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Employment is no longer a simple exchange of money for skills. These days, not only employers but employees expect much more from this exchange of value, and here’s what organisations must do to attract and retain engaged talent in the future of work.
 

In today’s fast-changing commercial environment, modernisation can have a strategic impact on any business. Without access to a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, it can be difficult or even impossible to support new business models and keep up with evolving customer demands. Additionally, the technology struggles to shake off statistics such as 67% of ERP implementations resulting in negative ROI.

Ultra Modern Kitchens Transform any Outdated Space into a Stylish and Functional area.

Microsoft Certifications from Mecer-Inter Ed meet industry and market needs by aligning training with job roles that are relevant for the industry.

In any business cost is always a consideration, but more so for start-ups and businesses who are still uncertain about their long-term and copying requirements. 

Successful personal trainer and leader in the fitness industry, Botle Kayamba, has joined prominent  South African milk and dairy product brand First Choice, as new brand ambassador for its High Protein Recovery drink. 

PBX phone systems should be adopted by all businesses.

As we’ve seen in the recent stock-market crash, cloud business has a massive impact on the global economy. It is clear from the loss of stock value of a leading software solution provider, as a direct result of the crashing of its cloud business, that cloud plays a large role in the value assigned to the businesses operating in it. Essentially, cloud solutions provide the opportunity to transform how companies operate, offering increasingly more direct business benefits.

The issue of animal cruelty is shamefully rife in South Africa, with abuse primarily taking the form of sheer neglect. However, based on the rising annual number of cases being reported to local animal welfare groups, this issue appears to be escalating – particularly in the Western Cape, where the blood sport of dogfighting continues to gain popularity.

After nearly a decade of ‘it’s nearly here’ the Protection of Personal Information Act’s (PoPIA) arrival is genuinely imminent. Compliance with the Act is viewed as being expensive, intimidating, and confusing – leaving many businesses of all sizes unsure of how to approach the challenge. Small businesses may become daunted by the apparent cost of compliance. The real question is, can any business afford non-compliance?

For those organisations that have waited to move their applications to the cloud, there are now so many more insights to help develop a plan and guide strategy. There are also more choices to make in defining an approach to the cloud thanks to increasing options from cloud solutions providers.

The AgriSETA Board invites its stakeholders in the agriculture sector to attend its Annual General Meeting

Organizations will have the opportunity to learn about the potential for enterprise asset management software to drive efficiency and help digitally transform their operations at Infor’s EAM Virtual Summit on Nov. 12.

In a rapidly moving landscape, organisations that manage continuous change stand the best chance for growth and success. The key is to prepare today’s workforce for tomorrow. There’s no denying that the pace of change is constantly increasing. To keep up, organisations must be proactive and strategic in their approach to ensure less disruptive transformation (but transformation nonetheless).

Are women prone to empathising more deeply and naturally? Or, is it a lifetime of social ‘training’ that has led women to generally be more pro social as a natural response?

Many manufacturers are entering Industry 4.0 with technology systems and business processes better suited for a bygone era. Today, Industry 4.0 is forcing manufacturers to take a comprehensive look at how their operations are equipped to address today’s top challenges, including the talent shortage, inefficient business processes, supply chain complexity, asset management, and meeting customer demands.

MiRO is a leading value-added distributor of broadband wireless, Wi-Fi, networking, VoIP, SD-WAN, IoT, security and IP video solutions.

7 Reasons to Invest in HDPE Pipes

The Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) is pleased to announce that Gabi Ngcobo has been appointed Acting Curatorial Director following Christopher Till’s stepping down from the role of Founding and Curatorial Director with effect from the end of October 2020.

Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialised by industry, recently announced that Gartner Inc. has positioned Infor CloudSuite in the Visionaries quadrant of the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Product-Centric Enterprises. Infor was positioned highest for its ability to execute in the Visionaries quadrant.  

Eastern Cape Transport Tertiary Co-operative Limited (ECTTC), a 100 % black owned and operated taxi, van and bus co-operative, is blazing the trail of the public transport transformation program.

We are solutions-oriented and committed to delivering top quality aluminium foil products and services to the Southern and Western African food, baking and catering industries

Drawing on the expertise of such a varied team brings technology to places where others have failed or simply could not find a solution.

JOMAR, a brand-new natural skincare range backed by passion and extensive research, has just launched its exciting baby and toddler skincare range. Inspired by modern, ingredient-conscious moms, the range includes 10 unique products that are specially formulated to treat delicate skin from head to toe.

