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Ellies built its business alongside the DStv boom. Source: Gemma Redondo/Unsplash

ICT

Ellies ends journey from pioneering electronics giant to business failure

Lindsey Schutters 3 days

Marketing & Media

Media24 says S189 will continue as it awaits Competition Commission ruling

15 Jul 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater has shed 8% of its workforce since January 2023

Energy & Mining

11,000 jobs lost in 18 months at Sibanye-Stillwater

Lindsey Schutters 3 Jul 2024

Anglo's board has rejected the BHP bid, citing the divestment effects on Amplats business.

Energy & Mining

Anglo board responds to BHP bid, maintains 29 May deadline

Lindsey Schutters 29 May 2024

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Legal

Landmark ConCourt ruling on right to fair procedure during retrenchments

27 May 2024

Finance

SA Post Office: Union deal halts layoffs at the 11th hour

Katja Hamilton 24 Apr 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater's Marikana complex has faced the brunt of the PGM crisis

Energy & Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater faces PGM headwinds, cuts jobs at ageing mine

Lindsey Schutters 19 Apr 2024

Marketing & Media

Ster-Kinekor to retrench more than 200 employees

18 Apr 2024

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HR & Management

Unemployment by death: What happens to employees when employers die?

Nasheetah Smith 16 Apr 2024

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HR & Management

6 payroll myths busted

Ancel Draai 28 Feb 2024

The PGM market decline is seeing job cuts across the value chain. Source: DALL-E 3

Energy & Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater concludes consultations, shuts shaft to minimise job cuts

Lindsey Schutters 23 Feb 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

ESG and employment: Key dispute risks in the EMI sector in 2024

31 Jan 2024

Johan Botes, Partner and Head of the Employment & Compensation Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg

Legal

#BizTrends2024: Adapting to change and the growing call for DEI

Johan Botes 18 Jan 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

HR & Management

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf Despite fraud cases dominating the news cycle, there has been a decrease in fraudulent and dishonest life insurance claims

Finance

AI steps up the fight against insurance fraud

21 Dec 2023

#BestofBiz 2023: HR & Management

HR & Management

#BestofBiz 2023: HR & Management

19 Dec 2023

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Legal

Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

Independent Media broadens retrenchment scope

Marketing & Media

Independent Media broadens retrenchment scope

20 Jul 2023

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HR & Management

Think twice before rage applying for those jobs

28 Jun 2023

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HR & Management

Cancelling fixed term employment contracts - expiry or retrenchment?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Tasreeq Ferreira 2 Jun 2023

Fraud remains a big problem for banking customers

Finance

Fraud remains a big problem for banking customers

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 17 May 2023

Healthcare

Cancer a leading cause of life-insurance claims, report shows

15 May 2023

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Legal

What employers should know before using AI in dismissals

Mehnaaz Bux and Keah Challenor 10 May 2023

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Legal

Beware cutting and pasting provisions in settlement agreements

Nonkosazana Nkosi 8 May 2023

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Legal

Facing employee retrenchments? Key legal considerations

Hugo Pienaar and Abigail Butcher 10 Mar 2023

Finance

Old Mutual warns of potential delay in implementing two-pot system

15 Feb 2023

Marketing & Media

Report: Twitter hit by 40% revenue drop after ad pause

19 Jan 2023

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

HR & Management

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Tata Mokwayi 16 Jan 2023

Lyndy van den Barselaar, MD at ManpowerGroup SA

HR & Management

#BizTrends2023: Businesses prepare for a recession

Lyndy van den Barselaar 9 Jan 2023

Bata South Africa honoured with Special Award for safeguarding factory during KZN looting

Retail

Bata South Africa honoured with Special Award for safeguarding factory during KZN looting

Issued by Bata 8 Dec 2022

Marketing & Media

Mark Zuckerberg can sack 11,000 workers but shareholders can't dump him: it's called 'management entrenchment'

Mark Humphery-Jenner 14 Nov 2022

Source: © Blue Ox Studio A third of advertisers plan to cut their EMEA media budgets in 2023

Marketing & Media

Third of advertisers plan to cut EMEA budgets next year

18 Oct 2022

Retail

80 years of Robertson Winery: Big brand from a small town

Lauren Hartzenberg 30 Sep 2022

Finance

58% of loans in arrears are held by women and here is why

14 Sep 2022

Marketing & Media

BuzzFeed, Bloomberg hiring while others downsize

4 Aug 2022

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HR & Management

Can employees refuse to enter a workspace with unvaccinated co-workers?

11 Jul 2022

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HR & Management

No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination

Tania Broughton 17 May 2022

Retirement reforms, slow and steady does it

Finance

Retirement reforms, slow and steady does it

Kedibone Sono, Issued by SAICA 16 May 2022

Motsepe Advertising gives back to destitute women and children

Marketing & Media

Motsepe Advertising gives back to destitute women and children

Issued by Motsepe Advertising 4 Mar 2022

#BizTrends2022: Healing humans, brands and agencies

Marketing & Media

#BizTrends2022: Healing humans, brands and agencies

Dono White 26 Jan 2022

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Legal

CCMA deems dismissal for refusing to be vaccinated 'fair'

Daniel van der Merwe 26 Jan 2022

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Legal

False termination information could end in criminal liability

Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Joani van Vuuren and Nasme Puley 19 Jan 2022

Dark Fibre Africa announces a plan to retrench staff

ICT

Dark Fibre Africa announces a plan to retrench staff

18 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Temporary employment services show resilience and flexibility

HR & Management

#BizTrends2022: Temporary employment services show resilience and flexibility

Jeandie Leone 13 Jan 2022

Retail

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

Retail

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

Chris Gilili 11 Jan 2022