The value of South African household wealth for the first time surpassed R6 000 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the latest Momentum/UNISA South African Household Wealth Index. The results of the latest research by the Personal Finance Research Unit (PFRU) of the Bureau of Market Research were released on Friday, 19 April. 
A recent report by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at Unisa provides a critical evaluation of the demographic, economic and socioeconomic aspects of the 2011 South Africa census. 
Investing in students An academic from the Department of Economics, Mr Theo van der Vyver, recently received the prestigious International Education Faculty Achievement Award. 
The new Executive Dean of the College of Economic and Management Sciences (CEMS), Professor Valiant Clapper, has a passion for people and believes that building lasting relationships with key stakeholders in the college and Unisa, as well as externally, is what ultimately will make CEMS great. 
Business development and growth should be elevated to become one of the SA government’s priority programmes to urgently address the below average entrepreneurial and business performance of the country. Worldwide, While transport is indispensible for the citizens of a country, the financial burden of upgrading and maintaining road infrastructure is enormous – a burden that weighs heavily on the pockets of commuters. This is reason enough for a road-user pricing system that’s acceptable to society in terms of equity and sustainability. 
It is no secret that many South Africans are currently seeking employment. According to Statistics South Africa, while the country’s unemployment rate may have dropped from 25,2% to 24,9% The concept of a green economy has rapidly garnered attention due to structural flaws in current economic models. 
CEMS staff recently made the Christmas dreams of more than a hundred children come true when they bought the items on the children’s wish lists. 
CEMS students in the Cape region can invite Unisa into their homes by tuning into a community radio station close to them. |
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