Proponents of education reform may have hailed the proposed amendments to the Higher Education Act as necessary, but Dr. Felicity Coughlan, fears they might worsen the challenges which distance education students are experiencing and limit their chances of success. Coughlan, Read the full story
By Pieter Scholtz Financial statements are often used to judge whether a business is performing well or not, however these numbers alone seldom tell the whole story. Entrepreneurs might be knowledgeable in their chosen field, but may lack the technical Read the full story
“Game-changer” is being casually bandied about these days, but one cannot dispute that the partnership between the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED) and Pick n Pay is touted as the real deal. The organisations have launched the first ever Read the full story
The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have collaborated on a programme to dispatch automotive experts from Japan to South Africa, to provide technical expertise and training to develop local automotive manufacturing companies. A Memorandum Read the full story
The 2016 budget can only have a meaningful impact if it nurtures an environment to stimulate the growth of the small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector, according to Etienne Retief of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (Saipa) and Read the full story
South Africa’s embattled institutes of higher learning could find long-term solutions to the current crisis in education by applying the principles of business model innovation. On-going university protests over fees and outsourcing should be seen as an opportunity for long-term Read the full story
In a press release mailed to Transform SA Online, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) reveals that it has repealed the Chartered Accountancy and Construction Sector Codes with effect from 17 February. “The reason for the repeal of the Read the full story
Never in their faintest imagination did Welkom Yizani shareholders imagine the benevolence that Naspers has demonstrated! Naspers Board of Directors has given the shareholders a pleasant surprise by agreeing to waive off the preference share debt and accrued interest of Read the full story
By Anees Vazeer The bruising drought and the stifling heatwaves that swept through South Africa during this summer have brought the issues of climate change to the fore. Three years ago, flooding and severe hail storms wiped out entire crops. Read the full story
Isn’t this sufficient to warn South African companies to take precautionary measures? Mimecast (NASDAQ: MIME), the email security, email continuity and email archiving cloud company, has released the results of its new global research study: Mimecast Business Email Threat Read the full story
