Building A Nurturing Work Environment

GUEST – Jeremy Sampson, Chairman, Brand Finance Africa In 2025, the collective brand value of the Top 100 South African brands reached R688.6 billion, with banking, retail, and telecoms contributing over 62% of the ranking’s total brand value, as is often the case in emerging markets. This underscores the important…

GUEST – Finance Ghost- Retail Analyst Woolworths needs to look in the mirror Struggling sales, supply chain excuses, and fierce competition – can Woolworths reclaim its former retail dominance? There are two types of executives out there. The first type focuses on finding excellent reasons why it was impossible to…

GUEST - Ann Bernstein is executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise. To break the deadlock over the budget, the National Treasury has reportedly proposed a smaller VAT increase instead of the initially planned hike of two percentage points. However, this “compromise” does not deal with SA’s fiscal…

GUEST – Sanisha Packirisamy – Chief Economist at Momentum Investments We’re diving into Economies at a Glance – February 2025, a report that sheds light on our tax system, corporate contributions, and the broader economic landscape. With load shedding concerns, a postponed budget, and critical tax policy debates, South Africa…

GUEST – Duma Gqubule is research associate at the Social Policy Initiative. It has been five years since South Africa, like the rest of the world, went into lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The economic impact was swift and severe, with businesses shutting down, job losses mounting, and…