A Training Company that puts the needs of our client’s first

Today, manufacturers face three common challenges: flat/declining sales; increasing costs; and brand commoditisation. Flat/Declining sales are usually the result of unproductive sales representatives and long lead times for introducing new products. Cost increases are driven by order errors, rework and scrap, a duplication of efforts across the board, and a plethora of manual processes. 

Hair health activist and style alchemist Reneé Potgieter is on a mission to get us all to fall back in love with our natural locks. 

Prioritise your mental health this World Mental Health Awareness Day

Times are tough for a lot of people and businesses and for those that never before had any cash flow issues.

Originally, cloud computing was promoted based on a simple, compelling proposition – moving capital expenditure into operating expenditure, and consequently delivering financial and operational flexibility to businesses. This was – and is – no small benefit.

Many thought remote work and virtual classrooms would be short-lived. But across EMEA, employees are finding they won’t be returning to work as “normal” and their kids will be learning differently too. And it’s left them reeling. 

Affinity Enterprises says that it expects South Africans to take a substantial hit in the last quarter of the year, as Family Tax begins to bite.

Augmented analytics is designed to accelerate insights, ensuring actionable business intelligence. With the right technology behind it, augmented analytics can go further – allowing humans and machines to enhance one another. Essentially, true augmented analytics is achieved when the user is enhanced by the system. The result? Data is turned into business value, offering measurable return on investment.

Today’s global economic upheaval underscores the critical need for enterprises to be agile and resilient. In most industries, change is constant and dramatic. It can also be debilitating for organisations lacking a flexible infrastructure and the tools needed to make decisions quickly and accurately. 

SEOPros analize every aspect of your business, industry and competition and then set out a full marketing strategy to give you the edge in your market.  This mind set has made us the go-to SEO firm in SA.

Complexities and Gravitas of Navigating Through the TERS Process.

Infor recently announced significant global success for its CloudSuite solutions, which can help customers recognise time-to-value faster. This can help them become more agile, resilient, and competitive. Industry-specific applications developed for sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, distribution, public sector, retail, and hospitality have contributed to Infor now having more than 14,000 customers in the Infor Cloud.

Innovative renewable energy leasing solutions attract significant global investment

Modern workforces need modern solutions. For effective management, businesses must have access to sound data, digitally driven functionality, reach features, and purpose-fit engineered solutions that are intelligent and intuitive. With this approach, not only will staff productivity and customer relationships improve, but the business will operate more efficiently, leading to optimised operations. To achieve this, creating a highly engaged workforce is paramount.

Significant CAGR growth has been seen in Educational Robots Market globally in 2018 and it can reach US$ 2,485.98-million by 2025.

OQLIS is a leader in Data intelligence, bringing together Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Data Automation

As a packhouse manager for a produce farm Raphias Sithole sits in the centre of a complex web of supply and demand

Best quality at competitive pricing and a company to recommend to your friends.

Dr Riana Jacobs-Venter is one of Mzansi's foremost experts in fungi. Her knowledge helps protect the food that our farmers produce

Working outside is a major benefit for Thabo Mavundza

At Blinds4U we have a vast range of different blinds for sale that will bring functionality and style to any space

As the Future of Work comes to fruition, we are starting to see a paradigm shift in the way businesses operate, sell, market products or services, and engage with potential clients.

For Human Resources executive Vusi Thembe finding the perfect person for a crucial position is a thrilling achievement

Brimstone released its interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2020 reporting an operating profit of R304.5 million, up from a profit of R178.2 million in the comparative period. Brimstone’s core investments produced commendable resilient results in the period.

Aesthetic Homes has been in the wooden decking business since 2013. The business is built around the designing, manufacturing and the meticulous installation of top quality, eco-friendly composite wooden decking.

Godwin Mafireyi combines computer programming with genetics to make better seeds for our farmers

Sanitizeme is a South African Based company with outlets branching into Africa soon

Whether you are a teacher, parent, IT professional or student, you have witnessed the extraordinary transition the education sector has recently undergone. Despite our schools having already facilitated distance, digital and remote learning for some years now, there is no doubt that the global lockdown has acted as a catalyst for further rapid and momentous change.  

Hublot is one of those luxury Swiss brands that watch lovers the world over gravitate towards and with the company’s long and illustrious history, it is easy to see why.

Aspire Art returns to Johannesburg with a much-anticipated auction of Modern art and Contemporary art taking place on 3 September.

