Tag: South African
Do South African businesses have to accommodate employees who refuse to get vaccinated?
While employers in South Africa are entitled to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for certain categories of employees, they will need to tread carefully when implementing these rules, say legal experts...
Supply crisis spurs South African retailers to end Asia reliance
Spiralling shipping costs and Covid-19 supply chain disruptions are accelerating a shift by South African retailers to end their heavy reliance on Asia and move to source products locally.
More than 50%...
Mobile racking in South African fruit stores
SOUTHERN Storage Solutions – DEXION, has installed numerous mobile rack installations in conjunction with Barpro Storage which has increased the storage capacity of each facility without the expensive task of increasing...
SA suppliers reap rewards of Massmart’s localisation journey
Massmart, the owner of Makro, Game and Builders Warehouse, says its localisation drive is bearing fruit with visible benefits being experienced by both the group as well as an increasing number...
SA’s new debit order system to come into effect 1 May
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will introduce the Authenticated Collections (AC)/DebiCheck project from 1 May 2021 as part of its modernisation of the national payment system (NPS).
This project, which is...
South African consumers are struggling to pay their bills
The latest findings from the research Consumer Pulse Report by TransUnion shows the financial impact of the Covid-19 crisis on South African consumers has dropped drastically by 20 percentage points to...
South African employers are screening your social media posts – here’s what they’re looking...
Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE) has published its annual Background Screening Index, showing how companies are using background checks to sort through potential job candidates.
One of the challenges continuously faced by recruitment...
Coca-Cola to sell R10 billion stake in South African bottling unit as part of...
Coca-Cola Co is planning to sell a stake in its South African bottling unit to local investors in a deal worth about R10 billion ($669 million), in line with an agreement...
United States opens new ports to South African citrus exports
THE United States government has announced the opening up of several new ports for the import for citrus products from South Africa, further facilitating two-way trade with South Africa.
The U.S. Department...
South African project receives international energy award
South Africa’s largest energy efficiency initiative, the SA Industrial Energy Efficiency Project, has won the highest international accolade for an energy programme – the International Energy Project of the Year, awarded...