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In South Africa, an employer generally cannot simply reduce your agreed salary without your consent. Your salary is normally a term and condition of your employment, and reducing it without agreement may amount to...

Fiscal pressure and rising scrutiny are reshaping procurement into a value-driven discipline. Global public procurement spending is estimated to account for around 12% of GDP in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) economies. This underscores the scale and strategic importance of how governments and organisations spend money.

Commercial vessel operators today face a demanding operating environment. Rising repair costs, ageing fleets, increasingly unpredictable weather and tighter regulatory requirements all contribute to higher operating costs and more complex marine risks. These challenges often intensify for South African operators.

As a 25-year-old professional starting in my career, investing in shares felt unfamiliar and intimidating. I considered it a market for the wealthy, and certainly not a place that I could leverage for my own personal and professional benefit. I had a savings mindset, not an investing mindset. Therefore, I invested any surplus cash in a bank account earning interest.

South Africa has built one of the continent's strongest Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) response systems. The next step, however, needs to focus on prevention, with business firmly and deliberately taking a defining role. Statistics from the Human Sciences Research Council show the extent of South Africa’s GBVF crisis.

South Africans have long embraced outdoor living, but modern homes are taking this connection a step further. Rather than treating the patio, braai area, pool deck or garden as separate spaces, homeowners are increasingly designing homes that connect inside and outside. These boundaries can open, close and adapt to suit how people use the space.

A Network and System Administrator salary in South Africa usually ranges from about R12,000 to R55,000+ per month, depending on experience, employer, location, certification level, infrastructure size, cloud exposure and whether the role focuses...

A Commercial Attorney salary in South Africa usually ranges from about R22,000 to R100,000+ per month, depending on post-admission experience, employer, location, transaction exposure, client base, practice area and whether the role is in...

As artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes recruitment at every level, we are cautioning boards and organisations against assuming the technology can do the same work at the top of the house that it does elsewhere in the hiring funnel. AI adoption in recruitment has accelerated sharply over the past two years. Industry data shows that usage has roughly doubled in the past year alone. The vast majority of companies now use some form of AI somewhere in their hiring process.

There is something wonderfully optimistic about the word inheritance. It carries a sense of something gained without effort, simply handed down. A holiday home by the sea. A share in a property. Perhaps an investment that has been in the family for years. Then comes the small print. The holiday house is shared with your siblings.