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Pandemic changes insurance, personal financial planning needs

Apr 9, 2021

The experience of living through Covid-19 has changed consumer behaviour, reshaping our wants and needs and reprioritising what’s important and what’s peripheral. Some of these behavioural changes are likely to endure after the pandemic ends and includes greater...

Tech companies can help reverse rural talent erosion

Apr 9, 2021

For decades, companies, especially tech providers, have followed a certain operational pattern. By Andrew Bourne, regional manager: Africa at, Zoho Corporation They start out in a major city, raise funding from investors, attract talent from nearby towns and villages,...

Prepare for another disruptive year

Apr 9, 2021

While increased government spending on infrastructure development will help to stabilise the construction industry by bringing a host of opportunities in the form of new projects, several risk factors continue to undermine the sector’s recovery. “The biggest concern...

Where do we stand with expropriation of land without compensation?

Apr 9, 2021

On 13 December 2019, the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (the Amendment Bill) was published in the Government Gazette. By Burton Meyer, director in Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s dispute resolution practice Since then, a lot of water has passed under the bridge with...

The role of storage in Industry 4.0

Apr 9, 2021

2020 has been a year of unprecedented change for businesses globally and in the region. By Ossama El Samadoni, senior sales director: MERAT at Dell Technologies The onset of the pandemic brought with it the pressing need to accelerate digital transformation,...

What we’ve learnt from 12 months of Covid-19

Mar 26, 2021

Every organisation arguably entered a survival mode when the first lockdown was announced in late March 2020. By Cameron Beveridge, Regional Director for Southern Africa at SAP With offices closed, workers and families confined to their homes, and most economic...

Working from home is detrimental to organisational culture

Mar 26, 2021

So much has changed in our lives over the past year as a result of Covid-19. One area to experience many changes has been the work environment. “For the first time many of us were forced to work from home, which proved to be challenging for employees and employers...

Pandemic highlights need for HSE compliance

Mar 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for fully compliant health, safety and environment (HSE) policies and procedures in businesses. By Louise Woodburn, GM of KBC Health & Safety This is an unintended positive outcome of the current situation in which...

Workplace culture will never be the same

Mar 26, 2021

The onset of Covid-19 had organisations across the globe scrambling to find solutions to the sudden and widespread shift to remote work. More than a year later, it is clear that the pandemic has permanently influenced perceptions and the employee experience of...

What you need to know about long-term remote working

Mar 26, 2021

As businesses rapidly head towards the second year of “the new normal”, it’s become abundantly clear that anyone who still thinks that they’ll be “returning to the office in a few weeks’ time” is out of touch. It’s therefore imperative that businesses embrace...

Supporting mental wellness in the COVID-19 era workplace

Mar 26, 2021

COVID-19 has brought greater stress to the world of work. According to Dr. Mark Bussin, Master Reward Specialist and Executive Committee Member of the South African Reward Association (SARA), employers need to realise that their workforce is under immense pressure....

Adapting to the future of work

Mar 19, 2021

Even though technology has become indispensable for digital-centric organisations, the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to create new habits and management practices for how people adapt, behave, and work in conjunction with the tools available to them. It...

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