Feb 14, 2017
South African shoppers are feeling the love on Valentine’s Day, spending more than ever on the romantic day of the yeat. The annual Mastercard Love Index, created by analysing credit, debit and prepaid card transactions over a three-year period, has revealed...
Feb 13, 2017
Since 2009, National Treasury has embarked on fiscal expansion to enhance the public sector’s infrastructure programme and support future economic capacity in South Africa. However, anaemic global economic growth over the last nine years has left the...
Feb 10, 2017
It’s still not clear how millions of social grants will be paid out after 31 March, the deadline set by the Constitutional Court for the contract for current supplier Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to terminate. CPS is a subsidiary of Net 1 UEPS, which is still...
Feb 8, 2017
Axiz has retained the prestigious title of Enterprise Distributor of the Year in the 2016 Channelwise Awards. The distributor took a solid victory over second-placed Pinnacle, which bested third-placed Tarsus by just one percentage point. The line-up of top enterprise...
Feb 8, 2017
Under the right circumstances, just about anybody can become an Internet troll. The common assumption is that people who troll are different from the rest of us, allowing us to dismiss them and their behaviour. But research from Stanford University and Cornell...
Feb 7, 2017
South African employment opportunities will be constrained across the board in 2017, with the notable exception of IT and legal jobs. Political challenges in the region have negatively impacted the South African economy, which resulted in businesses taking a more...
