Criminals are targeting Woza Online website owners who sell goods online by copying their sites and duping consumers by making them believe that they are buying from a legitimate business. The Woza Online platform, an initiative of Google South Africa in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Vodacom and the Human Resource… [Continue Reading]
While the textiles industry has in recent years been in the news for all the wrong reasons – cheap imports, factory closures and job losses – there is nonetheless a good market out there for a small business selling fabrics. Specifically so if the owners are, so to speak, cut out to be fabric sellers.… [Continue Reading]
Transnet’s black suppliers stand to benefit from the newly launched R165 million Godisa Supplier Development Fund. Godisa – a Setswana word which means ‘to nurture or grow’ – aptly describes the fund’s aim. It is a joint initiative between Transnet, the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) and Anglo American’s enterprise development arm, Zimele. Each partner… [Continue Reading]
Everywhere you turn, people are on digital devices, connected to the internet, surfing away… but do they pay as much attention to their online security as they should? PAUL HOBDEN offers tips to stay protected online. There’s no denying that we live in a connected world and that the internet plays a vital role in… [Continue Reading]
The life cycle of a business is such that it grows until the stage where it settles and then starts to decline gradually. As to how long this journey is depends on the pedigree of the owner or management and the market conditions. We start businesses for different reasons, but the bottom line is that… [Continue Reading]
Bonie Sithebe holds the title “Fun, Fearless and Female” – one she is immensely proud of. Rightly so, as she is currently making waves in an industry that is still largely male-dominated. Sithebe is an up-and-coming film director who started Durban Motion Pictures with her scriptwriter husband, Philani Sithebe, eight years ago. “It started as… [Continue Reading]
Business advice as an accredited profession is fairly new in South Africa. This is why it is sometimes very difficult to decide who to approach to help address key challenges in your business. It is also not always clear how you and your business would benefit from business advice. You do not ask yourself who… [Continue Reading]
