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Accommodation and food service activitiesSouth Africa
The Liquor Industry: A curse or Boon to the South African economy
We reflect on the liquor industry along two dimensions. The economic reality of an extremely lucrative business and the ethical aspects of alcohol consumption and its consequences. We will start...
Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supplySouth Africa
Innovation in Energy. From an Obscure Commodity to an Attractive Star Performer?
The Who Owns Whom report on battery manufacturing in South Africa has a wealth of information, especially on the wider market and drivers of batteries. There are many different batteries...
Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa
Agriculture, South Africa’s Golden Child
According to the latest WOW Trends report, Agri-Business in South Africa, the agricultural sector provided an Olympian performance in 2020, with annual agricultural production rising to R312.5bn, a 9.9% increase...
Accommodation and food service activitiesAgriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa
The SMMEs struggle continues – the Poultry and egg industry is no different
Like most industries in South Africa, the poultry and egg industry is dominated by a few big players that have been operating for decades, entrenched themselves and diversified by investing...
Real estate activitiesSouth Africa
Is Digitisation and Working from Home Disrupting the Real Estate Sector?
This blog is written at a time when the Real estate sector in South Africa is facing another big knock caused by the massive unrest and looting taking place at...
Other service activitiesSouth Africa
The Test Of Time
A colleague recently pointed out that First National Bank’s registration number shows that it was registered in 1929 (as Barclays South Africa), just as the world entered the great depression....
ManufacturingSouth Africa
Plastics and Its Quandary: Industries that have Great Potential to Create Jobs and Spur the Economy are not without Downsides
According to the latest figures available from Stats SA, the plastics manufacturing sector had an estimated turnover of R11.7bn in 2019, with net profit after tax and dividends an estimated...
ConstructionSouth Africa
The Unsung Heroes of the Build Environment – The Installation Sector Who Can Advance Economic Activity
The Building Installation Sector, like many other sectors was hit very hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and its dependence on the construction industry in the property sector that came to...
