172 Clicks is more valuable than Pick n Pay, Boxer, and Spar combined. Clicks and Dis-Chem are South Africa’s top destinations for cosmetics and healthcare products. Shoppers mostly rely on the two…
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DStv’s French reboot – TechCentral Broadcasting and Media
133 MultiChoice Group is entering uncharted territory. With Groupe Canal+’s takeover now final, the South African pay-TV giant has fallen under foreign control for the first time in its history. Calvo Mawela…
Tshwane to unilaterally implement allowance for VIP protectors
150Lawfulness of protection for MMCs questioned. The City of Tshwane will proceed with the implementation of a R35 000 per month allowance for its VIP protectors in lieu of overtime payments, despite…
Scopa RAF inquiry to probe alleged corruption between judges and lawyers
170 Scopa chairperson says it wants to get to the bottom of ‘very serious allegations that were made on the record in Parliament.’ Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) is to…
Trump’s visa folly is South Africa’s talent opportunity
219 US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a staggering US$100 000 fee on new H-1B visas is a spectacular own goal for America and its technology industry. It is a hammer…
Board shake-up as French take control of MultiChoice
202 Former MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela The French are moving quickly to stamp their authority on MultiChoice Group, announcing on Monday that CEO Calvo Mawela is longer CEO of the South…
Trump’s visa overhaul hits India’s IT titans
181 India’s US$283-billion (R4.9-trillion) IT sector will have to overhaul its decades-old strategy of rotating skilled talent into US projects following US President Donald Trump’s move to impose a $100 000 fee for…
Government’s irrational policy making damaging efforts to grow economy
108 One minister makes policy to help small business while another pulls draft regulations that would make it easier for them to get credit. Government’s irrational policy making was criticised as it…
Another conference in November that will be good for job creation
118 It looks like the whole world will be heading to South Africa in November. Global business services will also be here to talk job creation. It is not only the G20…
Coca-Cola plans to retrench in two provinces
99 The latest company to announce retrenchments is Coca-Cola, making it the third company to cut jobs in the Eastern Cape in the past three months. The Select Committee on Economic Development…