Sep 6, 2018
Online shopping and e-commerce in South Africa are on a steady rise, with 69% of active online adults shopping online in the past 12 months. They spent an estimated R45,3-billion in 2018 – a 19% increase from 2017, according to PayPal and Ipsos, in their fourth...
Sep 6, 2018
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has urged Chinese business leaders to attend the Africa Investment Forum scheduled to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 7 to 9 November. Adesina made the call while addressing delegates at...
Sep 6, 2018
Following the sold-out, three-city 2017 tour, former NASA astronaut Dr Don Thomas will be returning to South Africa for the Living Maths Space Tour 2018 from 16 to 27 September. STEAM-based NGO Living Maths, will be giving South Africans the rare opportunity to meet a...
Sep 6, 2018
SAB’s flagship youth entrepreneurship programme, SAB KickStart Boost, has selected 21 young South African entrepreneurs to support and develop over the coming three months to help elevate their businesses, particularly through opportunities for access to market....
Sep 5, 2018
South Africa has entered a technical recession, with Statistics South Africa reporting that the economy contracted by 0,7% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis during the second quarter of 2018. This follows a downward revised...
Sep 5, 2018
Professor Renee Kraan-Korteweg flew the flag for the University of Cape Town (UCT) when she won the Minister’s Special Award at the South African Women in Science Awards (SAWISA) 2018. Each year the national Department of Science and Technology honours women who...
