Mar 22, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News
PROFESSIONAL services firm, Deloitte, has described the fourth running of the annual Deloitte Challenge as a “resounding success”, citing a record field, bumper prize pool and star power in the form of defending Comrades men’s champion Bongumusa Mthembu. This year’s...
Mar 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
WITH all the hype around “FinTech” and the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, large banks around the world and in South Africa are grappling with the challenge of prioritising strategies that will ensure not only their financial growth, but their survival as...
Mar 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE Value Added Tax (VAT) increase to 15% is due to come into effect on 1 April this year. This can have far-reaching implications for the highly complex South African healthcare funding industry, which is supported with back-end information systems that consumers are...
Mar 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA), as part of the organisation’s 20th anniversary celebration, has announced the launch of the inaugural SAVCA Industry Awards. The annual awards will recognise portfolio companies that have...
Mar 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
EARLIER this year, former President Jacob Zuma signed the new Insurance Bill (now referred to as the Insurance Act) into law. The aims of the bill include increasing low-income earners’ accessibility to insurance products and fostering transformation in the sector....
Feb 21, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News
KWAZULU-Natal needs to be confident about its business offerings, rather than underselling itself as a business destination. This emerged at KZN Business Conversations, an event which brought together some of the country’s top business minds at the Oyster Box Hotel in...
Feb 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
In many instances, the procurement function of supply chains is measured by its efficiency and success in sourcing reliable commodities and services at a reduced cost. Beyond cost savings, procurement departments also need to ensure that the business is exposed to...
Feb 14, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
The global head of TMT for Africa’s largest bank, Standard Bank, is predicting continuing deal flow and increasing investment in Africa’s flourishing telecom, media and technology sector in 2018. Speaking ahead of the TMT Finance Africa conference in Cape Town, Nina...
Feb 7, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News
SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI), released this week, recorded its highest level of 99.7 in two and a half years in January 2018. In October 2015, the BCI measured 102.3. The BCI improved by 3.3 index points in January 2018 following on the improved level of 96.4...
