E Commerce

New VAT rules lead global tax reform

Article Kevin Davie - 26 Apr 2019

The target for tax authorities is the $2-trillion in annual e-commerce transactions that is set to rise to $4.5-trillion in three years’ time

Global tax for multinationals gains traction

Article Jayati Ghosh - 26 Apr 2019

Tax avoidance hits developing countries hard because companies’ declared profits are more sensitive to tax rates than in developed countries.

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces plans to retire at 54

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 Sep 2018

Alibaba's co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy

Chinese company joins race to steer self-driving cars

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Apr 2018

China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba, is steering resources towards driverless car technology

Radical Economic Automation?

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Dec 2017

Radical change is coming, says Rob Davies, and it will take the form of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

China blurs lines between banking and e-commerce

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Jun 2015

Online retail giant Alibaba is launching MYbank, an online lender, and Chinese banks are pushing back with online malls.

E-commerce is broken, but fixable

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 May 2015

E-tailing in SA has yet to make a dent in retail owing to a poor online presence, but tools are becoming available to fix it, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

E-commerce tax will hit disadvantaged students hardest, say experts

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Mar 2014

E-commerce tax, to be introduced on April 1, will mean education institutions will struggle to purchase academic journals.

3D Secure now mandatory on e-commerce sites

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Mar 2014

The deadline for implementating 3D Secure was at the end of February, meaning that all e-commerce sites now have to offer their customers the service.

Amazon versus the high street — which would you bet on?

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Jan 2012

Online retailing offers convenience and economy but few of the social advantages of a busy shop.

Five predictions for the communications world in 2012

Article bogdan TagDiv - 22 Dec 2011

Free phonecalls and Apple TV? The future is now.

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The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

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Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

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Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

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Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

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Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

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