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There has been an increase in demand of more than 100% for senior leaders from South African companies over the past three months, as businesses urgently play catch-up to fill their top posts. Debbie Goodman-Bhyat, CEO of Jack Hammer, says there has been a wave of briefings from across all sectors since September.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is celebrating the publication of the first Research Executive Summary published through its Southern Africa Centre of Excellence (CoE). Elmar Venter, An associate professor from the University of...

After narrowly escaping Fitch and Moody’s downgrades last week, South Africa is still on tenterhooks over S&P’s rating decision. But investors should beware of excessive pessimism over South Africa’s economy in 2017. In fact,...

South Africa’s construction industry faced a challenging year in 2016 with ongoing pressure on margins, lower revenue and lower order books. Andries Rossouw, PwC Assurance Partner, says, "the tough economic conditions in 2016 did not...

Investment costs should be a key consideration in any long-term investment strategy. Whatever the financial service industry deducts for administration, advice, commission, trading, investment management or performance directly reduces the investor’s return. With no guarantee,...

The African growth story is no longer a fairy tale. Over the past decade multinational companies, private equity funds and infrastructure development programmes have channelled capital to the continent as they began to realise...

Proposed tax amendments to SA’s controlled foreign company (CFC) rules will adversely impact South African multinationals with foreign subsidiaries that have assessed tax losses, warns PwC International Tax. The amendments which are intended to...

With about half of the world’s fastest growing countries based in Africa, the continent is quickly becoming a global business and economic hotspot. However, hand-in-hand with this growth comes rapid industry expansion, recruitment of...

The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Act has made it compulsory for all listed companies and public entities to formally report on their empowerment status to a newly created BEE commission.

Along with inequality and unemployment, poverty is seen as South Africa’s biggest challenge with over half of South Africans living below the national poverty line. Poverty is arguably the most pressing social, economic and political...