ATTENTION: Urgent System Refresh in Progress
The City of Johannesburg will be undergoing an urgent system refresh from 13 to 15 August 2020. This means that residents will have limited access to some services at the City’s call centre and Customer Service Centres. The refresh will impact transactional processes, which means that services across several channels will default to our manual…
Business For South Africa: Member Update
STATEMENT FROM BUSINESS UNITY SOUTH AFRICA (BUSA): CALLS FOR SWIFT ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND THEFT Crime and corruption harm vulnerable citizens the most BUSA CEO, Cas Coovadia, commented: “Corruption kills. It kills nurses, doctors, commuters and citizens relying on fake PPE or without any protection because of corruption and theft. Corruption diverts funds from…
Developing Policy Frameworks for Recovery & Prosperity from the COVID-19 Pandemic
On behalf of the East African Employers Organisation (EAEO), the SADC Private Sector Forum (SADC PSF) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), we have the pleasure of inviting you to a webinar on Developing Policy Frameworks for Recovery & Prosperity from the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will present examples of how Business Leaders across the…
Invitation: Taiwan Trade Centre Online B2B Meeting
We at the Taiwan Trade Centre Johannesburg would like to invite you to participate in our free online Trade Delegation scheduled from the 18th to 20th of August 2020. These one-on-one online meetings will start at 09:00hrs and end at 12:00hrs; and will consist of 14 Taiwanese suppliers from industries such as Auto Motor Parts & Accessories, Houseware, Water Filtration, Renewable Energy, Textile,…
SACCI Press Release July BCI 2020
SACCI PRESS RELEASE – BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX (BCI) FOR JULY 2020 Confidence beyond the trough Since the previous media release of the SACCI BCI in April 2020, the BCI slumped to 70.1 in May 2020, but recovered to 81.4 in June and to 82.8 in July 2020. Although the BCI was 12.7 index points up…
Introducing OCDMA Agency
We are OCDMA Agency, a multiracial yet bilingual private regulatory and compliance division of Owondo Corporate (Pty) Ltd, based in 140 Blairgowrie drive, Blairgowrie – Randburg, Johannesburg – South Africa. We specialize in the conceptualization, creation and production of content marketing as well as integrated campaigns for Private / Public Sector, NGOs or Government. Thus,…
Covid Travel Restrictions Devastate Africa’s Tourism
Global restrictions on travel have dealt a devastating blow to African nations who depend on tourists and their hard currency to support an industry that employs millions of people on the continent. National carriers in Mauritius, Kenya and Namibia ran into more financial trouble as flights were grounded. In South Africa, listed hotel group, Sun International Ltd.,…
Consol Glass halts R2.3 billion investment in South Africa due to alcohol ban
Consol Glass says it has suspended construction of a new R1.5 billion glass manufacturing plant in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng indefinitely, due to the reduction of the demand for glass products driven by the Covid-19 pandemic and government’s actions to slow its spread. This has included bans on the sale of alcohol, and restrictions on all on-premise…