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Source: Supplied. Dr Chris Blair, CEO: 21st Century.

Budget Speech

#Budget2025: Pragmatism or missed opportunity?

Dr. Chris Blair 13 Mar 2025

Estée Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs globally

Health & Beauty

Estée Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs globally

5 Feb 2025

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Remuneration & Payroll

Minimum wage increase is coming: Is your business prepared?

John Botha 5 Feb 2025

Tutuka power station

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Eskom posted profit, then brought back load shedding

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2025

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Remuneration & Payroll

Minimum wage recommendations for 2025 - last chance to comment

Tara Roos 13 Jan 2025

Nosiyabonga Mongane the first black woman to serve as the President of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The future of quantity surveying is all about AI and budgets

Nosiyabonga Mongane 13 Jan 2025

The decision to sunset Long Steel has sparked debate in the steel industry. Source: ArcelorMittal

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal Long Steel closure sparks debate over industrial policy

Lindsey Schutters 10 Jan 2025

Chemical industry gets 7% increase in new bargaining agreement

Skills Development

Chemical industry gets 7% increase in new bargaining agreement

Lindsey Schutters 29 Nov 2024

A general view shows ArcelorMittal South Africa as members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) embark on a strike action over a wage dispute in Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 May 2022. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Labour Law & Unions

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over job cuts

Nelson Banya 14 Nov 2024

Decomposed emulsion and water. Source: BME

Materials & Equipment

BME uncovers blasting solutions for potential acidic sulphate soil

13 Aug 2024

Anglo American Platinum interim results show more headwinds in the PGM market

Mining

Amplats posts mixed results as local job cuts loom

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jul 2024

AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

Data & Analytics

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Media

Media24 says S189 will continue as it awaits Competition Commission ruling

15 Jul 2024

Reservoir at one of the village sites. Source: Supplied

Infrastructure & Utilities

Kumba boosts water security in Sishen community

19 Jun 2024

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut 4,000 jobs in underperforming gold business

Nelson Banya 12 Apr 2024

Mine workers are seen at the Northam Platinum's Zondereinde mine. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Northam CEO Paul Dunne: 'Worst crisis I've seen in 30 years'

Felix Njini 1 Mar 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Increase in business closures marks challenging start to 2024

Craig Blumenthal 1 Mar 2024

The platinum group metals crisis is set to deepen in 2024.

Markets & Investment

Implats sees 80% profit drop as PGM crisis deepens

Lindsey Schutters 1 Mar 2024

Geoff Seeley is the CMO for PayPal. Source: PayPal.

Marketing

PayPal appoints Geoff Seeley as new CMO amid job cuts

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2024

Storm clouds circle the PGMs market. Source: DALL-E 3

Mining

Anglo and Glencore caught in mining market headwinds

Lindsey Schutters 23 Feb 2024

The PGM market decline is seeing job cuts across the value chain. Source: DALL-E 3

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater concludes consultations, shuts shaft to minimise job cuts

Lindsey Schutters 23 Feb 2024

Kumba revenue and profits are up, but job cuts still happening

Mining

Kumba revenue and profits are up, but job cuts still happening

Lindsey Schutters 20 Feb 2024

Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad speaks during the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town. Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians

Mining

#MI24: Anglo American considers further cost cuts as PGM crisis deepens

Felix Njini and Veronica Brown 5 Feb 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

A haul truck is seen at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Anglo American readies cost cuts in wake of PGM market downturn

Felix Njini and Clara Denina 7 Dec 2023

Clouds pass over the pit head at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria. Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Markets & Investment

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut US jobs as PGM prices fall

Nelson Banya 30 Nov 2023

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HR & Management

Impala Platinum starts voluntary job cuts at SA mines

Felix Njini 7 Nov 2023

Neal Froneman speaking at The Joburg Indaba. Source: x.com

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO warns of crisis as platinum price plummets

Felix Njini 5 Oct 2023

Haul trucks are seen at Kumba Iron Ore, the world's largest iron ore mines in Khathu, Northern Cape. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Anglo American cutting head office jobs in several countries

Felix Njini and Nelson Banya 4 Oct 2023

South Africa's sugar cane industry supports thousands of households. Source: Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz/Pexels

Agriculture

Sugar tax hike threatens to cripple industry, says SA Canegrowers

31 Aug 2023

Could the Luxembourg Rail Protocol be a game-changer for SA's logistics sector?

Railway

Could the Luxembourg Rail Protocol be a game-changer for SA's logistics sector?

17 Aug 2023

Media

Vice Media files for bankruptcy

16 May 2023

Telkom announces job cuts, up to 15% of staff to be impacted

Telecoms & Networks

Telkom announces job cuts, up to 15% of staff to be impacted

14 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Banking

5 global investment banks amass $27bn in fees across 2022

8 Feb 2023

Zoom to retrench 1,300 employees, CEO reduces salary by 98%

Software

Zoom to retrench 1,300 employees, CEO reduces salary by 98%

8 Feb 2023

Technology

Prosus, Naspers cutting 30% of jobs at corporate offices

Toby Sterling 26 Jan 2023

Amazon to eliminate just over 18,000 roles

Technology

Amazon to eliminate just over 18,000 roles

6 Jan 2023

Amazon's mass job cuts will continue into 2023, says CEO

Technology

Amazon's mass job cuts will continue into 2023, says CEO

18 Nov 2022

Ellies CEO Shaun Prithivirajh. Source: Ellies

Import/Export

Ellies warns of job cuts as it looks to restructure

27 Sep 2022

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Retailers

Why Walmart's intended buyout of Massmart is a good thing

Fred Razak 20 Sep 2022

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FMCG

Unilever to cull 1,500 jobs in major restructuring

26 Jan 2022

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

FMCG

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

Masego Mafata 14 Jan 2022

FMCG

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: The future of out-of-home entertainment

Trends

#BizTrends2022: The future of out-of-home entertainment

Sabine Lehmann 5 Jan 2022

Restaurant Week: Fedhasa calls on South Africans to support local

Tourism & Travel

Restaurant Week: Fedhasa calls on South Africans to support local

13 Oct 2021

Tourism & Travel

TBSA calls for government to lift ban on Gauteng interprovincial travel, alcohol sales

23 Jul 2021

#BizTrends2021: 4 trends set to continue or be re-interpreted in the NGO sector

Trends

#BizTrends2021: 4 trends set to continue or be re-interpreted in the NGO sector

Innocent Masayira 11 Jan 2021

Why AI is making it harder to get a job and what to do about it

Talent Acquisition

Why AI is making it harder to get a job and what to do about it

Mark Germishuys 17 Dec 2020