In a society where having a job is something to celebrate; Valentine’s is a perfect day for South Africans to reflect on what they have and to re-assess how they approach their jobs

There are many reasons to start your own business, for example, controlling your time, building real wealth, fulfilling your life goals and maintaining a business from the comfort of your own home. If you are looking to start your home-based small business, here are some tips for starting a home business, and making sure you can sustain it once you’ve got it.

GetSmarter is seeking to reinvent the tired concept of correspondence learning by creating a new breed of online education that is fun, easy to access, full of interaction and support, and immensely varied and fulfilling.

South Africa ’s debt to GDP ratio is 32% (USA 100%, Japan 200%, UK 90%). The World Bank recommends a ratio of 60%.

In January of this year we started a new tradition. Very befitting for the month January, one might say. The new tradition? Message in a Bottle.

Dr. von Eck shares her thoughts on the role of the internal audit profession

Time is the one commodity that we cannot find or buy more of; yet it always seems like a good option to put things off till tomorrow. While this mantra might work well for your low value tasks, it’s often the high priority things that are getting left on your list.

The majority of big Corporate Companies all have their own Mission Statement. Usually they are placed strategically for the world to see, at reception, or on a wall that you would look at as you enter the building or the office. Why do you think that is?

As Smartphones become ever increasingly sophisticated, more and more personal information is stored on them, and the loss of the phone can be far more than just an inconvenience. It is with this in mind that Samsung has launched Samsung Dive – an online access portal to address the security issues associated with a mobile lifestyle.

Marketing departments have forever been faced by the challenge of doing more with less money. Work in the industry long enough, and you are invariably asked that most dreaded of questions: “Yes, but can you do more with your marketing budget this year?”

The iPad app version of DStv’s TV Guide has landed on our shores and it makes paging through a magazine for the very same information seem almost...outdated. Under the careful crafting of digital consultancy immedia – the creator of a number of uniquely African apps - the DStv product is the first of its kind for the iPad and is also a first for South Africa and, in all likelihood, the African continent.

In today's fast-paced global and multicultural business environment, companies must use visual solutions to communicate effectively.

Marketing has a mixed reputation. On the one hand, it is seen as the inventive facet of building businesses, which is its stimulating and rewarding side. On the other hand, it is associated with manipulating consumers. Overall, it has played a leading role in modern commerce, and is charged with being even more visionary in the new, people-based economy.

The creative business idea book from Euro RSCG Worldwide Explores the Vital Role of Creativity in Business Success, Drawing on Global Case Studies to Reveal the Thinking Behind the Biggest and Best Ideas. We are in an exciting age in business—one powered not just by new technologies but by ideas.

New research shows that the simple pleasure of listening to the radio makes people happy.Ilsa Grabe, business unit head at leading media agency Carat, says video has definitely not killed radio’s star as predicted in a pop song some years ago.