by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Earlier this month, the Pretoria High Court granted a small business owner an urgent basis for relief against the South African Revenue Service (SARS) who depleted his bank account without following due process. By Jean-Louis Nel, tax attorney at Tax Consulting SA The...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Companies have not only had to struggle to keep their doors open after the hard lockdown, but they had to deal with employee expectations. By Jethro Malapane, executive committee member of the South African Payroll Association Many employees expected to be paid even...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
The fifth-generation mobile network, also known as 5G, is the latest technology standard for mobile networks and the successor of 4G or LTE. This latest evolution will provide 100 times more bandwidth than 4G, which means more availability and far greater speeds. It...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
The disruptions forced on society and businesses in the past few months may well have upended business practises as we know them, but their impacts are likely to be felt by governments and business well into the future. While this may be unsettling at first glance,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Events/Report-backs
Kathy Gibson is at Deloitte Tech Trends Africa – There has never been a time when the role of the technology leader has been so pivotal in shaping the future of organisations. That’s the word from Kevin Govender, CIO programme leader at Deloitte Consulting Africa,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has created new vulnerabilities that fraudsters and cyber criminals have been quick to exploit, IITPSA experts have warned. Speaking at an IITPSA Western Cape chapter webinar on how to become cyber resilient and more aware during...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
In the first few months of 2020, the world was spun on its axis. Faced with a challenge we had not yet encountered on such a scale before, we saw the globe come to a standstill. And as life resumed we were hit with the realisation that there is no going back to the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Going back to work amidst the Covid-19 pandemic is not a simple matter for most people regardless of how keen they are to get back to routine. Almost four months have passed since the hard lockdown began. Many have not stepped into their workplace or seen their...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Over recent months the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that as humans we are all connected. There are also parallels with the climate emergency we are facing: both require a global response, long-term thinking, and businesses to play their part. By Robin Fisher, senior...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 24, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
Do you have a business idea but are reluctant to launch it in the current crisis? Why not be like the 67 160 entrepreneurs in the US who filed to set up new companies in the last week of May alone? This was a 21% increase from the same seven days in 2019 and a sign...
