Property market recovery expected in 2021

An announcement during the 2020 Budget Speech regarding the adjustment of the transfer duties threshold is welcome news for the struggling property sector. With properties under the R1 million no longer subject to transfer duty, Bondspark CEO Marcél du Toit says that...
Budget 2020 signals that it’s time for action

Budget 2020 signals that it’s time for action

Kathy Gibson is at the PwC post-budget briefing in Sandton – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has promised to tackle government spending, and put the ball firmly back into the private sector’s court to make their own contribution to economic recovery by...

SmartAccess voice services fully restored

Voice service in the country was impacted owing to a multi-faceted fault condition that occurred on Openserve’s voice platform on 25 February. The restoration process undertaken, since service was first disrupted, involved complex actions that were conducted both on...
EMEA PC market will be impacted, not rocked by Covid-19

EMEA PC market will be impacted, not rocked by Covid-19

Shipments of traditional PCs (a combination of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) in EMEA is expected to total 72,2-million in 2020, a 1% year on year (YoY) decline. The remaining Windows 10 transitions will continue to drive demand in the commercial space, but...

Virus to drive client devices market in a u-curve

IDC forecasts that the Covid-19 outbreak will bring a series of major changes in China’s client devices market. “The outbreak without doubt will, to some extent negatively impact devices sales in 2020 – especially in the first quarter – but...

Budget 2020: high noon …

It’s high noon and South Africa is facing off with the ratings agencies. This is the word from PwC Strategy& economists Lullu Krugel & Christie Viljoen, unpacking Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s national budget, presented yesterday. Key points *...