Gugu Nkabinde founded Gugu Intimates to solve a long-standing problem in the underwear industry. Her story is pretty inspiring.
The case of Tongaat Hulett, like Steinhoff, shows that the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Starting your own business can be daunting. Thankfully, after speaking with more than 4 000 small businesses around the country, there’s now a superb free resource.
If you’ve just started a business, run a business, or are thinking of striking out on your own, Mike Scott has some words of advice.
If you want to elevate your business you need to make the switch to fibre, but not all fibre packages are created equal.
Long hours, gruelling schedules, and the unwavering resilience required to remain steadfast when things get tough seems to be part of the entrepreneurial game.
Load shedding has been suspended, but experts know that it will soon be back with a bang. Here’s how to keep your business going when the lights go out.
Four highway projects in South Africa have been left unfinished, after two construction companies went bust. That includes the road out near Caledon.
According to a newly-released annual salary survey, banking and finance professionals in South Africa are taking home some serious bucks.
Business giant Johann Rupert shares the five steps that he sees as key to running a successful enterprise.
Johann Rupert, South Africa’s richest man, reveals how he built his wealth in a rare public appearance on Power FM’s annual Chairman’s Conversations.
Ever feel like your boss is constantly looking over your shoulder? Across the pond in the UK, things are stepping up a notch.
Deloitte has published its annual Executive Compensation Report, and South Africa has been labelled the “most unequal country in the world”.
Experts have analysed the careers of more than 20 000 scientists, 3 000 artists, and 6 000 filmmakers, proving that the career hot streak is, in fact, an actual thing.
In a matter of months, first marijuana company to go public on the Nasdaq has seen its value increase more than tenfold. Take a look at the company that some are calling the “next Amazon”.
With the news that Melissa’s finds itself in a rather sorry financial state spreading, some franchise owners aren’t going down without a fight.
The problem with running your idea past your mates, is they’re not going to tell you it sucks. Only by the time you’re R50 000 down will you realise the glaring error you missed at the start.
It’s cool that you’re a freelancer, and you have your favourite coffee shop all nailed down, but what about hosting a proper meeting? Let’s look at some CBD options.
Owning a small business comes with its own list of headaches, one of them being storage space. And sometimes buying a warehouse is a bit excessive, so here’s what to do instead.
Here rests iBurst, 2004-2017. As of midnight last night, the ISP is no longer operational. If you need someone to talk to we are here for you.
Good luck trying to succeed in this day and age with a rickety workplace Internet connection. Come now, it’s 2017 and we just want to help.
There’s a pretty public and very messy battle going down in the Southern Suburbs, former business partners now feuding over a startup gone sour.
The new Forbes 2000 list has ranked the world’s biggest businesses, and 10 of our own have made the list. Some serious numbers thrown around here.
At least once a week I hear someone talk about leaving the hustle and bustle behind and moving to ‘the country’, and I’ll admit to echoing similar sentiments from time to time.
I read a book a while ago called ‘Wealth Secrets of the 1%.’ The book analyses historically wealthy people and suggests how this knowledge can be applied today. The one point made by the author really struck home.
Seth Rotherham detailed the birth of his cane furniture business (malawicane.com) in a book entitled ‘Work is a sideline, live the holiday.’ That was three years ago – let’s see where things are now.
It doesn’t mean much when a couple of pro-Gordhan support groups pop up on social platforms, but when a whole lot of CEOs of massive SA companies get involved, you know something serious is going down.
For many of us fixing a PC problem starts with turning it off and on again, but what happens when that doesn’t sort out the mess? Too easy.
It is estimated that around 70% of local businesses fail within the first year, and one of the biggest stumbling blocks is dealing with the red tape.
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