by Dianne Bayley | Nov 28, 2022 | Sustainability
Why should your geographic location limit your ability to send and receive money? Why should it affect your ability to buy goods and services from around the globe? And why should someone from Lagos or Kampala not have the same kind of access to global markets as...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2022 | Workplace 2020
South Africa is in the midst of an ongoing and deepening IT skills shortage that is exacerbated by the high global demand for IT talent from the country’s skills pool, writes Quintin van Zyl, Manager of Managed Services Operations at qwerti. The exodus of quality...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2022 | Security and Legal
Insurers are going to have to tread an uneasy path between reducing costs and dealing with customers’ increased demand for products that are tailored to their needs, says Charl Swarts, who took over as Hollard’s Regional General Manager for the East and Southern Cape...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2022 | Sustainability
Developing countries are among the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change, especially with regard to adapting to weather extremes and finding solutions that address food insecurity and energy and water scarcity. writes Michael Foundethakis,...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 26, 2022 | Sustainability
Earlier this year, KwaZulu-Natal experienced such severe floods that Santam could only describe the phenomenon, which washed away houses, roads, bridges, and business premises, as the most prominent natural catastrophe in the short-term insurer’s history, writes...