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News Archives: 2020
06/02/2020
PnP branded product packaging to be 100% reusable or recyclable by 2025
Pick n Pay will significantly reduce the impact of single-use plastic and packaging by 2025. Since 2018, the retailer has successfully implemented a number of initiatives to reduce packaging and single-use plastic at its stores and throughout its supply chain.
06/02/2020
SARS will now use artificial intelligence to make ‘it hard and costly’ to dodge tax
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said going forward its work will increasingly be informed by data-driven insights, self-learning computers, and artificial intelligence in a bid to fight tax evasion.
06/02/2020
Shoprite bursary applications for 2020 now open
The Shoprite Group has opened bursary applications for the 2020 academic year and is inviting top students studying scarce skills including Information Technology (IT), Chartered Accounting, Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Pharmacy and Retail Business Management to apply.
06/02/2020
Engen brings 24-hour convenience to Mogwase
Motorists and the residents of Mogwase in North West are set to reap all the yummy goodness of 24-hour forecourt convenience at the brand-new Engen Mankwe Convenience Centre, which officially opened on 24 January 2020.
03/02/2020
Major overhaul for Game stores in South Africa – here’s what you can expect
Massmart has announced a complete overhaul of its operations in South Africa, including big changed for its popular Game stores.
30/01/2020
SA's household wealth falls by R237bn
South African household wealth fell by R237 billion in the third quarter of 2019 due to the effects on their assets and savings of the US/China trade war, fears of recession in the US, international terrorism attacks, Eskom,state capture and the feeble local economy.
30/01/2020
Goods worth R10 million seized from Hammanskraal supermarket owner
He claims the lawyer arrived at his shop earlier this month and with the help of a group of men removed his entire stock and fixtures, including tills, as well as cash.
Discerning South Africans are showing new interest in elegant vintage-style cocktails with a next-generation eco-friendly twist.
29/01/2020
The price of eggs is falling fast – but mielie meal is still a lot more expensive than a year ago
Between November and December the price of eggs dropped by 4%, according to numbers released by the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) on Monday, making for year-on-year price deflation of 7.5%.
29/01/2020
Tiger Brands CEO Lawrence MacDougall to retire
Tiger Brands CEO Lawrence MacDougall, who had to steer SA’s largest food producer through the listeriosis crisis in 2018, will retire at the end of January.
29/01/2020
There’s a new chocolate in town
There’s not much that a little chocolate can’t solve, right? History has it that people have been delighting in the joys of the humble cocoa bean since 450BC... no surprises there!
27/01/2020
Shoprite’s money saving hacks ahead of #Budget2020
As finance minister Tito Mboweni invites tips for his upcoming budget speech, Shoprite has a few tips of its own to help cash-strapped South Africans stretch their hard-earned cash a little further.