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Franchising sector counteracts wasted year with key initiatives

Retail

Franchising sector counteracts wasted year with key initiatives

17 Apr 2024

Source: © The Food for Mzansi Group won three Wan-Ifra Digital Media Africa 2024 Awards

Marketing & Media

South African digital publishers make clean sweep of Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2024

16 Apr 2024

Breaking the cycle of poverty by addressing education inequality

Education

Breaking the cycle of poverty by addressing education inequality

Nadia Lubowski 20 Mar 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

ESG and employment: Key dispute risks in the EMI sector in 2024

31 Jan 2024

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ESG & Sustainability

SA can meet ESG demands, but how?

12 Jan 2024

SA's tourism boom: A gateway to job creation, economic growth, and social equity

Tourism & Travel

SA's tourism boom: A gateway to job creation, economic growth, and social equity

6 Dec 2023

Vital role of nutrition in the TB recovery journey

Healthcare

Vital role of nutrition in the TB recovery journey

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Nov 2023

Finance

Potential VAT increase a double-edged sword, says tax expert

Phillip Joubert 13 Nov 2023

Are you data rich, but insight poor?

Marketing & Media

Are you data rich, but insight poor?

Issued by BrandMapp 30 Oct 2023

The urgent need to address the struggling education system's role in escalating unemployment

Education

The urgent need to address the struggling education system's role in escalating unemployment

Paul Esterhuizen 27 Oct 2023

Johan Botes, Partner and head of Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice in Johannesburg.

Legal

#BizTrends2023: Quitting quiet quitting - balancing the needs of employers and employees

Johan Botes 23 Jan 2023

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

Energy & Mining

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

Twivwe Siwale and Eric Werker 13 Jan 2023

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

ESG & Sustainability

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

Marecia Damons 14 Dec 2022

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Entrepreneurship

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Thabiso Foto, Issued by Irvine Partners 2 Dec 2022

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Agriculture

Subsistence farming can help alleviate food insecurity

10 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

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HR & Management

Search for flexibility and meaning in the post-pandemic workplace

Johan Botes 15 Jul 2022

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Retail

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Jonathan Munemo 28 Apr 2022

MTN is on the hunt for 150 digital experts

ICT

MTN is on the hunt for 150 digital experts

16 Feb 2022

Why bursaries are the answer to achieving your B-BBEE target spend

Education

Why bursaries are the answer to achieving your B-BBEE target spend

25 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: South Africa stands tall on ESG amongst global peers

ESG & Sustainability

#BizTrends2022: South Africa stands tall on ESG amongst global peers

Chris Blair 12 Jan 2022

Legal

#BizTrends2022: The year ahead for employers

Johan Botes 5 Jan 2022

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Education

Yes, a university degree will increase your employment prospects

Shai Reshef 6 Oct 2021

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

Agriculture

How to put women at the centre of Africa's food systems

Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee 20 Aug 2021

Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

Servaas van der Berg and Leila Patel 23 Jul 2021

Job seekers stand outside a construction site ahead of the release of the unemployment numbers by Statistics South Africa, in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, June 23, 2020. Reuter/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Finance

South Africa's weak growth could fuel socioeconomic tensions - Moody's

Mfuneko Toyana 19 May 2021

Concern over rich-poor divide seen on the increase during pandemic

ESG & Sustainability

Concern over rich-poor divide seen on the increase during pandemic

Matthew Lavietes 23 Feb 2021

What is sustainability accounting? What does ESG mean? We have answers

ESG & Sustainability

What is sustainability accounting? What does ESG mean? We have answers

Leanne Keddie 3 Feb 2021

Adam Bennot. senior associate, Alternative Investment Services, RisCura.

Finance

Sustainability should be paramount in pension fund investment

Adam Bennot 9 Dec 2020

#ConsciousLiving: Ashaki driving purpose-led beauty through impact sourcing

Retail

#ConsciousLiving: Ashaki driving purpose-led beauty through impact sourcing

Lauren Hartzenberg 30 Oct 2020

Retail

PRC report delivers insights on food and grocery retailing

Britta Reid 2 Oct 2020

Hunger contributes strongly to health inequalities. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Covid19: how the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa

Chijioke Nwosu & Adeola Oyenubi 26 Aug 2020

Dolana Conco, regional executive, Alexander Forbes.

Finance

#WomensMonth: Financial independence equals empowerment

Dolana Conco 21 Aug 2020

Mandela's legacy is innovation - engaging instruments of recovery, redress

Construction & Engineering

Mandela's legacy is innovation - engaging instruments of recovery, redress

Dhesigen Naidoo 22 Jul 2020

Lebo Thubisi, head of manager research, Alexander Forbes

Finance

Meeting the expectations of millennial investors

Lebo Thubisi 20 Jul 2020

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

ESG & Sustainability

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020

A woman carries a bucket of fresh water to an informal settlement in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. South Africa has the widest wealth gap in the world. Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images

Finance

Coronavirus: why South Africa needs a wealth tax now

Aroop Chatterjee. Amory Gethin & Léo Czajka 28 Apr 2020

11-point plan to rebuild economy, property sector post Covid-19

Property

11-point plan to rebuild economy, property sector post Covid-19

Vuyiswa Mutshekwane 17 Apr 2020

National Treasury and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni support budget cuts, labour market deregulation, and tax cuts. Getty Images

Finance

South Africa is bent on austerity: there's a strong case that it should change tack

Gilad Isaacs 15 Apr 2020

Nigeria needs to close the financial inclusion gap for women smallholder farmers

Agriculture

Nigeria needs to close the financial inclusion gap for women smallholder farmers

Olayinka Adegbite, Elizabeth Mkandawire and Lepepeule Machethe 9 Mar 2020

Why billionaire climate philanthropists will always be part of the problem

ESG & Sustainability

Why billionaire climate philanthropists will always be part of the problem

Heather Alberro 3 Mar 2020

Richard Rattue, managing director, Compli-Serve

Finance

Ethics drive trust more than competence

5 Feb 2020

A session at Davos highlighted the consequences of capitalism. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Finance

Can capitalism solve capitalism's problems?

Elizabeth Schmidt 3 Feb 2020

How to accelerate business growth in a sluggish economy

Entrepreneurship

How to accelerate business growth in a sluggish economy

Wayne Zwiers 19 Dec 2019

New report: Africa gains development ground but new inequalities emerging

ESG & Sustainability

New report: Africa gains development ground but new inequalities emerging

12 Dec 2019

Reshaping the forces - Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

ESG & Sustainability

Reshaping the forces - Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Kingsley Ighobor 23 Oct 2019

Gender diversity, female entrepreneurship highlighted at WEF in Africa

Entrepreneurship

Gender diversity, female entrepreneurship highlighted at WEF in Africa

5 Sep 2019

Property sector transformation: The road is long, but clear

Property

Property sector transformation: The road is long, but clear

Sandi Mbutuma 24 Jul 2019