Government ministers, business people and representatives from the media joined a host of entertainers including fire throwers, stilt walkers, dancers and a scattering of Miss South
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Shopping sites in Black Friday meltdown
Shoppers and techies across South Africa were red-faced on Friday morning as popular shopping websites melted under the pressure of their own popularity on Black Friday.
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Your call is important to us …
I am unlikely to be alone in hoping that my bank – which seems to have outsourced its helpdesk operations to some distant, possibly hellishly hot
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Building a house Africa-style: one step at a time
Innovation is required in the financial services sector in Africa to provide funding products for households who build their own homes bit by bit. Either way,
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#Trumpexit: let’s start a revolution
Brexit, Trump and the beginning of the end … Imagine if we really have reached that tipping point, the archduke has been assassinated … what will you do on
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SA-Iran trade desk holds key to ‘dream market’ for SA business
In addition to helping with numerous necessary evils, such as advice on tax, regulation and visas, the newly launched South Africa-Iran Trade Desk (SAIRTD), promises to introduce
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Making money in the wildest of ways
Throwing the old economy-versus-environment argument into question, Wilderness Holdings on Friday reported good progress on both sides of the equation in the six months to the
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State transformed SABMiller deal for South Africans
Some bad news is emerging around the AB Inbev-SABMiller merger with the pound’s so-called flash-crash having knocked quite a bit of value off the deal for South African shareholders.
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FNB combines new tech and old-fashioned values
As First National Bank launched its new super hi-tech mobile banking app on Wednesday the bank’s chief executive, Jacques Celliers, made the point that the bank’s
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Value of social grants outstrips cost
Flying in the face of criticism that social grants spark dependency, comprehensive studies in Zambia have shown that the benefits of cash transfers to poor families
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