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Labour Law

'Debt made me do it': Use of financial distress as a defence in employment law

Leila Moosa and Aadil Patel 13 hours

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Smart Buildings & Cities

Leveraging technology: A new hope for South African municipalities drowning in debt

9 Apr 2025

How to prepare for deepfakes – South Africa’s new digital threat

Digital

How to prepare for deepfakes – South Africa’s new digital threat

Boland Lithebe 3 Apr 2025

Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

Higher Education

Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

Sandiso Phaliso and Joseph Chirume 12 Feb 2025

SAICE responds to Ramaphosa R940bn Sona promise

Construction & Engineering

SAICE responds to Ramaphosa R940bn Sona promise

11 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied. Howard Gabriels, credit lead ombud at the National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO).

Financial Services

Financial watchdog poised to tackle complaints against credit providers

14 Jan 2025

AutoZone acquisition by Metair gets green light

Maintenance

AutoZone acquisition by Metair gets green light

17 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Grant Phillips, Group chief executive officer of e4.

Residential Property

Digital disruption, bond switching to make a big impact on home loans in 2025

31 Dec 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Facing liquidation? Early intervention could make all the difference

10 Dec 2024

New Icasa regulations invites private sector to mail delivery party. Source: Kindel Media/Pexels

ICT

Icasa draft regulations opens the door for private postal services

Lindsey Schutters 2 Oct 2024

Consumer confidence recovers to pre-pandemic levels, survey shows

Retail

Consumer confidence recovers to pre-pandemic levels, survey shows

Prerna Bedi 17 Sep 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Distressed retailers: Why private equity funds should come to the rescue

Tobie Jordaan, Jutami Augustyn and Paras Shah 3 Sep 2024

Agribusiness

Sustaining the agricultural engine in South Africa: Business rescue and informal restructuring

Tobie Jordaan 27 Aug 2024

SA mourns the loss of educational visionary professor Brian O’Connell

Higher Education

SA mourns the loss of educational visionary professor Brian O’Connell

27 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Schalk Fischer, insurance vertical sales leader at TransUnion South Africa.

Insurance & Actuarial

Data insights drive growth in stagnant insurance sector

Schalk Fischer 1 Aug 2024

Major auto parts retailer AutoZone enters business rescue

Maintenance

Major auto parts retailer AutoZone enters business rescue

9 Jul 2024

Francois Viviers is group head of marketing and communications. Source: Supplied.

Branding

Capitec Bank's journey to becoming one of the world's strongest banking brands

Karabo Ledwaba 4 Apr 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Is restoring a financially distressed company to solvency achievable?

Dr Eric Levenstein 22 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. Blue Mountain Berries, a profitable and fully operational berry and avocado farm just outside of George that is being sold via sealed bid after being placed in business rescue.

Markets & Investment

What buying a commercial property in business rescue means for new owners

29 Nov 2023

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why SA companies might not pay living wages

23 Nov 2023

Economy

SA's two-pot retirement system shines light on the need for supplementary savings plans

9 Nov 2023

Pat Mahlangu was named emerging marketer of the year. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

Chicken Licken's Chantal Sombonos-Van Tonder named marketer of the year at IMM Awards

9 Nov 2023

Forget a good budget - a compliant one will do for now

Accounting & Auditing

Forget a good budget - a compliant one will do for now

Issued by SAICA 3 Nov 2023

Proactive strategies for SMEs facing financial difficulties

Funding

Proactive strategies for SMEs facing financial difficulties

11 Oct 2023

Stories of wills, loss, and legacy

Law of Succession

Stories of wills, loss, and legacy

Issued by Capital Legacy 11 Sep 2023

Substantial drop seen in rental property vacancy rate - TPN survey

Residential Property

Substantial drop seen in rental property vacancy rate - TPN survey

5 Jun 2023

SA small business confidence takes a knock as the energy crisis intensifies

SMEs

SA small business confidence takes a knock as the energy crisis intensifies

Issued by Business Partners Limited 4 May 2023

Business Partners Limited launches a R400m Energy Fund for SMEs

SMEs

Business Partners Limited launches a R400m Energy Fund for SMEs

Issued by Business Partners Limited 21 Apr 2023

Eskom bailout won't end power cuts, splitting up the utility can

Energy

Eskom bailout won't end power cuts, splitting up the utility can

Roy Havemann 28 Feb 2023

Financial Services

South African middle-class workers buckling under severe credit stress

7 Dec 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

How Ster-Kinekor survived business rescue

Lara Kahn, Ryan Smith, Rainer Nowak, Leigh Lambrechts & Naledi Mbaba 16 Nov 2022

Tongaat enters into voluntary business rescue

Agro-processing

Tongaat enters into voluntary business rescue

31 Oct 2022

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Consumer Law

Obelisk declared a multiplication scheme

21 Oct 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

No more leniency - court ruling a warning not to abuse business rescue process

Eric Levenstein 17 May 2022

Retirement reforms, slow and steady does it

Finance

Retirement reforms, slow and steady does it

Kedibone Sono, Issued by SAICA 16 May 2022

Is SA agriculture in a graveyard spiral?

Agribusiness

Is SA agriculture in a graveyard spiral?

Roelie van Reenen 16 Mar 2022

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Labour Law

SCA delivers scathing judgment to SA Post Office

Imraan Mahomed, Vivien Chaplin and Tobie Jordaan 10 Mar 2022

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Markets & Investment

Retirement savings not an option for many South Africans

13 Oct 2021

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Finance

Product recall insurance demand spikes

6 Oct 2021

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Remuneration & Payroll

Salga, unions secure 3.5% salary increase

16 Sep 2021

Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it's starting to affect farming

Agribusiness

Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it's starting to affect farming

Wandile Sihlobo 21 Jun 2021

Jaco van Jaarsveldt, chief decision analytics officer, Experian Africa

Banking

The importance of alternative data in a tough lending environment

Jaco van Jaarsveldt 10 May 2021

Mitch Slape, Massmart CEO

Retailers

Massmart's CEO on Covid-driven consumer trends that'll stick

Lauren Hartzenberg 19 Apr 2021

Professional accountants' responsibility to act in the public interest during Covid-19

Accounting & Auditing

Professional accountants' responsibility to act in the public interest during Covid-19

Jeanne Viljoen, Issued by SAICA 15 Mar 2021

The battle of the banks hits a high in digital Covid economy

Banking

The battle of the banks hits a high in digital Covid economy

15 Mar 2021

NEF launches an Economic Distress Fund

Community

NEF launches an Economic Distress Fund

22 Feb 2021