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ManufacturingSouth Africa
Plastics and Its Quandary: Industries that have Great Potential to Create Jobs and Spur the Economy are not without Downsides
According to the latest figures available from Stats SA, the plastics manufacturing sector had an estimated turnover of R11.7bn in 2019, with net profit after tax and dividends an estimated...
ConstructionSouth Africa
The Unsung Heroes of the Build Environment – The Installation Sector Who Can Advance Economic Activity
The Building Installation Sector, like many other sectors was hit very hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and its dependence on the construction industry in the property sector that came to...
Other service activitiesSouth AfricaTransportation and storage
Impact of COVID-19 on the Freight and Road Transport
The South African economy was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. GDP declined by 7% in 2020 with a growth forecast of between 3% and 3.6% for 2021. This had...
Financial and insurance activitiesOther service activities
Cryptocurrency
In modern times, things move fast. Bitcoin, one of the various cryptocurrencies has taken the market by storm, having reached a market cap of over $1.1 trillion in Cryptocurrencies. How...
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Global Disruptors
I recently paged through the December 2019 copy of the Economist’s The World in 2020 edition, which makes predictions for the year ahead, and while no mention was made of...
Other service activitiesSouth Africa
Pockets of Excellence
Under the circumstances, it is easy to be pessimistic, but South African society has backbone and we should take pride in our many pockets of excellence. My wife and I...
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Disruptors
Disruptors present both threats and opportunities and are largely driven by three things; changes in consumer tastes, changes in law and technological innovation. Ostrich feathers were highly fashionable in the...
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Less is more
According the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa there is no set rule, but the guideline is that one person ought not to hold more than five posts as non-executive...
