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In his announcement on easing South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown from Level 5 to Level 4 on 1 May 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa painted a broad strokes picture of how the country will return to work... read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
An overview of Bizcommunity's Press Offices, companies and organisations putting the grit in integrity, by continuing to communicate and innovate despite the many challenges of the Covid-19 lockdown... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
For Dishi Smit and Keri Stewart, the co-founders of be.first, the pandemic has turned business upside down, but they've found a way to support small local businesses... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
The team of GetVen have taken the time of nationwide lockdown to rebuild their platform and believes that they will be able to offer an additional source of income for the hospitality industry once venues are able to operate again... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Zeelo is a shared transportation service, but since the nationwide lockdown had an impact on the way they transport commuters they turned to offer their services to transporting essential working in a safe way... Read
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MANZINI ZUNGU, ISSUED BY PACINAMIX
In a South African perspective, there has been but a single life-changing socio-economic crisis in the past century that has had the kind of legacy which the Coronavirus is believed will have... Read
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Entrepreneurship
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BRONWYN WILLIAMS
The Covid-19 crisis is not a unifying crisis, it's a dividing crisis. The crisis is highlighting the divisions between rich and poor nations, and rich and poor individuals... Read
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The Department of Small Business Development has issued a warning to small businesses against fraudulent agencies soliciting payment to fast track applications for Covid-19 Relief funding... Read
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Business Plans
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The economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic on global businesses has sparked universal uncertainty and panic... Read
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Entrepreneurial businesses both small and medium have been particularly hard hit in these challenging times, and many are now facing an existential threat. However, there are ways to rethink their business models and adapt to a world which is unlikely to return to its old habits... Read
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Community
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CORNE DU PREEZ
Things will never be the same again. The way we used to live, work and interact with one another pre-Covid-19 is over... Read
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VIRESH HARDUTH
Many small and medium businesses in South Africa were already facing cash flow challenges before the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
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In the wake of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, businesses across the work sector face their future with trepidation... Read
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HR
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SHERISA RAJAH
At a panel hosted by the South Africa Board of People Practices and attended by HR professionals as well as employment lawyers, valuable insight was gained surrounding planning for the day after lockdown... Read
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Research Reports
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Right now, there are currently around 2.5 billion people around the world in some form of a Covid-19 lockdown, and millions more businesses are also shuttered and unable to trade or generate an income... Read
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AfricArena has launched a report on the State of Tech Innovation and Investment in Africa... Read
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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
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The Redshift Store Connector was created during the South African lockdown to allow small local retailers like spaza shops to easily set up an online presence and sell directly to their surrounding communities... Read
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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has provided more details on the second set of measures that are aimed at assisting individuals and businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
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According to Statistics South Africa, 30% of all businesses say they do not have enough revenue to last more than one month of lockdown... Read
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Social Entrepreneurship
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JENNILEE PEREMORE-OLIVER
With the clear economic divide in South Africa, the extension of the Covid-19 lockdown is hitting most South Africans harder than others... Read
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South African surf brand, Mami Wata, is donating 100% of the profits from sales on its online store to supporting grassroots African surf businesses impacted by Covid-19... Read
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The need to mitigate anthropogenic impacts on species and natural systems has resulted in conservation science developing as a major multidisciplinary area of study... Read
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JOHN EVANS
The global outbreak of Covid-19 and the subsequent national lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2020 have undoubtedly impacted many companies... Read
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LYNETTE MAART
There is no social income support for able-bodied people who have little to no income between the ages of 18 years, after which the Child Support Grant ends, and 59 years, after which the Old Age Pension kicks in... Read
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The V&A Waterfront's new 100 Beautiful Things initiative celebrates the creativity of the makers behind some of South Africa's most inspiring projects, products, ideas and experiences... Read
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