by Dianne Bayley | Mar 31, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
At the start of the national lockdown, South Africans rushed to stores to purchase goods, but this has since changed with many following government’s measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. “The volumes of ATM and point-of-sale (POS) transactions declined...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
In March 2018, in the wake of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment as the head of state, PwC SA published a report entitled “Investment decisions: Why South Africa, and why now?”. Article by Lullu Krugel, Chief Economist Strategy& PwC, and Dr Christie Viljoen,...
by Kathy Gibson | Feb 3, 2020 | Report-back
IDC Directions returns to South Africa to recently to provide the ICT industry with strategic guidance for a new decade, and the year ahead. Kathy Gibson provides an overview of the event. Not all doom and gloom for SA’s IT market South Africa is no stranger to bad...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 9, 2019 | Sustainability
Second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data surprised on the upside, with the 3.1% increase from Q1 handily beating consensus estimates at around the 2.4% level, writes Andrew Bahlmann, MD: Deal Leaders Africa. However, the data shows that the construction sector...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 18, 2019 | Sustainability, Uncategorized
The South African government’s ‘New Dawn’ vision is stillborn and will not be sufficient to overcome the challenges the country is facing, and investors in the country will need to be prepared to wait it out for years to see returns. This is according to Dr. Frans...
