Intermediate Phase Teacher salary ranges – Employment guide
An Intermediate Phase Teacher salary in South Africa usually ranges from about R12,000 to R45,000+ per month, depending on experience, qualification level, employer, school...
Educare Teacher salary ranges – Employment guide
An Educare Teacher salary in South Africa usually ranges from about R6,500 to R22,000+ per month, depending on experience, qualification level, employer, location, age...
The confidence gap – women don’t need to be louder
I was promoted three times before I ever asked for a promotion. Each time, it happened because the person above me left. Someone needed to hold the work together. I stepped up, and I didn't campaign or pitch myself for the role. I just did the job that needed doing. Eventually, the title caught up with the work.
Tobacco Bill – are committee powers unconstitutional?
In May 2018, the Minister of Health published a draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill[1] in the Government Gazette[2] and invited interested persons to submit comments and representations on the draft Bill.[3]
Founder-led growth hits a structural scaling constraint
South Africa’s founder-led tech ecosystem is deeper than it has ever been, but it is still structurally thin at scale. The most recent data tells a clear story. The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association 2025 VC Industry Survey recorded R13.35 billion in active venture capital investments across 1,325 deals. ICT accounted for nearly two-thirds of total deal value.
Accounting Clerk salary ranges – Employment guide
An Accounting Clerk salary in South Africa usually ranges from about R8,000 to R25,000+ per month, depending on experience, employer, location, industry, qualification level,...
Procurement Manager salary ranges – Employment guide
A Procurement Manager salary in South Africa usually ranges from about R25,000 to R85,000+ per month, depending on experience, employer, location, industry, procurement spend,...
SARS’s digital border bureaucracy – progress or pointless compliance?
The South African administrative state has acquired yet another hammer - digital traveller technology. Government departments appear now to assume that because something can be digitised, it should be digitised. Worse still, because information can be collected, it ought to be collected. SARS's compulsory new online “Traveller Declaration” system exemplifies this increasingly pervasive mindset.
The hidden supply chain behind the clothes we wear
What we wear every day is the result of a global supply chain that few people ever see. That chain often begins far earlier than most realise and increasingly raises questions about the materials used to make our clothes. In many cases, it starts - believe it or not - in a forest plantation. Not in an abstract sense, but quite literally. Wood grown in South African forest plantations is processed into dissolving wood pulp. Producers export that pulp, and manufacturers convert it into fibre elsewhere. They eventually turn that fibre into fabric
Why healthcare data needs to follow the patient
A patient in an underserved community may begin their care at a local clinic. They may then receive a referral to a district hospital, have tests processed elsewhere, and later need specialist treatment or follow-up in another province. At every handover, the next care team needs enough context to understand what has already happened and what should happen next.
