South Africa’s car market in 2020 was severely hampered by economic recession, and a year that saw the Covid-19 pandemic thwart the envisaged momentum from a 300-basis point interest rate cut during the year. Source: BusinessTech
South Africa’s finance-industry regulator wants more power to prosecute perpetrators of fraud and oversee dealing in cryptocurrencies after the collapse of a Bitcoin trader, alleged to be the country’s largest Ponzi scheme. Source: BusinessTech
The Centre for Social Change (CSC), University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) have published a new research briefing on the public’s willingness to take a Covid-19 vaccine and reasons for their decision. Source: BusinessTech
One of the most significant changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic is the shift in the way people will live and work, says Dr Yudhvir Seetharam, head of analytics, insights and research: FNB Business. Source: BusinessTech
Telkom said that it believes mobile data prices in South Africa will remain high if ICASA’s planned auction of high-demand spectrum goes ahead as planned. Source: MyBroadband
The Western Cape government says that it has written to Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform minister Thoko Didiza, to request her assistance in lifting the third national ban on wine and other liquor sales. Source: BusinessTech
The Top Employers Institute has published a list of the top employers to work for in South Africa. Source: MyBroadband
While the development and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine is seen as key to ending the current pandemic, mandatory vaccinations should be treated with caution by employers, says Hugo Pienaar, a director at law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. Source: BusinessTech
South Africans could be in for another bout of load-shedding this week should the widespread rainfall across northeastern parts of the country not subside. Source: MyBroadband
The Top Employers Institute has published its list of the global top employers to work for in 2021. Source: BusinessTech
