Can South African workers look forward to increases in line with the cost of living this year? According to Dr Mark Bussin, master reward specialist and Exco member at the South African Reward Association (SARA), economic instability in the country makes this unlikely...

South Africa's only online moving platform, Wise Move, says it has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT to not only offer an unmatched customer experience, but to also give movers a major competitive edge. Wise Move co-founder and newly appointed CEO, Chante Venter strongly...

A massive 71% of asset managers believe that using alternative data gives them an investing edge over competitors, according to a new study by Greenwich Associates commissioned by business information provider IHS Markit. OF firms surveyed, 74% agreed that alternative...

Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCP) decreased 3,9% year over year to 22,8-million units in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker. The brightest spot for...

Even as inflation has dropped, higher fuel prices have driven an increase in transport costs. Lullu Krugel, PwC Strategy& chief economist for Africa, and Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& Economist, unpack the latest inflation figures. Statistics South Africa...

Saturday 25 May is Africa Day, commemorating the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (now known as the African Union) in 1963. Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the AU in the fight against colonialism and apartheid, as well...

Standard Bank is creating digital platforms to open up more affordable access to banking services. As part of this, it has launched a R4.95 per month bank account called MyMo that customers can open on their mobile devices, loaded with data and airtime offerings and...

The war of words between the Trump administration and China threatens to break out into a full-scale trade war. This is according to Steven Dover, head of equities at Franklin Templeton, who offers his thoughts on the US/China trade tensions, China's expanding...

Three South African learners won prizes at the world's largest and most prestigious high school science fair,the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which took place recently in Phoenix, Arizona. The big local winner was Hritik Mitha from...

CEOs of private businesses are less optimistic than they were a year ago about the strength of the global economy - and their own organisation's ability to grow revenues. This is according to research of over 800 private business owners as part of PwC's 22nd Annual...