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ConstructionSouth Africa
Manufacture and wholesale of metal fasteners in South Africa – April 2022
Let’s get to the nuts and bolts of it I must admit that reading the WoW’s 2022 report on Manufacture and Wholesale of Metal Fasteners in South Africa, brought to...
Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa
Trade in Agricultural Raw Materials and Livestock in South Africa – March 2022
“If you tickle the earth with a hoe she laughs with a harvest.” D Jerrold The Agricultural raw materials and livestock sector is not identical with the statistical classification of...
ManufacturingSouth Africa
The Textile Industry in South Africa – Delayed Gratification
A first reflection on the latest WoW report addressing The Textile Industry in South Africa is that the industry is part of the Clothing and Textiles Competitiveness Programme (now rebooted...
Human health and social work activitiesSouth Africa
The Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa
“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.” – Hippocrates Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa Property rights cover a vast domain...
Other service activitiesSouth Africa
Management Consulting & Business Advisory Services including Knowledge Management in South Africa.
One cannot talk about management consulting without reflecting on the role of this sector South Africa’s state capture as well as what management gurus such as Peter Drucker consider important....
Accommodation and food service activitiesSouth Africa
The Sugar Industry in Eswatini – Has Sugar turned Bittersweet?
Worldwide consumption of sugar kept growing despite the increasing awareness of the unwelcome link between sugar consumption and obesity. What is interesting is that sustained growth worldwide is coming from...
Information and communicationSouth Africa
Cloud Computing – Nature’s gift to technology
Way back in 1798 Malthus phrased his Malthusian trap: “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.” The world population...
Financial and insurance activitiesSouth Africa
Short term Insurance – The answer to what you have but cannot afford to lose
The frightening statistic we get from the latest WOW report on the short-term insurance industry is that about 70% of vehicles on the South African roads are uninsured. The issue...
