Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 13, 2020
The Department of Tourism (including all provincial and national tourism entities) has joined forces with International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) and the Southern African Tourism Services...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 7, 2020
In a matter of weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live and work. The Planner gets real with Trudi Freed, director at the HiSide Group, on the impact that the lockdown has had on their business. When the first cases of COVID-19...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 5, 2020
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been devastating; not only to human lives, but also in how the measures necessary to slow its spread are threatening the economic viability of businesses, and will likely result in job losses. The good...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 4, 2020
SDI (Supplier Development Initiative) is an existing services-on-demand platform that uplifts micro-suppliers across multiple industries. Faced with what our President has described as “…a medical emergency far graver then what we have experienced...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 4, 2020
Poverty-striken children are one of the most vulnerable groups in South Africa, especially during the COVID-19 lockdown. Since schools have been forced to close, many children no longer have access to the the National Schools feeding scheme. This...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 2, 2020
DIRCO, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, has indicated that embassies are taking full responsibility for their citizens in South Africa. This includes establishing where their citizens currently are, negotiating...