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CIARA REINTJES
KPMG South Africa recently issued its transparency report following on from transparency and similar reports issued by the other large audit firms in South Africa in 2019... read
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Rapid expansion of digital channels, exploding growth in the number and types of devices, and reduced customer face time are making mainstream financial service providers and newer fintech companies vulnerable to online fraudulent activities...read
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Freelancers, tradesman and other self-employed people easily fall into the trap of tangling their business and personal finances...read
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CHRISTIAN WIESENER
Times are tough for the South African economy and this is further negatively affecting state finances with a significant deficit of several billion rands every month... Read
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DAVID MOROBE
Although the International Monetary Fund gave South Africa's economic growth prospects a downward revision for this year, 2020 could still hold significant opportunities for business owners who know where to look... Read
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A strong Budget will come down to simple action and hard choices taken now for the long-term benefit of the country... Read
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Accounting & Auditing
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LEIGH ANDREWS, ISSUED BY SAICA
Here's what inspired Nathaniel Japhta - who grew up in the Cape Flats - to push through and help the next generation get on the safe track to a brighter future... Read
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THANDOKUHLE MYOLI, ISSUED BY SAICA
There is a perception in various circles that lower audit fees equate to lower audit quality, writes Thandokuhle Myoli, Saica project director: assurance... Read
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Banking
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ISSUED BY NEDBANK BUSINESS BANKING
Nedbank recently financed South Africa's first commercial floating solar farm. This innovative development was installed at Marlenique farm near Simondium, Paarl... Read
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Education & Training
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ISSUED BY SAICA
Today, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) announced that 2,024 of the 3,560 candidates who wrote the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) evaluation in November 2019, successfully met the assessment's requirements... Read
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Markets & Investment
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KULANI CHAUKE, ISSUED BY SAICA
SAICA, in collaboration with One Young World (OYW) and Chartered Accountants Worldwide (CAW), launched Finance and Business (FinBiz) 2030 in Johannesburg, South Africa on 6 February 2020 at Investec... Read
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PIETER BENSCH
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a sober assessment of the challenges the nation faces along with realistic proposals about how these problems may be addressed... Read
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The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa's most populous nation to be declared a national health emergency because of its severity... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Mining is so much more than just digging up rocks. Sustainable development, community welfare, greenhouse gas emissions and traceability of the source of minerals all play a substantial role in developing the industry as an economic driver in Africa... Read
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IMRAN SALIE
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, offers insight into how technology and education can help economic growth in Africa... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Imagine this...you're 16 years old, you're in Grade 10 and you're sitting in a classroom and all of a sudden an idea comes to mind... Read
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Google announced a $1m pan-African Google.org fund to support innovative ideas around privacy and launched a child online safety programme, Be Internet Awesome... Read
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South Africa's retail trade sales dropped by 0,4% year-on-year in December 2019, according to Statistics South Africa. Read
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EDWARD PARKER
In the final weeks of 2019, a virus slipped furtively from animal to human somewhere in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This inauspicious moment marked the sounding of a starting pistol, unheard at first but now echoing deafeningly across the globe. The race to stop a pandemic had begun... Read
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