued progress of electricity access that finally outpaced population growth between 2014 and 2018... Read |
 | NATACHA TOFIELD-PASCHE Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It's almost the size of Mauritius and has a maximum depth of 480 metres. Lake Kivu also stores huge amounts of methane gas which Rwanda extracting to produce electricity... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY NIELSEN The nature of South African shopping trips has shifted during the Covid-19 lockdown from an initial focus on bulk, stock up shopping to everyday needs shopping... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE A new South African tech startup has launched to help small business owners by changing the HR and payroll game... Read |
 | Retrenchment is a word that can strike fear into the hearts of even the most seasoned veterans of the corporate world... Read |
 | With load shedding being reintroduced this winter, many individuals and small businesses are considering investing in an inverter that will kick in when the electricity goes off... Read |
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