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 | THEMBANI BIYAM A few years ago, the majority of South Africans had never made a single purchase online. Today, the local e-commerce market has experienced a massive boom...read |
|  | | AfricArena recently hosted its fifth annual Summit in Cape Town with some major announcements being made...read |
|  | JAKE RUBINSTEIN South African retailers' adoption of Black Friday largely splits them into two camps. On one hand, companies embrace it because it's a chance to shift stock and cultivate a quick turnover spike...read |
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 | Bizcommunity and the ACA celebrate the state of diversity and inclusivity in the SA ad industry, as seen through the lens of Darling Films' Melina McDonald, Lorraine Smit, Gale Maimane and Director Kit... Read |
| #StartupStory |
 | LISA WITEPSKI, ISSUED BY SAICA Miles Kubheka's entrepreneurial evolution is a story of audacity, perseverance and inspiration - and it all started with one daring idea... Read |
| Awards |
 | The winners of the fourth Absa Business Day Development Awards have been announced, with Tiger Brands claiming the coveted title of Overall Winner... Read |
 | The ninth annual Black Umbrellas National Enterprise Development Awards (NEDAs) took place on Thursday, 11 November... Read |
 | The SAB Foundation has announced the 23 finalists for its Social Innovation and Disability Awards that will be held on Tuesday, 30 November... Read |
 | SA Fashion Week is on the lookout for talented up-and-coming womenswear designers to enter its New Talent Search for 2022... Read |
| Business Plans |
 | GIDEON GALLOWAY Ask South African consumers who King Price is, and chances are that most will be able to tell you. But have you ever heard of Brandbunny.com? No? How about Salvage City, or 13th Floor Logistics? 30Thirty Carriers? Read |
| Funding |
 | JUSTIN ROVIAN NAIDOO Does the average South African understand why there are such hefty barriers for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) or such a paucity of cash to fund them? Read |
 | MATILDA DIBAKWANE Access to finance is difficult for any entrepreneur. It is particularly difficult if you are very young, with deep credibility and trust factors at play... Read |
 | develoPPP Ventures is calling the second cohort of young innovative companies, improving living conditions in a developing or emerging country and who are planning to scale up... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH Investment into DKN unlocks opportunities within hard hit transport and logistics sector... Read |
| HR |
 | The notion of what makes a good leader has been examined from every angle over the years, leaving leaders with an overwhelming number of qualities they are expected to possess in order to be considered a good leader. .. Read |
| Marketing & Media |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE We find out from serial entrepreneurs, Glynn Venter and Tarryn Burton, the dynamic duo heading up HaasXSwitch, a new agency... Read |
 | KELLY SIN HIDGE, ISSUED BY SAICA The Hope Factory celebrated the successful delivery of the Asisa Foundation's Financial Literacy and Micro Enterprise (Flame) Programme in Qonce (also known as King William's Town) in the Eastern Cape at the end of October 2021... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Cofounder of entrepreneurship development company Nonzero, Tania Habimana, has been appointed as the new host of Closing Bell on CNBC Africa... Read |
 | WARREN MOSS Every time we engage with CMO clients, we are told that marketing to an SME is much more like marketing to a consumer, than a business... Read |
| Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
 | HEPSY MKHUNGO, Most SMMEs aspire to grow and some even have ambitions of eventually becoming large profitable organisations - but this is not easy and many small businesses ultimately fail to scale... Read |
 | VIRESH HARDUTH Small businesses may have mixed feelings as they consider participating in the annual frenzy of discounts, sales and promotions... Read |
 | MIRANDA LUSIBA For the past two weeks, I've been watching and listening to both ordinary South Africans and some small business owners in the news talking about the impact of loadshedding on their livelihoods... Read |
 | SanParks will, as of Monday, 22 November to Monday, 29 Novermber 2021, set about a series of economic transformation roadshows aimed at Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) from communities surrounding the Kruger National Park (KNP). The roadshows will communicate available business opportunities within KNP... Read |
 | For small businesses, late payments can be the difference between surviving or failing... Read |
| Social Entrepreneurship |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Partnered by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Business and Arts South Africa (Basa) has successfully taken 120 new and emerging creatives to market with the launch of Debut Online... Read |
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 | TRACY VAN DER COLFF AND TIISETSO RABOLAO On 22 October 2021, the Compensation Commissioner issued a Notice on Compensation for Covid-19 vaccination side effects... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Flexible, green, healthy spaces that promote creativity - these are some of the key requirements of the modern-day office, shared Darryl Mayers... Read |
 | WENDELL ROELF Eskom is facing deliberate acts of sabotage by unknown criminals, its chief executive Andre de Ruyter said on Friday, 19 November, as he showed... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the repo rate by 25 basis points... Read |
 | Tech giants Google, Apple, and Samsung lead the pack by inspiring people to think differently... Read |
 | The incoming fourth wave is expected to start early December, with hospital admissions peaking at between 40% and 80% of the third wave... Read |
 | Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa will have to, amongst other things, add "a few more thousand megawatts" of electricity... Read |
 | The winners have been revealed for the 2021 South African Loyalty Awards, an awards platform developed to celebrate loyalty excellence and innovation in the country... Read |
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