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High unemployment and Covid-19’s economic fallout leave South Africans ready to relocate and work remotely.
MIGRATION

The great resignation – retirement or relocation?

High unemployment and Covid-19’s economic fallout leave South Africans ready to relocate and work remotely

  • Craigh Chidrawi
5 min read
According to data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the overall number of companies that have been liquidated increased 20.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
CALL CENTRES

The end of the office as we know it?

As more people continue to work from home, a decreased demand for commercial property is expected to continue as long as South Africa’s growth levels remain low

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
6 min read
Passengers are seen on the balconies of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3 600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 12, 2020. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)
AIRLINES

The great untethering and the airlines’ flat spin

If record vinyls and iTunes can co-exist in the Technological Age, Wi-Fi will allow ocean liners a slice of the airlines’ global travel monopoly

  • Guy Oliver
6 min read