by Marilu Smit | May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
This article first appeared in Bizcommunity/ 19 May 2023. Food is the biggest monthly expense for the majority of South Africa’s taxi commuters, but despite high levels of unemployment, many are still able to make ends meet, either through a side hustle, a Sassa...
by Marilu Smit | Jan 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of Eskom’s recent forecasts claimed that loadshedding will continue until 2027. The medium-term adequacy report that Eskom released in October mentioned that situation would worsen with the plant performance of the fleet trending downwards, power stations shutting...
by Marilu Smit | Jan 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
This article first appeared in The Financial Mail/ 22 December 2022. As supermarket aisles become busier, a new study shows that young South Africans will pay more for healthy food, but do not necessarily trust food labels and “health brands”. Marketing and research...
by Marilu Smit | Dec 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
This article first appeared in BizCommunity / 25 November 2022. A new study reveals that millennials and Gen Zs in South Africa are prepared to pay a premium for health products, however they are sceptical when it comes to health food labels from brands that claim to...
by Marilu Smit | Aug 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
This article first appeared in Businesstech.co.za / 23 August 2022. Just as the world was returning to some kind of ‘normality’ it didn’t take long for war in Europe, surging inflation, soaring fuel and energy prices, along with severe bouts of load-shedding to cast a...
by Leonard Gebhardt | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
This article first appeared in Strategy Marketing for Africa / Issue 2 2022. Private wealth in Africa is expected to rise by 38% over the next 10 years, according to the latest 2022 Africa Wealth Report, published in May by Henley & Partners together with New...