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 | A global biweekly consumer survey published by Deloitte earlier this month shows that traveller health and safety concerns, although gradually lessening, still overshadow discretionary travel... Read |
 | The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) says it will not penalise estate agents who submit late audit records for the 2019/2020 financial year due to the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | The Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) has closed its offices in Sandton, Johannesburg after receiving information that an employee of one of its host tenants came into contact with a Covid-19 positive person... Read |
| Industrial Property |
 | Growthpoint and Serra Services recently achieved a five-star Green Star Existing Building Performance (EBP) rating for an industrial building in Gauteng - a first for the province... Read |
| Interior Design |
 | Designed by dhk Architects, Capitec Bank's new headquarters iKhaya, meaning 'home' in Xhosa, has been unveiled. Located in the Cape Winelands, Capitec has consolidated its geographically dispersed staff and facilities into one three-storey curvilinear building. Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | New trends have emerged in the rental market due to the Covid-19 travel ban, particularly affecting those who had plans to emigrate just before the lockdown started... Read |
| Residential Property |
 | CHELSEA VILJOEN In light of the uncertainty around when borders will reopen and continued restraint even once travel for tourism is permitted, many owners of homestay accommodation (such as Airbnb listings) are considering securing longer leases for their properties.... Read |
 | CARL COETZEE The continued rise in home loan applications since lockdown restrictions were eased at the start of June suggests that a modest market recovery is under way, especially at the lower end of the market... Read |
 | GIL SPERLING Can an online platform counter gentrification, deliver a double-sided business proposition that leverages shared value for the improvement of an entire segment of the economy, while simultaneously solving for one of humankind's essential needs? Read |
| Retail Property |
 | CRAIG SCHWABE An analysis of the South African fast food industry in 2019 showed that there was opportunity for the continued expansion of fast food outlets but that the market was beginning to saturate... Read |
| Africa |
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 | Drones are being successfully deployed to support medical and humanitarian projects across Africa, but for greater, more sustainable impact, they will need to be fully integrated into supply chains within an enabling regulatory environment... Read |
 | ROBYN BERGER, THEUNIS CLAASSEN AND CATHERINE ROBSON The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was brokered by the African Union (AU) and adopted by 44 of its 55 member states on 21 March 2018. By February 2019, all AU countries, save for Eritrea, had become signatories to the AfCFTA, which came into force on 30 May 2019... Read |
 | HAILAY GESESEW The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently noted that "researchers are working at break-neck speed" to understand SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19)... Read |
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 | ANDREW ROBINSON We used to work in offices. For the past few months we've worked at home. Until fairly recently, those were really the only two options that most office workers had... Read |
 | Social investment fund manager Tshikululu has initiated a project to map the interventions of social investors throughout South Africa... Read |
 | As part of its partnership with Lionesses of Africa, the all-female business network in Africa, Volkswagen has introduced 'The Lionesses Den' and is calling on female-owned businesses in South Africa to share a two-minute pitch... Read |
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