Articles by Isabelle Coetzee
The top grocery and health rewards cards you need to get
The most used rewards programme in South Africa is the Pick n Pay Smart Shopper card, with the Clicks ClubCard and Woolworths WRewards short on its heels. This is according to the 2018 Loyalty Programme Member Engagement Survey, which is based o...
Value of recycled cardboard decreased since China ban
The recycled cardboard market has dropped by roughly 40% since April, when China started a campaign called Blue Sky 2018 to curb waste smuggling from countries like South Africa. This is according to Kate Stubbs, director of business development...
‘Tiered VAT system’ good alternative to zero-rating goods
South Africa ought to further investigate the benefits of a “tiered VAT system”, as opposed to zero-rating additional items. This is according to Kyle Paulsen, senior tax consultant at Mazars, who believes this could reduce the bur...
Self-service technologies, retrenchment, and a new future
Internet Solutions announced in July that it intends to simplify its business model through further enabling self-service technology, and reducing the number of hired staff members. This is part of its ongoing plan to implement more automation i...
POPI Compliance may be a ‘last minute scramble’
Following the commencement date of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, businesses will have one year to become ‘POPI compliant’. According to the 2017 POPI Act Compliance Survey, which was run by ITWeb, only 21% of t...
Majority of South Africans terrified of evening strolls – report
South Africa shares the bottom four places with Afghanistan, Gabon, and Venezuela, in terms of feeling safe while walking home at night. Only 31% of South Africans feel safe, as opposed to 40% of Mexicans and Argentinians, and 84% of Canadians a...
Genuine tax errors - don’t give SARS a reason to hunt you
Sometimes tax season can feel like hunting season – especially when it’s your first time filing taxes and you are still trying to make sense of what an “ITR12” is. Justmoney got in touch with two tax specialists to fi...
How can private healthcare be anticompetitive?
Competition among medical aid providers is neither as vigorous nor as effective as it could be, said former chief justice, Sandile Ngcobo, during the presentation of the Health Market Inquiry (HMI).
Lightning and load shedding can damage household appliances
South African households are vulnerable to sporadic power surges, predominantly because of lightning strikes and power cuts.
Blow to rand softened by ‘Ramaphoria’
The growth of the US dollar in April was a blow to the rand – but one that has been cushioned by political changes. The rand strengthened in December last year with the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the leader of the African Nationa...
Future looks grim for DVD stores – The move to online streaming
Perhaps you watched SABC 2 on Saturday mornings. The animated characters flashing in and out of focus, and you and your siblings take turns wrestling with the antenna. Perhaps you frequented your local video store – which later turned int...
Groundwater to be prioritised over desalination plants – report
The City of Cape Town should prioritise groundwater extraction over desalination plants in order to diversify its water supply during the current drought.