Category: Money

JEANETTE CLARK: As environmental considerations develop, waste administration in South Africa is changing into more and more regulated, with numerous sectors such because the electronics, lighting, packaging, and single-use plastics industries already being subjected to stricter laws. On March 30, 2022 the Authorities Gazette revealed a proper discover to the lubricants business to formalise prolonged...

Turkey raised the quantity foreigners should spend money on property to change into eligible for citizenship, amending a coverage that’s drawn opposition criticism for fueling fast house-price positive aspects as galloping inflation hits abnormal Turks. International nationals can change into Turkish residents supplied they buy actual property value at the least $400,000, in accordance with...

The creator of the World Large Net mentioned he expects digital actuality, and applied sciences primarily based round a so-called metaverse, to be a part of how folks work together together with his invention sooner or later. However in a brand new interview with Bloomberg Quicktake, British laptop scientist Tim Berners-Lee additionally restated his opposition...

CIARAN RYAN: The Youth Employment Service or YES is a South African not for revenue [organisation], and it’s making spectacular strides in creating high quality work alternatives for unemployed youth. It’s working with greater than 1 900 firms and has created greater than 79 000 work alternatives in a interval of three years, injecting R4.4 billion into the...

The current launch by Revix of a financial savings vault paying out 12% a 12 months on USDC, a US dollar-backed stablecoin, is a chief instance of how decentralised finance (DeFi) and blockchain expertise are upending the normal finance markets. The great thing about this product is that the returns are paid out in USDC,...

With used automotive costs skyrocketing,  new-car inventories delayed for months, and the lingering stay-closer-to-home development of Covid-19, automotive lovers are more and more buying on-line. Final yr, on-line public sale gross sales beat stay public sale gross sales for the primary time, with 20 000 vehicles offered on-line vs. 16,000  offered stay throughout North America,...

The variety of South Africans affected by diabetes elevated by 257% within the decade to 2019, whereas most cancers and cardiovascular diseases are answerable for 55% of claims towards crucial sickness insurance policies. South Africa is dealing with an unprecedented public well being emergency pushed by a rising prevalence of non-communicable illnesses (NCDs) like diabetes,...

JSE-listed helium and pure gasoline producer Renergen – in a ‘preliminary last report’ of its results for the year to end February 2022 printed on Tuesday – reported a 36.8% enhance in income, attributing the development to increased power costs together with the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. It reported that R2.6 million or 100% of the group’s income...

JEANETTE CLARK: In response to the World Sustainable Funding Alliance, sustainable investing – together with investments going in direction of a inexperienced financial system and net-zero emissions – has grown from US$30.7 trillion in 2018 to $35.3 trillion in 2020. A latest report by McKinsey says a couple of quarter of property underneath administration globally is now...

For feminine staff, the Nice Resignation could solely be getting began. Greater than half of the 5 000 ladies surveyed by the consulting agency Deloitte International mentioned they intend to give up their jobs inside the subsequent two years. Burnout was the highest driver for these at present searching for new employment, as most mentioned they felt extra...