Retailers have either changed or died and all because of empowered consumers, said Chris Sanderson, co-founder of the UK-based Future Laboratory. He was one of the guest speakers on the first day of the 19th congress of the South African Council of Shopping Centres taking place in Durban this week
Author: Agency Staff
South African consumer confidence is on par with the lowest reading recorded during the 2008/2009 recession, according to the FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) on Thursday. Having plunged from -4 index points in the first quarter of 2015 to a 14-and-a-half-year
Government, with the help of banks, plans to replace 38m green ID books with smart ID cards within five years. This is according to home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba, who on Wednesday announced new pilot phases for South Africa’s proposed smart ID card project
Startling revelations following investigations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission have lifted the veil of secrecy in the relationship between ANC funding front Chancellor House and Hitachi Power Africa. The case has also raised questions about possible manipulation of major contracts
The Democratic Alliance on Monday said reports that power plant contractor Hitachi chose an out of court settlement to quash a corruption case against them justified their suspicions that the
Natural gas must play a major role in South Africa’s future energy mix, according to a new report from Econometrix. “Gas is necessary for South Africa to meet its target growth rates and
A focus on oceans, power generation and information and communications technology will move Africa towards a new era of inclusive growth, President Jacob Zuma said in New York on Sunday. Zuma told the Pan African Students Association at Princeton University
A Johannesburg academy is aiming to equip self-taught coders with free internships to prepare them for jobs in large corporations. “We take people who are self-taught in coding, have a limited working
A national treasury official received training in nuclear finance, sponsored by South Korea, at an estimated cost of R500 000 in the 2014/2015 financial year. This information listed among others in national treasury’s 2014/2015 annual report contradicts claims by finance
US President Barack Obama warned Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday that the hacking of US companies must stop, as the two leaders agreed not to engage in government-sponsored theft of intellectual property and business secrets in cyberspace. “I raised, once again, our rising concerns