USA-based South African expat Charlene Lingham has joined the board of SA Harvest, the South African food rescue organisation whose mission is to end hunger in South Africa. Along with her passion for social impact, Charlene brings a unique blend of insights and experience based on her background in entrepreneurship and growth marketing.
Any seller will obviously want to maximize on the selling price of his / her property, but the reality is that the true market value of a property cannot be based on the aforementioned.
By Donna Nass
Licensee of Seeff Hartbeespoort
& Surrounding Area’s
Despite the economic turbulence in South Africa, the repo rate has remained two percentage points lower than it was before the pandemic’s onset in mid-March 2020.
Apply these tips from Donna Nass to take your dining room to the next level, at little to no cost with Seeff.
By Donna Nass (Seeff Harties & Brits)
Brand South Africa 2022/23’s Play Your Part business development program, Ignite, is off to a rollicking start.
In order to do business, the legal way, you need to be a registered business and be tax compliant firstly, but you also need to comply with the labour laws of the country. Depending on the type of industry you trade in, there might also be laws governing the in- and out- flow of goods or services, and how you deal with payments. By Linda Botts
It has been a scary and unprecedented time in the coffee industry. Communities around the world have been in lockdown to halt the Covid-19 pandemic through the past two years. Never before had the human consciousness been so collectively concentrated on a single force and experienced such disruptions to our everyday lives.
By Iain Evans, Publisher of Coffee magazine and Hostex Ambassador
This day is a positive tribute to gender equality and women’s rights. 9 August 1956 marks the day that about 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest legislation that gave the government control over the movement of black women in urban areas by amalgamating the hated Pass Laws into one Act which would extend its power to include the restriction of the movement of black women in designated white areas.
The price you charge for your products has a direct impact on the success of your business. And it is one of the toughest questions to answer, especially if you are offering a service. Thus, it is not worth settling on a thumb-suck price or copying the competition.
Communication has evolved over the last decade. The advent introduction of the internet and social media paved new avenues for communication from person to person as well as from businesses to consumers. The inclusion of online entertainment eventually led to the creation of the podcast. By Modic global
Everyone who’s anyone in the hospitality sector already knew how important the domestic market is to the economy before the pandemic. But this reality was magnified many times for many in South Africa – in businesses, government, and individuals – by the pandemic. It was the domestic business and leisure markets – especially the leisure market who travelled to shake off lockdown cabin fever – that saved and revived the tourism sector when it was on its knees.
By Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, COO of City Lodge Hotel Group, Chair of TTCSA (Tourism Transformation Council of SA), and Hostex Show Ambassador
Zama Mkosi is a born leader and a very competent business and media lawyer that holds a BA LLB degree from the University from KwaZulu-Natal. She also holds a Master of Philosophy with specialisation in International Business from Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and a Development Finance Policy Graduate from Harvard Kennedy School, which is routinely ranked amongst the best in the world.
