When South Africa won the bid to host the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, everyone from large corporate companies to street vendors shared in the excitement of benefiting from the economic opportunities that come with the soccer spectacle. South Africans have donned their cars and businesses with South Africa’s flag and official colours. But, as the excitement mounts, so too does the anger of those who believe they have nothing to gain. Read more... |
The new Unity Bridge linking Tanzania and Mozambique is set to stimulate economic activity between the two southern African countries and improve living standards in the region. |
In line with that which is occurring in most parts of the world, a serious socio-economic fault line has developed in South Africa around the remuneration packages of chief executive officers. According to a very recently released report by forensic auditors: “No single business...Read more... | ||
Africa is the least electrified place in the world. An estimated 550 million Africans have no access to electricity. Nearly half of African countries have a power crisis. Solving this huge problem is made more difficult by widespread poverty, and because most Africans live far...Read more... |
While South Africa is making huge strides in strengthening its information and communication technology (ICT) industry, the African continent as a whole still needs to do more to develop and deploy ICT technologies to improve governance, service...Read more... | ||
In association with Cape Media Corporation and its Leadership and Explore South Africa magazines, the Tourism Leaders Summit was held at Kwa Maritane Bush... Read more... |
Worldwide, it seems women are busy taking over one of the most notoriously risky industries, namely commercial aviation – both in the air and in the boardroom. But mention airlines and women in the same sentence, and...Read more... |
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Worldwide, it seems women are busy taking over on...Read more... | ||
The South African national road network is the economic arteries of the nation – arteries that connect major...Read more... |
South Africa’s unemployment rate rose by 0.9 percentage points quarter-on-quarter to...Read more... | ||
If you are a believer, you would be forgiven for thinking that this is the year in which Jesus wo...Read more... |
The income-producing capability and spending needs of families go through significant changes over the various cycles of...Read more... | ||
When the 25th Africa-France Summit opened in Nice,...Read more... |
How has BEE evolved, and what is next? Criticism always has been raised against black economic empowerment (BEE) policy, however, seven years after the gaz...Read more... | ||
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”, is the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. This phras...Read more... |
South Africa, like other countries, has experienced many turbulent times; one of the m...Read more... | ||
Fast-tracking key employees and developing existing staff are main tactics used to achieve BEE targets South African privately held business (PHB) owners b...Read more... |
Reputation management has become a vital business tool. No longer is it a soft sk...Read more... | ||
From the start of the economic downswing in December 2007 to the exit of the recession in the third quarter of 200...Read more... |
At the helm of the dynamic National Empowerment Fund (NEF) is Philisiwe Buthelezi. This woman of many talents explain...Read more... | ||
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South Africa’s directory of 100 percent black-owned businesses, Black Pages, was unveiled by businessm... Read more... | ||
BBQ apology to the National Empowerment Fund [Byline] Sibulele Siko-Shosha The story published in our 2010 first quarter issue on the National Empowerment Fund’s... Read more... |
The 2009 Bentley Flying Spur Speed succeeds its 2005 debut with more refinement, co...Read more... | ||
When John F. Kennedy announced America’s plans to put the first man on the moon ahead of Ru...Read more... |
Optimism in the construction sector abounds, despite falling demand in resident...Read more... | ||
Municipal underspending on infrastructure as well as training require fixing If South Africa is to come to grips with the debilitating problem of inadequat...Read more... |
Would the remarkable property boom of the first seven...Read more... | ||
Africa remains one of the fastest growing oil-producing regions in t...Read more... |
While the recent Budget Speech and St...Read more... | ||
The possible nationalisation of South Africa’s mines – that hornet’s nest first opened up by ANC Youth League leader Julius...Read more... |
Former United States President George Bush Jr. used the a...Read more... | ||
Judging by most of the media releases of the past year, our country’s main – and perhaps most crucial – focus was the recession that resulted in thousands of jo...Read more... |
Lack of skills threaten progress with BBBEE The South African economy is suffering today because not enough artisans were trained in the past and not enoug...Read more... | ||
SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has appointed ICT stalwart Maphum Nxumalo as the new Managing Director of its South African office. ... Read more... |
Metrofile gains official Level 4 BEE rating Metrofile, Africa’s leader in information and records management, is proud to announce that it has achieved a l...Read more... | ||
SHANDUKA BLACK PAGES – SMMES URGED TO REGISTER
Shanduka Black Umbrellas – an incubation and mentoring initiative for SMMEs – recently unveiled its i...Read more... |
New SBU centre to open in Pretoria
JOHANNESBURG, 13 JANUARY 2010: Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa called last year’s launch of the innovative SMME prog...Read more... | ||
There was a time in the early 1990s when Audi was in a spot of trouble, but no one even vaguely reme...Read more... |
Since the discussio...Read more... | ||
Youth Day 2009 saw South African President Jacob Zuma launch the country’s National Yout...Read more... |
Arguably the commercial powerhou...Read more... |
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