New COO Rates For 2020
We wish you a very successful 2020 and should we be able to assist you with any training queries, please call us. With the costs of almost everything increasing, we have been forced to increase the costs of our Certificate Of Origin electronic and manual docs stamping and seals. We have really tried not to…
SACCI Press Release – Trade Conditions Survey – December 2019
Trade Conditions Remain Tight Trade conditions remained in negative territory in December 2019, but the seasonally adjusted Trade Activity Index (TAI) improved marginally to 44 – up by one index point and still below the 50-index level of unchanged conditions. Expectations for the next six months look better than the December trade conditions with the…
POWER ALERT 1
POWER ALERT 1 Date: 16 January 2020 A positive outlook for the system today Thursday, 16 January 2020: The system is looking better today as units that were on unplanned outages due to coal handling problems caused by flooding started pumping power into the grid although not yet at full capacity. While the overall system…
A Bad Hiring Decision Costs An SME Far More!
by Kirsten Halcrow A rockstar CV filled with bells and whistles of achievements and accolades… Tick Reasonable salary expectations that are fitting into the constrained budget… Tick Glowing references and recommendation letters…Tick Experience perfectly aligned with the job… Tick Hit it out of the park during both interviews… Tick …Six weeks later….”Why did I hire…
SACCI Press Release BCI December 2019
SACCI PRESS RELEASE – BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX (BCI) FOR DECEMBER 2019 Lack Luster Business Confidence in December Although the BCI remained virtually unchanged at 93.1 in December 2019 if compared to 92.7 in November 2019, the BCI was 2.1 index points below the level of 95.2 in December 2018. The BCI declined from an average…
Eskom seeks R27bn for load shedding losses, 17% tariff increase mooted
Cape Town – The public has until January 20 to comment on Eskom’s application to the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) for a tariff increase to recover R27billion in losses from load shedding. This tariff increase will probably see electricity costs increase by up to 17%. Nersa said it would assess Eskom’s application following…
Stage 2 rotational load shedding from 09:00 until 23:00 tonight.
Stage 2 rotational load shedding will be implemented from 09:00 until 23:00 tonight. Eskom will continue to provide regular updates about the state of the power system through various media platforms.
SACCI Trade Conditions Survey – November 2019
Trade Expectations Weaken Trade conditions remained subdued in November 2019 and in negative territory. The seasonally adjusted Trade Activity Index (TAI), as a measure of recent trade conditions, improved slightly by one point to 43 in November 2019. Over the next six months trade is expected to decline with the seasonally adjusted Trade Expectations Index…
Load Shedding Putting The Prospects Of Economic Recovery Under Severe Pressure
Yesterday, along with many people, my blood boiled at the stage 6 outage and the drastic effects on our economy. I promised action on my Facebook and didn’t need to say much to encourage the press release of a media statement by our CEO of the South African Chamber of Commerce (SACCI). They were already…
The 4 Stages to Future-Proofing Your Business Against the Impact of Load Shedding
Business owners have more than enough challenges when it comes to ensuring the long-term sustainability of their business but now, there is the reality of load shedding to which there seems to be no end in sight as the embattled energy provider spirals out of control with debt rising on an annual basis. What can…
Employers Must Jack Up Retirement Policies
Employers too often try to remove their older employees from employment in order to ‘make way for new blood’ or because such employees sometimes move more slowly or ‘do not fit in’. However, such employees are protected by the Employment Equity Act (EEA) which prohibits unfair discrimination against an employee on the grounds of age….
Business Confidence Index (BCI) for November 2019
Business Confidence Remains Rigid The SACCI BCI (2015 = 100) remained sensitive to the instability in the business climate, both domestically and internationally. After declining by 0.7 index points in October 2019, the BCI appears to crept upward in November 2019. The index improved by 1.0 index points on October to reach 92.7 in November 2019. The…