IAN MANN REVIEWS: Why the world doesn't need more specialists

Aug 24 2019 07:30

Three-quarters of graduates go on to a career unrelated to their majors. The problem is that they have become competent only with the tools of a single discipline, says Ian Mann.

BOOK REVIEW: Fear can crash anything from planes to banks - how fearful is your workplace?

Opinion

OPINION: Construction companies in SA are increasingly run by women - here's why

Aug 24 2019 17:00

Nearly half of SA's construction enterprises are women-owned, says Boitumelo Thipe.

Opinion

SA is near junk status from all 3 rating agencies. What could follow?

Aug 23 2019 18:00

A lack of significant reforms led to the country being downgraded to junk status by both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch in April 2017. Only Moody’s has kept South Africa one notch above junk status. But for how long? asks Misheck Mutize.

Opinion

Ferial Haffajee: The private sector medical complex needs a wake-up call too

Aug 23 2019 16:15

Private sector healthcare is also vulnerable to corruption and capture, says Ferial Haffajee.

Opinion

Solly Moeng: If SA were a business, we'd have axed those at the top

Aug 21 2019 05:00

If SA were a business, its leadership would have been axed, says Solly Moeng.

Opinion

Debt relief: 'Poorest of the poor will pay a heavy price for SA's debt forgiveness legislation'

Aug 18 2019 15:04

Writing off loans belonging to banks and other financial institutions albeit under strict conditions, is sending out entirely the wrong message, writes Neil Roets for Fin24.

Opinion

IAN MANN REVIEWS: How to grab attention in the age of information overload

Aug 20 2019 05:00

Whether you are a mature company, a start-up or an independent service provider, if you are not using digital marketing (or not getting results,) you need to read this book, says Ian Mann.

Opinion

Why the debt relief bill will see loan sharks circling consumers

Aug 18 2019 11:51

Although the debt relief bill aims to throw a lifeline to indebted consumers, it could see 'mashonisas' or loan sharks - who typically charge between 30-50% interest on loans - thrive in the lending environment.

Opinion

Fuel price hikes - no end in sight for weary consumers

Aug 17 2019 08:30

High oil prices have seen rising petrol prices globally, and for already cash-strapped South African motorists, there appears to be no end in sight.

Opinion

SA's unemployment crisis - it's a policy problem first and foremost

Aug 18 2019 18:45

Workers should be allowed to offer their services cheaply if it means they can get jobs, say David Ansara and Hermann Pretorius.

Opinion

Why some UK firms are fine with a no-deal Brexit

Aug 19 2019 04:45

With the looming threat of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal deal and a slim but rising risk of the pound plunging to parity with the dollar, more chief executives are telling investors they can handle any eventuality – however messy, says Lionel Laurent.

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'Just hang up'

Consumer group warns of phone scams.
'Misunderstood burden'

BMW billionaire heirs say their lives are harder than you think.
Cleaning up

A Naspers start-up fund will invest R30m in online cleaning services platform SweepSouth.
It's not me

Former SARS commissioner Tom Moyane has denied creating a Twitter account to hit back at the medi...
Bad education

The SA school system based on dumbing down, says Jonathan Jansen.

Opinion

China’s tobacco industry is building schools and no one is watching

Aug 16 2019 05:00

Would you send your child to a school named after a cigarette brand? asks Jennifer Fang.

Opinion

Ferial Haffajee: How NHI will send your taxes rocketing

Aug 15 2019 14:08

The drafters assume enough fiscal space to tax an additional 3% of GDP and this tax is likely to fall on working South Africans' shoulders, says Ferial Haffajee.

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