Weelee Empowers South Africans Amid Fuel Crisis and Global Uncertainty

Weelee Empowers South Africans Amid Fuel Crisis and Global Uncertainty

South Africans are entering a period of heightened economic pressure, driven by escalating global conflicts in the Middle East, particularly the ongoing war involving...
Three weeks of conflict have tested the logic behind a rand-only portfolio

Three weeks of conflict have tested the logic behind a rand-only...

In January, South Africa hosted joint naval exercises off Cape Town with key BRICS Plus members China, Russia and Iran, startling investors. Five weeks...
Having Grand Human Rights Is Not Enough

Having Grand Human Rights Is Not Enough

South Africa’s Constitution is widely regarded as one of the most progressive in the world. It guarantees not only political freedoms, but also a...
Unemployment remains South Africa’s greatest challenge and glass recycling can be part of the solution

Unemployment remains South Africa’s greatest challenge and glass recycling can be...

South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey from Statistics South Africa shows an improvement in employment, with unemployment easing to 31.4%. However, the figures...
Muhammad Ali

Digital compliance training set to dominate as costs, productivity pressures reshape...

No industry can claim it does not need online training but blended learning remains the preferred approach, says WWISE managing director Muhammad Ali Digital compliance training is expected...
Skills Development Planning Now Directly Impacts B-BBEE Compliance Outcomes

Skills Development Planning Now Directly Impacts B-BBEE Compliance Outcomes

Skills Development planning is no longer viewed as an administrative compliance exercise under South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) framework, with companies now...
Making money local: Changing the leakage narrative in the informal economy

Making money local: Changing the leakage narrative in the informal economy

Leakage intensifies the challenges of poverty and unemployment in the informal sector – one that employs millions but still battles with infrastructural inequalities that...
The economic implications of the high rate of Stunting in Children on the economy of South Africa

The economic implications of the high rate of Stunting in Children...

Growth stunting in children is one of the most significant public health and development challenges facing South Africa. Affecting an estimated one in four...

SYSTEMIC RISK EXPOSURE TO SOUTH AFRICA AS MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT ESCALATES

The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) warns that the escalating conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel present material systemic risks...
Kagiso Trust chief financial officer Mzomhle Nyenjana

Kagiso Trust Slams 2.44% Education Budget Hike

Leading development agency welcomes extra cash for ECD and TVET infrastructure but says the opportunity to ignite South Africa’s human potential is being squandered Kagiso...
BUDGET 2026: Things have changed, even if it feels like nothing has – now is the time to act

BUDGET 2026: Things have changed, even if it feels like nothing...

Therese Grobler, Head of Wealth Management at Momentum Financial Planning, cautions that Budget 2026 demands informed action, not passive optimism Budget 2026 may feel uneventful....
The rand has strengthened over the last year against many currencies, especially the US dollar. Why? Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Quick explainer: What causes changes in the rand exchange rate?

A year ago, you’d have had to pay R18.49 for a US dollar if you wanted to buy something from the US. Yesterday, you’d...