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TOOLS AND COURSES TO UP-SKILL YOURSELF WITH IN 2024 In a competitive job market globally, it helps to stand out from the crowd. One of the best ways to do this is through upskilling. Upskilling is essentially an opportunity to expand your capabilities and skillsets and learn something new to add to your portfolio. It is important when doing so, that these newly acquired skills add value – this can be from an educational standpoint by learning something complimentary, or by looking to further your career by adding a new skill to your professional scope of offering. It is fair to say that in 2024, some skills are in higher demand than others, and with that demand also comes the potential of a [...]

THE PROS AND CONS OF REMOTE WORK Post Covid-19, the world came to grips with new ways of working. Pre-Covid-19, the corporate world was highly structured and, excepting unusual circumstances, required employees to be in office full-time, i.e. Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, with some companies mandating even longer hours depending on the employee’s job description and industry. Both the finance and the legal industry were known for its strict adherence to office times and overtime. Covid-19 changed all of this because for the first time ever, having people physically in office was just not possible due to global lockdowns that necessitated everyone who wasn’t an ‘essential’ worker or in an ‘essential industry’. Employees and employers had to navigate the tricky territory [...]

SA’S GROUNDBREAKING CASE AGAINST ISRAEL As the war continues to rage on between Israel and Palestine, many countries globally are making their views known – either in support of Israel, Palestine or denouncing the war and ensuant genocide that is currently taking place in Gaza. Many countries have also become increasingly vocal about the atrocities taking place in Gaza, since the onset of the war on the 7th of October 2023. Israel’s retaliation has been relentless and has resulted in over 22,000 recorded deaths accordingly to Gaza’s health ministry and over 57,000 injuries so far, approximately two-thirds of the casualties and fatalities recorded are women and children, highlighting an even greater need for an immediate ceasefire. However calls from other countries in this [...]

SLEEPING – WHICH COUNTRIES DO IT BEST Sleep is an essential part of life – without rest, the body cannot function. This is applicable to all mammal life-forms specifically, but particularly when it comes to human health. Sleep is not only critical to basic human health, but also aids all bodily as well as cognitive functionality. There is a reason why our brain functions better when we’ve had enough sleep, we can focus more, process faster and perform better. Rest, especially sleep, is also a crucial part of our healing process as well. That’s why when we are sick, one of the first recommendations is sleep. However, true beneficial sleep is known as deep sleep. During the deep sleep phase, our body releases [...]

REMEMBERING MADIBA 10 YEARS ON The 5th of December 2023 marks the ten-year anniversary of the passing of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, our former president, politician, and anti-Apartheid activist. Mr. Mandela is famous globally for his historic achievements and firsts – he was the first black president of South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999, but was also fundamental in leading South Africa’s transition from Apartheid to a multi-racial democracy. In 1993, Mr. Mandela also won the Nobel Peace Prize alongside former president F.W. de Klerk “for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.” The road to the Nobel Peace Prize and democracy was far from a short and easy [...]

AFRICA’S BILLIONAIRES FOR 2023 Africa has no shortage of exceptionally wealthy individuals and families across all countries, with the accumulated wealth of Africa’s wealthiest equating to almost $81.5 billion dollars. To put this in rand value based on December 2023’s exchange rate, is R153 trillion rand which to put it into context, is twelve figures. This is almost three billion down in comparison to last year’s $84.9 billion, even though one more billionaire was added to the list. Last year was a good year for Africa’s 19 billionaires, whereas this year their fortunes took a knock, along with the rest of the world due to the current economic crisis and the impact that this has had on stock prices and equity values. Even [...]