Supply Chain and Logistics

The Road Freight Association responds to Transnet’s bailout by National Treasury

The Road Freight Association (RFA) takes note of the bailout by Treasury of Transnet. While this is heartening, Transnet...

Free to attend: CILTSA Webinar on Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation

Join The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport for a thought-provoking webinar on "Towards a better understanding of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation:...

Private sector must take control of failing state-owned entities to save...

The Road Freight Association (RFA), as the largest representative of road freight operators (companies) in South Africa, is involved in the Road...

“National logistics crisis our own inconvenient truth,” says National Logistics

National Logistics - a sector of transcendental importance to the national economy, has experienced watershed moments this year. The situation intensified in...

The future of the logistics industry: Shifting patterns

During a transformative era for the transportation and logistics industry, Afrirent Holdings has emerged as a proactive player ready to navigate the...

How AI helps drive enterprise sustainability initiatives

The business world continues to be defined by disruption and evolution, the latest being an unrelenting interest in generative AI. This has...

Oribi announces the Open Call for social entrepreneurs to join their...

Social impact incubator, Oribi has announced its Open Call for entrepreneurs to sign up for their Food Systems Programme which will take...

Findings show that entrepreneurs are achieving revenue growth despite challenges

Small businesses and entrepreneurs are often forced to find innovative solutions to overcome the multitude of serious challenges in our country. However,...

African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA) Supply Chain Game Changer...

The winners of the highly anticipated African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA) Supply Chain Game Changer Awards were revealed at a...

Top stories you may have missed

Here are some of the top stories our readers found most interesting this past week:

Watch how South Africans are buying on Black Friday

Peach Payments today launches its Black Friday Dashboard live on its website (peachpayments.com/black-friday). The dashboard shows the number of transactions processed via...

Black Friday: Consumer spends over R234 000 on a single purchase

One South African has already spent R234 448 in a single online purchase, according to payment platform Payfast, while the smallest transaction...

Giving SA’s youth experiential tech training in a live environment is...

While there is no doubt that young people need more job opportunities, the challenge, from a business perspective, is finding sufficiently skilled...

Retailers redefining innovation in the electricity crisis

It is said that the electricity crisis is currently costing the country around R900 million a day. One of South Africa’s biggest...

Consumer price inflation for October 2023

As expected, Consumer price inflation accelerated further in October, to 5.9% year-on-year, compared to 5.4% in September.  Inflation has...

SAAFF’s media statement on the current logistics crisis

There are currently 96 vessels waiting at anchorage outside our commercial ports, directly costing the economy R98 million a day in direct, sunken costs,...

Stay ahead of the game using PPI to maximise savings this...

Even though there is a continuous narrative that South African consumers are facing a tough economic environment, and that discretionary spending is under pressure,...

4 predictions on the future of data, AI, customer experience, and...

Trusted data is the foundation of trusted AI. And as a result, 92% of analytics and IT leaders recently reported that the need for trusted data...