Tag Archives: COVID-19

How SA’s education institutions can beat the digital transformation challenge (IT WEB)

South African education has never been more pressured to perform. Digital transformation, often touted as the solution, can just as quickly become the challenge. One of the problems is that it’s an all-encompassing phrase. In the past two years it has come to symbolise distance learning, remote learning, home schooling and online education. All of […]
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Key trends and opportunities in the South African Construction Industry to 2025: Rebound forecast for 2022 (BW)

The construction industry in South Africa is expected to rebound in 2022, and expand by 9.1% in real terms. The industry will then stabilize at an annual average growth of 3.1% between 2023-2025, although output will not return pre-pandemic levels during the entire forecast period. The industry’s growth over the forecast period will, however, be […]
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Four marketing trends businesses should explore in 2022 (MU)

With every new year comes new consumer spending habits, making it increasingly important for businesses to adapt and stay relevant to their customers, says Grant Kruger, business lead of ID / IT/ solar at LG South Africa. Kruger adds that the pandemic has certainly set the trend across the retail industry and will likely continue […]
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Trends shaping South Africa’s Global Business services industry in 2022 (EN)

There has been a marked increase in the number of first-time outsourcers looking to offshore their customer-service, back-office and technical support functions to South African BPO providers than ever before. Without a doubt the consequences of the pandemic are playing a big part in this shift and I don’t believe this is temporary either. Organisations will […]
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What businesses in South Africa are most worried about in 2022 (BT)

Cyber incidents, business interruption and critical infrastructure blackouts are the top three business risks in South Africa in 2022, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2022. However, the country is not alone in this worry, as cyber perils are also the biggest concern for companies globally. The threats of ransomware attacks, data breaches or major […]
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Omicron study in South Africa points to end of acute pandemic phase(Business day)

A South African study from the epicenter of the world’s omicron surge offers a tantalizing hint that the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic may be ending. The infection wave moved with “unprecedented speed” and caused much milder illness than earlier strains, a study of patients infected with Covid-19 at a large hospital in the […]
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B4SA still pushing for increased vaccine mandates(Business day)

Business for SA is preparing papers in a bid to get a high court declaratory order that would provide legal certainty. The body hopes to file the papers in the coming weeks, he said. Various estimates suggest 25% of South Africans are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and business is of the firm view that inoculation […]
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South Africa could introduce vaccine passports in early 2022 (Business Day)

South Africa could introduce a new Covid-19 vaccine passport system at the start of 2022, with restrictions on accessing public services and places of employment. Business day reports that talks between the government, business, and labor on introducing a form of Covid-19 vaccine passport system are at an advanced stage, citing insiders involved in the […]
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LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace[by Diana Ellworth, Bryan Hancock and Bill Schaninger]

McKinsey Talks Talent podcast How to take action to support LGBTQ+ employees—not just during Pride Month, but year-round. During Pride Month, many large companies take the opportunity to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in myriad vital and visible ways. But creating a genuinely inclusive culture means taking year-round action—and the COVID-19 pandemic has only compounded the challenge. Diana […]
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New GIBS whitepaper – Platforms of prosperity: the African edition.

We were on the most sustained and widespread outbreak of prosperity the world has ever seen (Pinker, 2018). The seven decades since the end of the Second World War brought greater improvements in living standards to more people than could previously have been imagined. In the two decades to 2020 alone, global poverty rates were […]
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