South Africa is a crazy place right now with the run up to the ANC elections. South Africa is in the midst of an energy crisis, facing a spate of violent crimes, struggling with poverty and unemployment and corruption appears to have eaten away the nation’s soul after the release of the recent Zondo commission. […]

Sadly, in many discussions, dreadful terms are used to define the HR department and their role in a company. HR Dive recently conducted a survey and found that according to the HR leaders, 58% considered their department to be highly valued while 8% said they were not valued at all. At iFacts, we believe that […]

In South Africa, unemployment is sitting at a ridiculously high level. Many may argue that the informal sector is not included in the official unemployment figures. Still, in June 2022, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2022, the unemployment rate was 63,9% for those aged 15-24 and 42,1% for those aged […]

Crime in South Africa is rampant. Not many social functions go without a discussion about someone who has been affected by a crime or a horrific crime incident in a nearby area. This means that South Africans are very security-aware. While there are 180 000 police officers in South Africa, the private security industry is believed […]

Mandy Weiner recently said that she had been wondering if the recent tavern shootings & mass shootings in South Africa had always been there, or if the media weren’t highlighting them in the past? Regardless of what the fact is, security in South Africa is a massive concern for every person and every business. In […]

The South African recruitment industry policies came under fire this week after Bheki Cele, the Police Minister, said that the South African Police Services (SAPS) would not employ people with tattoos as they had a “tendency of being a gangster”. “When you have a tattoo, we don’t hire you, because you have a tendency of […]