Statistics South Africa estimates that more than 77% of South Africans are still working from home, despite the easing of restrictions. The knock-on effect of more and more people working from home includes people relocating away from commercial hubs in larger cities.

Today the demand for disruptive innovation is insatiable. Originally put forward in a Harvard Business Review piece in 1995, entire industries have now become accustomed to prolific market transformation, driven by technology innovation. The net result is that it is now only the fastest, most agile companies that survive and grow. It is evolution at full throttle, and it is relentless and unforgiving.

The Covid-19 Pandemic has evidently had an impact on the world-wide economy and has certainly contributed to South Africa’s economic downturn. Job security and income stability have become the talk of the town, and has resulted in gutsy entrepreneurs taking risks to thrive during this period of Covid-19, leading them to become what you could call ‘Covid-preneurs’. 

Maboloka Jonas Chip liaises daily between farmers, government and the private sector. Working as an agricultural extension officer, a big part of his job is offering support, providing extension services and advice to farmers in Gauteng.

The number one business coaching firm in the world, ActionCOACH Business Coaching, is taking ACTION and choosing to be part of the solution that empowers women to excel in entrepreneurship all around South Africa and beyond.

Monday, 24 August 2020 - The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) today announced the provision of R66 million to AgriSETA, to train 400 EPWP participants to become Artisans.

Bakkie and Van Hire is a quality logistics service that provides the perfect solution to all your transport requirements.

The Switchcom ethos is simple: we aim to deliver only the best to our customers. By building our business model around our customers we constantly exceed their expectations and supply everything they need for their projects.

Digital transformation is no longer a ‘nice to have’. The global pandemic has catapulted the fourth industrial revolution into the present, forcing many businesses across the globe to digitise or die. The insurance industry is no exception. Renowned for its face-to-face processes and paper-heavy procedures, the industry was compelled to go digital as the national lockdown effectively banned human interaction.

Isobel van der Stoep (45) had to break down many stereotypes in Mzansi’s agricultural sector as a female agricultural engineer. Never wanting an office job, she pursued agricultural engineering and is now an irrigation engineer specialist.

The current crisis has put a spotlight on a tried-and-true networking paradigm: Working from home. But despite the typical bandwagon claims, it turns out that effective remote or teleworker connectivity solutions have their own unique set of requirements that can only be satisfied with a broad range of products and services drawn from remote, branch and campus networking solutions delivering secure access to IT resources from the edge to the data centre to the cloud.

The South African lockdown has had an immense impact on the recruitment industry. The long-term effects of this economic shutdown are yet to be seen – but predictions are not promising. As whole industries struggle to stay afloat, and employees and candidates across the globe fight for their positions, sound talent acquisition principles become vital to sustainable operations.

Growing up in a small town in the embattled Sudan, Sirdar received a scholarship at the University of Pretoria while studying veterinary science at a university in his home country. The rest is history. Almost two decades of studying and doing research between Sudan and South Africa later, he has recently completed his PhD degree in veterinary epidemiology.

Dr Zelda Bijzet (54) yearned to be a pharmaceutical researcher when she graduated from high school. But, at the time, women were not able to work as researchers. Instead she pursued agriculture, creating a path to her dream career.

Trauma is part of everyday life. Being in a car accident, losing a loved one, or suffering a stroke – these are traumatic events we see happening every day. 

The most important trait of an entrepreneur and the source of an entrepreneur’s motivation is passion

Good news for followers of the ketogenic diet; the glorious vanilla spice is keto-friendly. 

Are you brave enough to explore the relationship between science and agriculture?

When in need of more office space and with the confines of a strict budget, shipping containers have, proven to be the easiest and most cost effective solution. 

While resistance to digital health has been around since its introduction, the current circumstances point to the need for a connected digital system to support the people delivering health services.

The Coronavirus pandemic has arguably had more impact on society and business than any event since the Second World War. Entire countries closed and some truly staggering political interventions have occurred – perhaps none more economically staggering that those in South Africa.

South Africa's #1 fine jewellery designer treat you like family

AgriSETA has made known its successful partnerships with industry partners to the sum of R147 million. 

Yes, you can even be a scientist and still work in the exciting world of agriculture

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille, MP and Head of Investment and Infrastructure in The Presidency, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, have recently announced the gazetting of the Strategic Integrated Projects. 

Aesthetic Homes has been established in 2013 with its core focus being the designing, fabricating and installation of high-quality, eco-friendly composite decking.  Since then it has become the market leader in the design and decking industry in South Africa.

