The International Youth Foundation (IYF) has developed internationally benchmarked and effective programmes that address youth employability challenges by providing sustainable opportunities for Africa’s youth. Driven by the idea of active …
South Africa
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EconomyEducationSouthern Africa
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The British Council South Africa is investing in aspiring candidates wanting to complete the IELTS test, by giving away 1000 free Road to IELTS vouchers (valued at $80 each). These …
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Despite dedicating 250 pages to wrongdoing and failures at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), commission chair Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said that “much about the ills at …
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BusinessSouthern AfricaTransportation & Logisitics
FlySafair adds new routes, takes advantage of rival’s collapse
FlySafair, South African airline plans to add at least 10 new routes across sub-Saharan Africa to take advantage of a gap in the market left by the collapse of domestic …
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BusinessFood ProductionSouthern Africa
Coca-Cola argues that retrenchment process was necessary at the time
The Competition Appeal Court has ruled that CCBA, a manufacturer, bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola, breached a merger condition when it cut the jobs in 2019 and had it not …
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SARS, The South African Revenue Service has finally won its bid to deny Capitec the R71.5 million VAT return it claimed back in 2017. The tax collector and the bank have …
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BusinessSouthern Africa
Virgin Active to combat work from home trends, plans flexible pricing and online offerings
Virgin Active says its clubs in South Africa are showing good traction on membership recovery following a lift in the restrictions around capacity, in line with lockdown regulations in February …
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Following an Equality Court ruling, Nedbank has said it will continue to offer banking services to businessman Iqbal Survé’s Sekunjalo Group Last week the court granted Survé, Sekunjalo and its subsidiaries …
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AmazonBusinessSouth Africa
Shoprite launches division dedicated to developing its small suppliers and medium sized enterprise
Shoprite has launched a new division that will help to grow and provide commercially viable small and medium sized enterprises with access to its market. Through Shoprite Next Capital, the …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentBusinessEconomySouthern Africa
Absa expects an increase of 20% in earnings per share
Absa is expecting a leap of more than 20% in its headline earnings per share for the six months to end June, against the first half of 2021. This was …