Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane has confirmed that the highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 is likely behind the current surge in new cases in South Africa, with new data showing that the variant is rapidly becoming the dominant one in the country. Source: BusinessTech
An estimated 12,000 South African students are studying abroad – a number that is steadily increasing, despite the complexity of applying overseas. Source: BusinessTech
Since many countries decriminalised the private use and growing of cannabis – South Africa included, through the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill – its recreational use is increasing, says Hugo du Preez, manager: technical operations at PPS Short-Term Insurance. Source: BusinessTech
Did the rental market crash or was it just a blip in the road? The old argument is that ‘securing the roof over your head’ means there is infinite need for housing stock and landlords can negotiate on their terms, says Michelle Dickens, chief executive officer of TPN Credit Bureau. Source: BusinessTech
Hospital capacity in South Africa’s industrial hub of Gauteng is at risk of being breached by surging Covid-19 cases within days. Source: BusinessTech
Two investments may offer identical returns, but the realised after-tax returns can look substantially different, says Kelin Pottier, product development specialist at 10X Investments. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa is seeing a decline in traditional ‘nuclear’ families, with similar shifts in divorce and marriage rates being seen over the last decade. Source: BusinessTech
The University of Cape Town GSB and the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) have been ranked among the top institutions globally in the world by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Executive MBA Ranking 2021. Source: BusinessTech
Codehesion makes it easy for businesses to build new smartphone apps or improve their existing apps. Source: BusinessTech
A facility in Cape Town could produce Africa’s first vaccines using messenger RNA, the breakthrough science of the global inoculation effort against Covid-19, within 15 months of signing a technology transfer agreement. Source: BusinessTech
