The world is changing fast and to keep up you need local knowledge with global context.
A ‘Watsonia’ could soon become the new name for a tender-fixing bribe, instead of the more banal but far prettier bulb.
18th January 2019
I began my journey with a book that most bosses would not want you to read, or in this case listen … “It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work”.
19th January 2019
Elon Musk is cutting Tesla’s full-time workforce by 7%, or more than 3,000 jobs, warning in a blog post that the “road ahead is very difficult”.
18th January 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May became the latest leader to cancel a trip to next week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, forced to stay home by the need to address domestic political drama.
18th January 2019
For years, Helios Towers has been buying up cell towers from mobile networks across Africa in addition to building its own base stations.
18th January 2019
Scientists have come up with a ‘planetary health diet’ and although the recommendations are not quite vegan, the portions of meat, fish and dairy are minisicule.
18th January 2019
Davos homeowners are hiking prices on Airbnb to capture the fortunes of the elite attending the World Economic Forum that starts next week.
18th January 2019
The ability of solar to provide SA’s energy needs could become more significant in years to come, according to Manie de Waal, CEO of Energy Partners Solar.
18th January 2019
Democratic Republic of Congo officials rejected an African Union request to suspend the finalisation of election results that are being challenged in court by an opposition candidate.
18th January 2019
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has noted with concern the revelations made at the State Capture Inquiry by former Bosasa boss, Angelo Agrizzi.
18th January 2019
Aveng has announced the sale of 100% of Aveng Water and the Aveng Namibia Water business to Cambrose 735.
18th January 2019
African heads of state are preparing to discuss the Democratic Republic of Congo’s disputed presidential election after questions were raised about the accuracy of the vote’s results.
17th January 2019
Ramaphosa, once again, tried to ease markets by saying that land EWC will just involve clarification of what already exists in the Constitution.
16th January 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the now-annual pre-WEF briefing that happens each year before our politicians fly over to Davos.
16th January 2019
The next two decades promise a full-scale revolution in our working lives. Given this how do future employees job prep for the future?
11th January 2019
A fortnight hence, the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will be in full swing. But unlike last year, the "Donald Trump Show" has just lost its star attraction.
11th January 2019
Smothered by debt and anxiety, the call for help went out. A financial adviser answered, and that was when the money nightmare turned into a wake-up call that worked.
31st December 2018
Paul O'Sullivan says that under Shaun Abrahams, certain senior members of the NPA have become a part of the largest crime syndicate this country has ever seen.
27th December 2018
The Global Anti-Corruption Consortium, a partnership between OCCRP and Transparency International, probed links between Christo Wiese and the global trade in rhino horn trafficking.
20th December 2018
Of all the conversations we need to have with ourselves, the money conversation may be the toughest. But all it takes is a willingness to look your budget in the face.
20th December 2018
Hopes are growing that the trade war between America and China, which threatens global economic growth, will be resolved during high level meetings in Washington next month.
18th January 2019
After 20 years of investing in health, one type of investment has surprised Bill Gates, because, unlike new technology, the success rate is very high.
18th January 2019
Jack Bogle, the father of index investing and a crusader for private investor’s rights, has died. He was 89.
17th January 2019
Peter McCormack is an advertising entrepreneur who fell into Bitcoin because of his terminally ill mother, he bought early, enjoyed a 40-fold return on investment, but stayed too long at the fairground.
17th January 2019
It all started with a blog post in which Ubuntu Baba's Shannon McLaughlin explained how Woolworths started stocking products strikingly similar to hers.
15th January 2019
Marilyn Bassin is a physiotherapist who has volunteered with dying indigent children for almost 30 years. Here's why she's an inspiration.
10th January 2019
Helen Duigan finds inspiration in an artist, Willem Snyman, who's swapped his time for painting to cleaning up the Hennops river in Pretoria.
9th January 2019
David Melvill unearths his Afrikaans teacher as his inspiration. Someone music fans know as Johan Stemmet, the host of the evergreen musical game show Noot vir Noot.
7th January 2019