by Dianne Bayley | Nov 9, 2020 | Workplace 2020
South Africa’s manufacturing sector, the fourth-largest in the country, has been under significant pressure for some time. It recorded a -10,8% drop year-on-year for August, with the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic, a lack of demand for goods, the unreliable power...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 25, 2020 | Workplace 2020
Organisations are under massive pressure to evolve and prepare for the “new normal” arising from the Coronavirus pandemic. Capacitating people to adapt, work and innovate in a radically changed environment has become pivotal to survival. With new norms in social...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Sustainability
Having grown up in a “retail family”, Jennifer Farinha, owner of Grobank’s client Sutherland SuperSpar, has had to use all her experience and come up with innovative ways to deal with South Africa’s lockdown response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “When Government began...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 1, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Much of the discussion around emerging technologies centres on their benefits to business, and their knock-on effect for advancing global economies, and in South Africa, the conversation will often redirect to focus on the skills shortage, writes Gomedi Makhongoana,...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 13, 2019 | Sustainability
Jade Mathieson, Creative Director at local gaming and animation studio Sea Monster, clocks up four ways tech is making education more accessible to everyone regardless of location and economical status. Technology is not just about social networking and streaming your...