From an environmental point of view sharks are vital to the balance of the entire eco system as can be attested by many scientific papers written on the subject. They are thus vital to our survival as well based on the ocean needing a healthy eco system

How to make money even in extremely difficult economic times 

After having been ‘locked down’ at home for months, most savvy business travellers are keen to ditch Zoom and Netflix and swop their comfy tracksuit pants for a high-powered suit once again. 

Throughout 2020, the world has been forced to digitise at an exponential rate. While this has put many industries under immense and unforgiving pressure, it has also allowed the world a glimpse of what a truly digital society could look like. Operations were overhauled overnight, workforces were sent to work from home with immediate effect, and large events were relegated to cancellation - unless they could be handled virtually.

In an interview, Charles Meyerowitz discusses the effects of the lockdown on his business and what these indicate about South Africans’ confidence in the economy.

The world is digitising faster than ever before. Today, approaching businesses with a holistic solution is crucial. Particularly in the labour space, this methodology ensures seamless data connectivity and reduces the likelihood of errors. The result is an improvement in the internal workflow of a business, and its prospects in the market. Simply implementing a piece of software that is neither adopted nor driven within the organisation no longer makes the grade.

The beauty of technology often lies in the added benefits that a simple upgrade or implementation can offer. When managed correctly, innovations should deliver far more than the surface level functionality. When Beier Envirotec, part of the Beier Group, upgraded from Infor LN FP7 to Infor LN 10.6, it realised just how true this sentiment can be. 

Following the 2020 global Coronavirus pandemic, the ability to operate in a safe and clean working environment is one of the primary challenges in operations and maintenance. The post-COVID context is redefining what it means, exactly, to be “safe and clean.” This new normal means organisations and businesses must evolve and adjust to meet increasing regulatory scrutiny and a heightened focus on clean practices.

Companies around the globe have had to adopt remote working in a short period of time. Some have thrived and won’t go back to the office model, with the likes of Twitter, Quora, and Slack all indicating that they’ll either be fully remote or remote-first for the foreseeable future. Others, however, have struggled with the transition and are hankering to get their teams back into the office. 

On a trip to Denmark to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the National Business Initiative’s (NBI) counterparts there, the one issue on which we struggled to connect was inequality. We battled to explain that inequality is fractal that it exists in all circumstances. 

Both personally and professionally, 2020 has not been the year anyone imagined it would be. The world has been forced to digitise, evolve, and adapt and job scarcity is at an all-time high. In the current climate, the best way to ensure job security is to develop the skills needed to become indispensable to the organisation. Now is the time to embrace the training journey; especially while online solutions offer time and value efficiencies.

Buying off-plan, a term that refers to buying in to a property or development before it has been built, has made owning a brand-new home more affordable and accessible. 

Harnessing the power of a secure digital identity has become more important than ever before. As South Africa’s Covid-19 cases continue to spike it has become alarmingly clear that social distancing and effective work from home solutions will be prerequisites for the foreseeable future. In the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) space, digitisation has become essential, ensuring points are allocated and confirmation of competency maintained.

Here are some investing tips and predictions from Finder.com’s 'Investing in the era of COVID-19' report featuring a panel of 32 finance experts from around the globe. The panel includes six South Africa-based experts.

Capitalising on the anxieties and fears caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the past several months have seen cybercriminals increasingly target home networks to steal personal data. International research shows that there has been a 350% increase in the number of phishing attacks from January to March, the period most countries started entering lockdown conditions.

The High Court in Pretoria recently ruled that taxpayers have a right to be notified before SARS appoints an agent to collect ‘outstanding tax debt’. ALTHEA SOOBYAH, Tax Consulting Director at Mazars explains why this is a victory for both taxpayer rights and the wider cause of administrative justice.

Contracts are about customer service - and in a COVID-19 world, customer service has been pushed into the spotlight as businesses struggle with lockdowns, social distancing requirements and other (varying) regulations. 

Sleep - a critical aspect of overall wellbeing, and essential for a healthy heart, is impacted predominantly by stress and financial pressures, as indicated by 58% of South Africans, according to a new survey by 1Life with over 5 000 respondents. 

In the pre-Covid-19 world, Industry 4.0 was driving automation and data exchange trends in manufacturing technologies and processes at an exponential rate. Now, as manufacturers across the globe face the immense challenges posed by the virus, lockdowns and economic pressure, Industry 4.0 has been accelerated even more.