New models needed for SA business

With the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently cutting its growth outlook for South Africa from 3% in October 2012 to 2,8% in January 2013, local businesses are set for a financially challenging year ahead.  As a result, it is crucial that company decision-makers...

Threats to SA’s business stability

Over and above post-recessional blows, nationwide strikes and instability in the mining sector, recent Grant Thornton research has revealed that additional issues – particularly political insecurity, regulatory concerns and public policy issues – are adding further...
Massive mobile growth for SA

Massive mobile growth for SA

There will soon be more than 54-million mobile users in South Africa, and traffic over mobile networks will increase by about 58% every year.  According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2012 to 2017, in the Middle East and...

Global investment pays off for SA firms

 South African companies operating in international markets are reporting better results – revenue trends, or profit trends or both – than those concentrating on their domestic market. This is according to evidence from the Regus Global Survey, which...