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Patent lawyer salaries in South Africa can be substantial, particularly for qualified patent attorneys with technical expertise and experience protecting inventions. According to Indeed South Africa, the average patent attorney salary is approximately R965,253...

Urban and regional planning salaries in South Africa range from approximately R15,006 to R63,838 per month for most workers in the broader town and traffic planning occupational category, according to WageIndicator's 2026 data. Indeed...

Most advice about selling a business focuses on the seller as an individual. It considers the founder, the entrepreneur, or the person whose name appears on the door. However, family businesses complicate that picture. The person sitting across the table from a buyer represents more than themselves. They represent a family. In my experience, family members rarely approach a sale with the same objectives.

As more South Africans choose to live together without getting married, financial experts warn that many couples may unknowingly expose themselves to significant financial and legal risks. Although cohabitation has become increasingly common, many people mistakenly believe that living together for several years automatically grants them the same legal rights as married couples.

Enterprises love to call themselves Application Programming Interface (API)-first. However, almost none are ready for what is about to start calling those APIs. According to Postman's 2025 State of the API Report, 82% of organisations now describe themselves as API-first. It's a comfortable number to cite in a strategy deck. However, that number becomes far less comfortable when we ask what “API-first” was actually built to withstand.

How are township residents responding to socio-economic inequality and the growing belief that South Africa’s democratic transition has failed to deliver constitutional promises of social justice? South Africa’s Constitution and the Law of the Township explores this question through extensive fieldwork. It challenges conventional assumptions about township agency and survival.

Pharmacologist salaries in South Africa depend heavily on whether the professional works in pharmaceutical research, drug development, academia or clinical medicine. There is no sufficiently reliable national salary average for the exact occupation of...

Vet nurse salaries in South Africa average approximately R21,112 per month, according to Indeed salary data updated in August 2026. This is equivalent to R253,344 annually before deductions, with a reported salary range of...

Read our exclusive cover story titled - Operational resilience – adapting to geopolitical instability by Nashikta Angad, Movashan Moodley and Mishana Pillay, KPMG Southern Africa, plus a host of other topical management articles written by professionals, consultants and academics.

When farmers take a photo of unfamiliar spots on a crop and ask a question on their phone, they’re not thinking about digital systems or models. Instead, they are looking for reassurance, guidance, and something they can act on before the problem spreads. Moments like these are becoming increasingly common as technology becomes a first stop for information and decision-making. This shift extends from the field to the clinic and the classroom. Yet whether that farmer gets a useful answer still often comes down to one simple factor: language.