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| The King Code of Governance Principle consists of the three key elements of leadership, sustainability and good corporate citizenship and, though South African businesses are operating in a trying and difficult economic environment, good governance in place helps ensure stability and in return sustainability, even for small businesses. read |
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| For the second year, the Seed Academy will be conducting a national survey of startup entrepreneurs that have been in business for less than five years... read |
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| The Clothing Bank, a local non-profit business, has won the 2016 Schwab Foundation's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award - an international honour for outstanding examples of social entrepreneurship - with the support of some of South Africa's major retailers including the Mr Price Group... read |
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| Naseem Javed The world is just not going to stop neither for a single leader nor for groups of nations..? read |
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| Issued by The Talent Boom The Talent Boom, global recruitment search firm for elite creative, digital, tech and marketing talent, has recently opened an office in Amsterdam... read |
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| Nicci Whitear-Nel The 29th Annual Labour Law Conference, taking place 24-25 August 2016 at Emperors Palace, will discuss factors affecting youth employment, the role of trade unions and the question of the national minimum wage... read |
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| Madelein Taljaard (van der Watt) The Basic Conditions of Employment Act sets out some clear, realistic laws governing overtime that all employers must heed. This legislation does a good job of balancing the rights of employees and the needs of businesses to avoid contention between employers and employees... read |
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| Nicci Botha All trade unions are now party to the stability premium offered by Sibanye Gold to promote sound industrial relations between the company and labour... read |
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| Leon Traut updated industry members on current labour issues during an industry event hosted by FEDHASA Cape region. Minimum wage increases will come into effect... read |
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| Felix Kessel The HumanKind principle - that 'Creativity has the power to transform human behaviour....' was adopted in 2014, when we merged Owen Kessel with global brand Leo Burnett, but before that, our mantra was 'Do the right thing'... read |
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| Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business Africa's eighth lean management summit will highlight simple management systems that boost efficiency and customer service in both the private and public sectors in South Africa... read |
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| Jill Young The current unemployment rate for youngsters just out of school or tertiary education is 60%, which is much higher than the overall unemployment rate of 25%, and equates to two out of three South Africans aged between 18 to 28 being unemployed... read |
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| LONDON - BHS, the owner of department stores across Britain, has called in outside help to rescue the struggling firm from potential closure and the loss of around 11,000 jobs, administrators said on Monday... read |
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| Danette Breitenbach In South Africa, a surge is expected in digital in five years' time, with the current level of digitisation and integration expected to rise from 27% to 64%... read |
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