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NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Final warning: NPOs that don't comply with regulations will be deregistered

25 Oct 2024

Source: © IMASA A coalition of African editor guilds and media owner organisations has partnered with Code for Africa’s (CfA) media research unit, CivicSignal, to build a database tracking title closures, staff losses and other market impacts

Media

Calling on African media to map the media meltdown

14 Oct 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

Massive budget increase for Ters

8 Oct 2024

Media

CNN announces retrenchments and paywall

11 Jul 2024

Banking

SA Post Office: Union deal halts layoffs at the 11th hour

Katja Hamilton 24 Apr 2024

Source: © Jacobin McKinsey headquarters in New York. McKinsey is restructuring and 3% of workforce will be let go

Research

McKinsey restructures, 3% of workforce to go

Danette Breitenbach 15 Apr 2024

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut 4,000 jobs in underperforming gold business

Nelson Banya 12 Apr 2024

Beyond buzzwords: 5 tips to building genuine employee advocacy

Employer Branding

Beyond buzzwords: 5 tips to building genuine employee advocacy

Celeste Sirin 4 Mar 2024

Nike cuts costs by laying off 2% of its total workforce

Fashion & Homeware

Nike cuts costs by laying off 2% of its total workforce

19 Feb 2024

Magazines

Condé Nast strike gains celebrity support as Anne Hathaway leaves photoshoot

24 Jan 2024

PR & Communications

Report: Journalists respond to 3.15% of pitches, podcast pitch volume surges by 22%

22 Jan 2024

Magazines

Magazines were supposed to die in the digital age. Why haven’t they?

Julian Novitz 15 Jan 2024

Caché McClay has filled the coveted position. Source: USA Today.

Publishing

Caché McClay is the official Beyoncé reporter for Gannet

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Nov 2023

More than 80% of CFO's view hybrid work as a cost saver, according to new data from IWG

Management & Leadership

More than 80% of CFO's view hybrid work as a cost saver, according to new data from IWG

Issued by GO Content Lab 30 Oct 2023

Social Media

X/Twitter: imposing a $1 bot tax on new customers will only make the platform's problems worse

Hamza Mudassir 27 Oct 2023

Branding

Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded - but X missed the mark

Matthew Pittman 11 Aug 2023

Competition watchdog backs South African Airways sale, with conditions

Aviation

Competition watchdog backs South African Airways sale, with conditions

15 May 2023

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Technology

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Mikey Biddlestone, Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden 26 Apr 2023

PR & Communications

Report: Tuesday still the best day to pitch to journalists

14 Apr 2023

Attracting and retaining software developers in a competitive job market

Software

Attracting and retaining software developers in a competitive job market

Issued by Pnet 29 Mar 2023

Why the concern over a world full of debt?

Markets & Investment

Why the concern over a world full of debt?

Adriaan Pask 24 Mar 2023

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Employer Branding

Why you shouldn't retrench employer branding during downsizing

Celeste Sirin 2 Mar 2023

Big tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Technology

Big tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?

Nathalie Collins, Jeff Volkheimer, Paul Haskell-Dowland 15 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Gerhard Oosthuizen, chief technology officer at Entersekt.

Trends

5 banking and payment security threats and trends to watch in 2023

Gerhard Oosthuizen 27 Jan 2023

#LunchtimeMarketing: Why are we seeing so many layoffs in the marketing and IT sectors?

#LunchtimeMarketing

#LunchtimeMarketing: Why are we seeing so many layoffs in the marketing and IT sectors?

27 Jan 2023

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Economy

Analysis | Debate continues on the pace at which borrowing costs should again increase

Raymond Parsons 26 Jan 2023

Technology

Prosus, Naspers cutting 30% of jobs at corporate offices

Toby Sterling 26 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Great people, culture and partnerships offer the perfect recipe to shine in 2023

Marketing

#BizTrends2023: Great people, culture and partnerships offer the perfect recipe to shine in 2023

Niamh NicLiam 25 Jan 2023

PR & Communications

Report: International journalists responded to less than 3% of pitches in Q4

18 Jan 2023

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Digital

Big 5 tech companies lose more than $2.5tn in stock value

20 Dec 2022

The Twitter saga shows the importance of a multi-platform social media ecosystem

Social Media

The Twitter saga shows the importance of a multi-platform social media ecosystem

Sam Spiller, Issued by Clockwork 28 Nov 2022

Amazon's mass job cuts will continue into 2023, says CEO

Technology

Amazon's mass job cuts will continue into 2023, says CEO

18 Nov 2022

Social Media

Meta to retrench thousands of employees

9 Nov 2022

Social Media

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologises to fired staff

7 Nov 2022

Elon Musk takes Twitter private - here's what that means for the company and its chances of success

Services

Elon Musk takes Twitter private - here's what that means for the company and its chances of success

Erik Gordon 1 Nov 2022

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Remuneration & Payroll

How are current global events impacting executive pay globally?

Chris Blair 11 Oct 2022

Finance

The fundraising market in Africa is growing, but it's hard out there for startups

30 Sep 2022

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Employer Branding

How to ensure your employer brand remains recession-proof

Celeste Sirin 1 Aug 2022

3 ways technology can help maintain your business

SMEs

3 ways technology can help maintain your business

Heinrich de Leeuw 12 Apr 2022

Ethiopian Airlines appoints COO Mesfin Tasew as new CEO

Aviation

Ethiopian Airlines appoints COO Mesfin Tasew as new CEO

Dawit Endeshaw 24 Mar 2022

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Media

Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information

7 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: The tug-of-war between cost and culture

Trends

#BizTrends2022: The tug-of-war between cost and culture

Issued by Roubler 5 Jan 2022

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Youth Employment

Employment and Labour revamps Labour Activation Programme (LAP)

17 Nov 2021

Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

Import/Export

Ethiopian textile industry at risk if US suspends trade deal over Tigray war

Dawit Endeshaw 3 Nov 2021

The lash of lockdown: A potato farmer's story of resilience

Agro-processing

The lash of lockdown: A potato farmer's story of resilience

28 Apr 2021

Heineken SA celebrates resilience this World Bartender Day

FMCG

Heineken SA celebrates resilience this World Bartender Day

Issued by Heineken South Africa 25 Feb 2021

10 biggest startup layoffs in 2020 hit 25,500

HR

10 biggest startup layoffs in 2020 hit 25,500

Justinas Baltrusaitis 13 Jan 2021

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Health & Safety

Human rights should be central to the extractive industry's Covid-19 recovery plans

10 Dec 2020