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Shipping containers have been around for decades and they have been used for a variety of purposes other than the transportation of cargo more than ever in recent years. They are a versatile and portable solution which serves a wide array of applications.

Find out who the five top Forex brokers in Africa are.

Running a small business can be tough and no matter who you are, you're bound to make some mistakes along the way, and that's ok. However, you can minimise the amount of errors you make by learning from the experiences of other entrepreneurs. So, to help you along in your...

(Partner Content) The activity of a day trader can be very intense, especially when the markets are volatile. Because of that, there’s a growing need to use both a desktop as well as a mobile app to be constantly updated with the latest developments.

Danny Bradlow, University of Pretoria The coronavirus and its economic consequences have caused economic tsunamis in every country in the world. The scale of the onslaught will dominate discussions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank spring meetings due to take place – for the first time ever virtually –...

Dr Lee-Ann Steenkamp, Stellenbosch University Across the globe, many governments have been forced to lockdown their countries in an attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of African countries have adopted similar measures. This has stalled, if not brought to a halt, economic activity, resulting in...

So, most of us have heard the term file backups before, but what does it mean? And what does it mean for your business?

To succeed in today’s hyper-competitive business world, companies must offer customers personalised solutions in real time or as close to it as possible. The problem is that most businesses don’t know customers well enough to reach them this way.

As coronavirus has spread across most parts of the world, including Asia, Europe, the US and Middle East, some countries have taken emergency measures and closed the borders and declared the quarantine.

Plenty of people think that owning your own business means freedom from dull routines, lots of money to throw around, and the ability to go on holiday whenever you want.

Many people feel that they have missed the opportunity to buy cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin - but this is certainly not the case.

A representative office (also referred to as a liaison office) is a type of office that can be established by a company on a foreign territory.

The Prince of Darkness (read: Eskom, or Eksdom) has struck again. This time not because of load shedding but because it has pissed away just short of R21 billion.

A nation-wide comprehensive and lawful tax protest campaign in South Africa will kick off next week.

Between 2011 and 2014, Aircastle Limited, a US-based company, made $53 million from leasing planes to South African Airways (SAA) and did not pay taxes in South Africa.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) will be requesting that the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams urgently provide full details on the “financial support" that will be provided to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

The second phase of its campaign to protect the savings and retirement funds of ordinary South Africans is being launched by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) this week.

An alternative -and futuristic - education system for South Africa with a budget of R4,5 billion is being implemented by trade union Solidarity.