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City Lodge Hotels announces interim results – average room rates up

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels announces interim results – average room rates up

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 1 day

Source: Supplied. Blessing Utete, managing director of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants.

Budget Speech

Budget 2025: Employers eye tax cap hike, clarity on retirement reform

13 Feb 2025

Rising food, fuel, and electricity prices put further pressure on struggling households

Food, Water & Energy Security

Rising food, fuel, and electricity prices put further pressure on struggling households

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 11 Feb 2025

Beer production pumps life into South African GDP and jobs

ESG

Beer production pumps life into South African GDP and jobs

7 Feb 2025

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Remuneration & Payroll

Minimum wage increase is coming: Is your business prepared?

John Botha 5 Feb 2025

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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 29 Jan 2025

Start your own construction company in South Africa in 7 steps

How To Start Up

Start your own construction company in South Africa in 7 steps

Issued by Company Partners 27 Jan 2025

Phillipa Geard, founder and CEO of RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 7 trends impacting the HR and recruitment sector in 2025 and beyond

Phillipa Geard 21 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

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Remuneration & Payroll

Minimum wage recommendations for 2025 - last chance to comment

Tara Roos 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

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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

Source: Barthelemy de Mazenod/Unsplash

Construction & Engineering

Master Builders Association says contractors must learn from #GeorgeCollapse

17 Dec 2024

Source: © Waterfall City Pictures: Mall of Africa. BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index’s latest data reveals economic activity continues to move sideway, however, rising optimism levels remain

Economy

BETI still treading water but positive economic trend continues

17 Dec 2024

Beyond funding, here’s what the social sector needs right now

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Beyond funding, here’s what the social sector needs right now

Issued by Next Generation 12 Dec 2024

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

5 fairness flaws the UN’s new plastics treaty must change

Anna Barford and Jakob T. Pruess 9 Dec 2024

Companies must think about more than just the bottom line

Employee Wellness

Companies must think about more than just the bottom line

Judith Haupt, Issued by CONTRACT 6 Dec 2024

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Travel

SAA's economic impact to reach R32bn by 2030, report reveals

28 Nov 2024

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HR & Management

SA's deskless workforce is broke - but happy

19 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Donald Trump elected US president in stunning comeback

Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly and Joseph Ax 6 Nov 2024

The 11-week strike at the Mister Sweet plant in Germiston has ended. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet strike ends: Workers to return to work next week

Kimberly Mutandiro 4 Nov 2024

Striking workers gather outside the Mister Sweet factory in Germiston. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Occupational Health & Safety

Another worker loses a finger at Mister Sweet

Kimberly Mutandiro 28 Oct 2024

Source: © Central News Finance Minister Godongwana will present the MTBPS on Thursday, 30 October, at 2 pm

Markets & Investment

The 2024 #MTBPS and other critical factors that could influence the market

Andre Cilliers 28 Oct 2024

Navigating compliance: A festive season guide for South African logistics SMMEs

Logistics & Transport

Navigating compliance: A festive season guide for South African logistics SMMEs

Phumi (PJ) Mhlongo 23 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied. Kabelo Makeke, head of personal and private banking at Standard Bank South Africa.

Finance

Earnings vs. lifestyle: half of salary earners have nearly empty accounts before payday

21 Oct 2024

Why the Woolies boss was paid 1,300 times as much as a shopfloor worker

Retailers

Why the Woolies boss was paid 1,300 times as much as a shopfloor worker

Ann Crotty 18 Sep 2024

SA consumers getting relief from less load shedding but still taking strain from higher prices

Retail

SA consumers getting relief from less load shedding but still taking strain from higher prices

Issued by NielsenIQ 18 Sep 2024

Striking Mister Sweet workers queued on Wednesday for food brought by supporters. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 Sep 2024

City Lodge Hotels annual results – 13% jump in revenue

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels annual results – 13% jump in revenue

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 10 Sep 2024

Essential tips for making your first hire as a startup

HR

Essential tips for making your first hire as a startup

Mmasetena Nyatlo 4 Sep 2024

MEIBC is seeking to expand its scope

Construction & Engineering

SA engineering sector waits on MEIBC decision

Lindsey Schutters 2 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Chantal Marx, head of investment research, FNB Wealth and Investments.

Finance

The two-pot system: Implications for SA equities

Chantal Marx 30 Aug 2024

5 signs you’re good at saving money in your small business

SMEs

5 signs you’re good at saving money in your small business

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 29 Jul 2024

Economy

Drop in take-home pay for June, but pensions improved

25 Jul 2024

Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 22 Jul 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

Living wage vs minimum wage: How to address pay disparity and reduce working poverty

Ntuthuzelo Gcolo 17 Jul 2024

African skies poised for takeoff: Investment key to growth

Aviation

African skies poised for takeoff: Investment key to growth

16 Jul 2024

Source: Anthony Fomin/Unsplash

Skills Development

Decent work is the key to a sustainable building industry

2 Jul 2024

Investment key to aviation growth in Africa and beyond

Aviation

Investment key to aviation growth in Africa and beyond

27 Jun 2024

Economy

Salaries see modest recovery in May

26 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Mike Bryer, chief executive officer at Zapper (formerly head of digital platforms at Standard Bank group.)

Financial Services

Why QR codes are leading the charge

Mike Bryer 26 Jun 2024

Hospitality leaders: Are we training dinosaurs in a digital world?

Tourism

Hospitality leaders: Are we training dinosaurs in a digital world?

21 Jun 2024

Revolutionising skills: The future of vocational training in South Africa

Skills Training

Revolutionising skills: The future of vocational training in South Africa

Roland Innes, Leigh-Ann Revill 20 Jun 2024

Bridging the ECD gap through parent and caregiver programmes

CSI & Philanthropy

Bridging the ECD gap through parent and caregiver programmes

Rebotile Matoane, Issued by The Social Employment Fund 10 Jun 2024

Efficiency is the key to surviving tough economic times as a small business – here’s what to consider

SMEs

Efficiency is the key to surviving tough economic times as a small business – here’s what to consider

Issued by Business Partners Limited 3 Jun 2024

Economy

March sees slowdown in salary increases

26 Apr 2024

TES providers can elevate citrus farming profits, community relations

Agro-processing

TES providers can elevate citrus farming profits, community relations

Musa Dlamini 19 Apr 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

Is the new minimum wage sustainable... for employees?

9 Apr 2024

Harmony Gold has struck a new labour agreement 3 months before the current one lapses.

Mining

Harmony Gold strikes landmark five-year wage deal

Lindsey Schutters 4 Apr 2024