Several factors have recently culminated in a perfect storm of threats that South African retailers have to defend against, says Howard Barratt, principal consultant at Retail Directions.
Statistics South Africa has published its latest consumer price index, showing that annual consumer price inflation has broken through the upper limit of the Reserve Bank’s target range for the third consecutive month.
Economists at Nedbank and Alexander Forbes say that the surprising - albeit slight - improvement in South Africa's employment numbers belie a more sober reality in the country.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) are set to embark on a nationwide strike against the rising cost of living on Wednesday morning, 24 August.
No work, no pay for government workers going on strike today; Economists say latest employment numbers are nothing to celebrate; R350 Covid grants come with some new Tc and Cs; and Tshwane responds to Eskom's threat to disconnect it.
Job portal CareerJunction's latest report shows the skills that are most in-demand in the country right now as well as highlighting a certain sector that has seen significant growth.
Just as the world was returning to some kind of ‘normality’ it didn’t take long for war in Europe, surging inflation, soaring fuel and energy prices, along with severe bouts of load-shedding to cast a particularly dark shadow over the…
JSE listed REIT, Octodec Investments Limited, today announced that it has commenced upgrading its Shoprite building in the heart of the Tshwane CBD, at a cost of approximately R60 million.
Medical aid scheme Discovery Health is sending out contribution update letters to members, indicating how much more they will pay from 1 October 2022.
South African businesses are still feeling the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, as industries slowly get back to 'normal' and try to adapt to a new way of working.
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