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South Africans will once again have to plan their day based on the availability of electricity as the country’s power utility announced that loadshedding will commence this week.

Where businesses and other organisations are unable to get work done by robots they need to acquire the necessary skills by hiring staff. A key  question then arises as to whether the money expended in order to acquire and retain these employee skills should be seen as an expense or as an investment.

The world has made unprecedented advances, we can create vaccines and ‘end’ a pandemic, yet we can’t end gender disparity. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum, full economic parity is 257 years away!

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) distributes several social support grants to vulnerable citizens. In a bid to extend their support, they are now calling on caregivers to apply for this grant.

Many individuals enrol in postgraduate degrees to improve their knowledge in a specific field in their quest for life long learning. However, an Eastern Cape university is being investigated for possible corruption related to their postgraduate degrees.