Annually, somewhere between May and June is the period unofficially known as “the strike season” when unionised workers in both the public and private sectors demand higher wages to cope with rising standard of living. In extreme cases, essential services Read the full story
The revised broad black economic empowerment (BEE) will have zero tolerance for companies that merely tick the “right” boxes merely to impress the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and earn certification. That’s why the majority of businesses are Read the full story
If Eskom cannot meet the demands of its current customers, it would be foolhardy to expect it to connect enterprises in townships and rural areas to Entrepreneurs in rural areas and townships do not have the luxury of waiting for Read the full story
The maverick founder of British conglomerate Virgin Group, Richard Branson, is advocating for a system that allows office-bound workers to work from home. He said this in an interview with Facebook last month. Branson said that he believed that the Read the full story
Maintaining a sustainable balance between workers’ rights and creating employment opportunities or jobs will have to be government’s main focus in the coming months of 2015. This is in view of recent reports that indicate that the government’s clampdown Read the full story
In used boxes and waste paper, his colleagues saw useless trash to be condemned to the landfill; Bisant Matsi saw treasure. That vision is what has made the difference in Matsi’s life. He is the proud owner of Burgersfort Waste Read the full story
By Sanjeev “Mahatma” Gupta I recall when I was about 10 in the early nineties, posters from the World Health Organisation that adorned street poles and billboards in the country I did spend my a childhood in political exile preached Read the full story
It’s one thing to clinch that first ten million rand tender, and it’s totally another to fulfill the client’s requirements to the letter. For a black owned company, the obstacles are even more, especially getting the right resources to deliver Read the full story
