Tag: job creation

KPMG in South Africa has launched a Learnership Incentive Tax Tool (LITT), an app that provides an additional tax deduction for registered learnerships. The objectives of this tax incentive are to encourage the creation of jobs by reducing the cost of hiring new employees, offering learnerships and to encourage skills development in the workplace.

The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has for the past three years run a survey among small and medium enterprises, both to learn how SAICA members can better serve the sector, and to offer relevant research findings to policymakers in government seeking to stimulate small business development.

According to the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of South Africa: A Strategy for Global Leadership Report, researched and produced by the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute...

After much speculation over the past few weeks as to how the Minister of Finance would ‘plug the deficit’ in his Budget Speech on 22 February 2017, he has chosen to rely on personal income tax (including trusts) by increasing the top-end rate from 41% to 45%, a dividend withholding tax increase from 15% to 20% (with immediate effect) and increased Fuel and Road Accident Fund levies.

From a small and medium enterprises (SME) perspective, the current economic environment is more conducive to growth and opportunity than it was a year ago.

As 2016 nears an end many begin to re-evaluate the year that was, both personally and professionally. As a result this is typically the...

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.

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,...

The DTI’s announcement on Friday last week to temporarily extend the automatic recognition period for the controversial "Empowering Supplier” status requirement is a welcome...

Being a data scientist is one of the hottest jobs in America right now. In fact, close to half of the 25 ‘best jobs in...