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May 20, 2021 As many parts of the world deal with the Third Wave of Covid-19 infections, there are growing concerns that South Africa may face harsher lockdown measures in the future as the country ramps up its vaccine rollout program. This will have a telling impact on society and will only accelerate the reliance on e-commerce business models as the public prioritises their health and safety. Unfortunately, this also means that there will be a challenging, risk-driven environment ahead of us ...

As many parts of the world deal with the Third Wave of Covid-19 infections, there are growing concerns that South Africa may face harsher lockdown measures in the future as the country ramps up its vaccine roll out program. This will have a telling impact on society and will only accelerate the reliance on ecommerce business models as the public prioritizes their health and safety.  Unfortunately, this also means that there will be a challenging, risk driven environment ahead of us when it com...

Top Joburg school BANS students from talking about Israel and Palestine The ongoing situation between Israel and Palestine is the biggest talking point in the world right now - but not for students at Redhill School. Redhill High School in Johannesburg has come under fire this week, after the private facility’s Executive Head sent out a message to parents about the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Joseph Gerassi was hoping to calm tensions by insisting that students ‘must not discuss the ...

Planning for emergencies should still be prioritised now more than ever By Opinion Share The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent economic impact has had a profound impact on the culture of household savings in South Africa, which was already lacklustre even prior to 2020. Statistics South Africa has revealed that the household saving rate in the country has decreased to 0.50% in the fourth quarter of 2020 from 0.70% in the third quarter of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has brough...

Following its “ Don’t be a Mampara” campaign which went a long way to sustaining the behavioural interventions required to mitigate against the spread of the virus, the “ When We Come Together” campaign features South Africans playing their part to respond to the pandemic, while also preparing for the mass vaccine roll-out.  Ms Wendy Tlou, Executive Head: Humanitarian Response and Behaviour Change Pillars at the Solidarity Fund explains that, “The When We Come Together campaign te...

Internal conflicts within the ANC have been destabilising the country for a long time now. To be precise, it has been embattled since the Polokwane Conference of 2007 when the presidency of the ANC changed hands in dramatic fashion from Thabo Mbeki to Jacob Zuma. It is true that the seeds of instability within the ANC were sown early on in the new democracy, and some would argue long before that, but under Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, the ANC government projected a leadership culture that wa...

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank IFC today announced financing for a new investment platform managed by South Africa’s Eris Property Group. The financing aims to boost the development of affordable, quality, and resource-efficient student accommodation in South Africa, especially for low-income students. IFC’s 150 million rand ($10 million) equity investment in Eris’s South African Student Accommodation Impact Investments Proprietary Limited platform will help...

Are you financially free or free-falling? The choice is yours. By Opinion Share In these challenging economic times, true financial liberation remains elusive, but Megan Harrison –Executive Head of Transactional Banking at Multiply Money – says there is something you can do about it. It was arguably the most famous psychoanalyst and father of modern psychology, Sigmund Freud, who opined, “Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are ...