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Once seen as the ‘risky’ continent, despite being a viable investment destination for natural resources, Africa’s respectable growth rate and improvements within business environments have made it an attractive destination for foreign direct investment for several key industries.

This year will see HR and payroll data play a pivotal role in business, becoming an increasingly valuable asset that provides a snapshot overview of the current status of the business. This is according to Ian McAlister, general manager of CRS Technologies.

The video entertainment group says its strong balance sheet will support a maiden dividend at the end of the year. MultiChoice says it remains on track to pay a maiden full-year dividend amounting to R2.5 billion following a strong start to its 2020 financial year. And it's almost halved trading losses at its African operations outside of South Africa as it continues to draw more viewers.

The Rugby World Cup hosted by Japan is almost coming to an end. The final will be played this Saturday at the International Stadium Yokohama. The Bokke have made it to the final and will be playing against our northern hemisphere rival, England.

The luxury goods group says if local depositary receipt holders have not received their reclaim forms by month end they should get in touch.

The Contact Centre Management Group (CCMG), the only professional body for contact centres in South Africa, will be hosting its 9th annual conference and expo on October 31 and November 01 this year at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

Frankfurt, 7 October 2019. CMS announces that RM Partners and Daly & Inamdar Advocates, based in South Africa and Kenya respectively, have today joined the leading global law firm. Going forward, they will be known as CMS RM Partners and CMS Daly Inamdar Advocates.

A new report by The Small Business Institute (SBI) claims that small businesses continue to be as economically fragile as they were over two decades ago, with some 70% of South Africa’s emerging small businesses failing within their first two years. While 98.5% of the country’s economy is made up of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), they’re only delivering 28% of all jobs.

The building materials retailer expects trading conditions to remain challenging but will continue with its store expansion and relocation strategy.

SA investors taking up stock in Prosus when it lists next month may be liable for capital gains tax. Naspers has cautioned investors on the tax implications ahead of next month's listing of its international assets in Amsterdam.