The rands and sense of learnerships

Black Broad-Based Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) is only effective in meeting its goals if the transformative ethos of the legislation is embraced. This is according to Rajan Naidoo, the director of EduPower Skills Academy, who says: “If B-BBEE is approached with...

Employee experience likely to join customer experience trends

Understanding trends in any given field helps businesses understand what conversations are happening in the industry broadly and likely strategic topics for their competitors. By Kelvin Brown, regional executive of Telviva, KZN In other words, if everyone else is...

We need to work together to solve youth unemployment

So goes the well-known African proverb, “If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together”. For years the race to solve youth unemployment can be characterised as one that has been rushed with little preparation for the journey and a...

SARS confirms removal of ‘financial emigration’ process

SARB removed the requirement to financially emigrate from South Africa in 2021, but SARS had not yet aligned their processes with the emigration change until now. By Jonty Leon, attorney and tax practitioner, and Reinert van Rensburg, attorney and tax practitioner at...

Legislative changes for foreign employers

Using foreign employees has become a big business trend in the modern connected era. A combination of labour skills shortages and global connectivity encourages organisations to look abroad when filling roles, often because it can be more affordable due to differences...