SA Business Essentials

Gen Z is walking away from toxic workplaces at record rates. They are not lazy, they are simply unwilling to work under outdated 1980s management styles that ignore flexibility, mental health, and growth. Business owners who fail to modernise risk losing their youngest and brightest talent to companies that embrace collaboration, trust, and modern culture.

If you’ve been Googling cheap paid advertising but keep landing on overpriced agencies or confusing ad dashboards, you’re not alone. Small businesses want results without burning through their entire marketing budget, and guess what? You can have both.

There’s a new kind of digital marketing scam sweeping through social media, dressed in designer clothes and promising fast income with zero experience. It’s promoted with luxury lifestyle reels, vague “coaching programmes,” and big words like "agency owner" and "automation." But behind it all is a modern pyramid model that’s been rebranded for the digital age.