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The world of work in 2025

Employee Wellness

The world of work in 2025

Issued by GO Content Lab 1 day

Anja van Beek, talent & culture strategist, leadership & HR expert and executive coach

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Building resilient, human-centric workplaces

Anja van Beek 2 days

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Climate Change

A hot and troubled world of work: How South Africa’s bold new climate act and labour law can align to drive a just transition

Debbie Collier 3 days

Microsoft launches AI skilling drive to train 1 million South Africans

Skills Training

Microsoft launches AI skilling drive to train 1 million South Africans

3 days

Unitrans drives efficiency and sustainability in mining with performance-based vehicles

Mining

Unitrans drives efficiency and sustainability in mining with performance-based vehicles

Issued by Unitrans 28 Jan 2025

Bruce Hunt, Managing Director, Transcend Capital

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 5 BEE trends transforming South Africa

Bruce Hunt 28 Jan 2025

Brenda Khumalo started her agency in 2020. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

#Newsmaker: Lobengula's Brenda Khumalo is pioneering a new era of the misfits

Karabo Ledwaba 28 Jan 2025

Strategic cleaning: the secret to achieving cost efficiency in 2025

Health & Safety

Strategic cleaning: the secret to achieving cost efficiency in 2025

28 Jan 2025

Barloworld advocates for sustainability at Mining Indaba 2025

Materials & Equipment

Barloworld advocates for sustainability at Mining Indaba 2025

27 Jan 2025

Lyndy van den Baarselaar, Managing Director at ManpowerGroup SA

Trends

#BizTrends2025: #CuratingtheFuture - trends shaping SA's HR and recruitment landscape

Lyndy van den Barselaar 27 Jan 2025

Trends for South African SMEs in 2025: Unlocking a new era for growth and innovation

SMEs

Trends for South African SMEs in 2025: Unlocking a new era for growth and innovation

Janice Johnston, Issued by Edge Growth 24 Jan 2025

2024 was record low for mining fatalities

Mining

2024 was record low for mining fatalities

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jan 2025

Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standard of AI phone as a true AI companion

Mobile & Apps

Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standard of AI phone as a true AI companion

Issued by Samsung 3 days

The role of single sign-on in email signature software

Software

The role of single sign-on in email signature software

Issued by Rocketseed 23 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Yael Geffen, chief executive officer of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The suburban renaissance

Yael Geffen 22 Jan 2025

Healthcare

The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

21 Jan 2025

Agriculture

Kenya’s farmers have lots of digital tools to help boost productivity – how they can be made more effective

E Njuguna, J Mburu, R Birner and T Daum 21 Jan 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Why employer branding will matter more than ever in 2025

Celeste Sirin 20 Jan 2025

Navigating the hybrid work model in advertising

Advertising

Navigating the hybrid work model in advertising

Issued by Penquin 20 Nov 2024

Pictured: Jess Moyer

Interior Design

The cultural blueprint: How to make your office not just look good, but feel right

Jess Moyer, Issued by Catchwords 17 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Jeff Ryan, managing director for AWCape, now a member of TydeCo.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Navigating the future of financial management

Jeff Ryan 16 Jan 2025

Khulisa growers gain international knowledge in China

Education & Skills Development

Khulisa growers gain international knowledge in China

Issued by Sappi 15 Jan 2025

Construction & Engineering

How to reflect your brand identity through thoughtful office design

Issued by Trend Group 17 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

Brendan Jacobs 21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: What IT decisions businesses should make in 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: What IT decisions businesses should make in 2025

Issued by ASUS 14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Old Mutual FOR SME - Global outlook relevant to the local South African economy

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Old Mutual FOR SME - Global outlook relevant to the local South African economy

Nobesuthu Ndlovu, Issued by Old Mutual SMEgo 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, Issued by RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

Nosiyabonga Mongane the first black woman to serve as the President of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The future of quantity surveying is all about AI and budgets

Nosiyabonga Mongane 13 Jan 2025

Gerhard Swart is chief technology officer at Performanta

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Finding cybersecurity's place in the world

Gerhard Swart 13 Jan 2025

Dr Chris Blair, CEO of 21st Century

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Salary trends shaping the remuneration revolution

Chris Blair 13 Jan 2025

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Legislation

AI adoption in Africa - balancing innovation and regulation

Zaakir Mohamed, Kabelo Dlothi, and Lebogang Molebale 10 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters.

Economy

UN predicts world economic growth to remain at 2.8% in 2025

Michelle Nichols and Manoj Kumar 10 Jan 2025

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HR Tools & Software

Why SMEs should consider outsourcing payroll and recruitment

Pierre Bekker 9 Jan 2025

Profit boost predicted for 2025 despite ongoing supply chain issues

Logistics & Transport

Profit boost predicted for 2025 despite ongoing supply chain issues

8 Jan 2025

Dell has flipped its 2025 product names to talk directly to CIOs and CTOs.

Hardware

Dell product overhaul proves AI era is for the enterprise

Lindsey Schutters 7 Jan 2025

Image: Supplied

Career Advice

Momentum is key to a successful 2025

Anja van Beek 6 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

5 key architectural trends for 2025

30 Dec 2024

A general view of Anglo American's Quellaveco copper mine in Peru. Source: Anglo American/Reuters

Mining

Lure of Anglo's copper mines could test BHP's spending resolve

Felix Njini, Clara Denina, Melanie Burton and Pratima Desai 24 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf Merel van der Lei, CEO of Wyzetalk, says investing in frontline employees has a direct impact on a company’s bottom line

HR & Management

Investing in frontline employees a direct impact on a company’s bottom line

Merel van der Lei 24 Dec 2024

Menlyn Park Shopping Centre setting the gold standard for shopping in 2024 by bagging 8 gold awards

Retailers

Menlyn Park Shopping Centre setting the gold standard for shopping in 2024 by bagging 8 gold awards

Issued by Pareto Limited 23 Dec 2024

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HR & Management

Employee reward programme development: Balancing intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Andrew Solomon and Lianne Booth 23 Dec 2024

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Environment & Natural Resources

Bad gift ideas: Ferrets and other exotic wild mammals as pets

Ndivhuwo Shivambu, Colleen T. Downs and Tinyiko C. Shivambu 23 Dec 2024

Your partner in sustainable business success

SMEs

Your partner in sustainable business success

Issued by Great 4 Business 20 Dec 2024

Study: AI and electric vehicles set to drive major changes in fleet management

Logistics & Transport

Study: AI and electric vehicles set to drive major changes in fleet management

19 Dec 2024

Samsung’s AI-powered innovations honoured by consumer technology association

Technology

Samsung’s AI-powered innovations honoured by consumer technology association

Issued by Samsung 19 Dec 2024

Training boosts output, disease control for Kenyan smallholder fish farmers

Fishing

Training boosts output, disease control for Kenyan smallholder fish farmers

19 Dec 2024

The future of printing: AI-powered, sustainable, and reliable

Hardware

The future of printing: AI-powered, sustainable, and reliable

Issued by HP 18 Dec 2024