By Sanjeev “Mahatma” Gupta The resolution of the affirmative action dispute involving Solidarity and the South African Police Services (SAPS) might have taken long, but it surely has serious implications on the way various government institutions apply the affirmative Read the full story
The appointment of Justice Nonkosi Zoliswa Nhlantla as judge of the Constitutional Court, in addition to eight women judges out of 12 appointments, shows progress that the country has made in creating more opportunities for women in the judiciary after Read the full story
Pitso Kekana, head of public affairs and corporate citizenship for Samsung Africa RHQ, touts ICT as a vital tool in upskilling disadvantaged South Africans in the post-apartheid dispensation in an article he has written. This approach would address the lack Read the full story
The economic stagnation that the country is experiencing is an urge to step up small business development initiatives, and the starting point would be for all stakeholders to convene and organise an entrepreneurship equivalent of a CODESA. This is the Read the full story
Why black industrialists and not just industrialists? This has ever been on the minds of critics ever since President Jacob Zuma made the announcement of the black industrialists’ initiative over a year ago. It has been considered a misnomer of Read the full story
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has announced the establishment of a forum, the Black Industrialists Programme, to oversee applications for black industrialists’ funding. This development significantly allays underlying skepticism about the feasibility of the black industrialists’ facilitation enterprise. Read the full story
By Sanjeev “Mahatma” Gupta National Reconciliation Day is an opportunity to evaluate the progress (or lack of) we have made as a nation since 1994. There is divided opinion on whether we are recuperating from apartheid era ills and progressing Read the full story
Jimmy Manyi, the outspoken President of the Progressive Professionals Forum, calls for the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework to be replaced by broad-based economic empowerment (B-BBEE) trumping clause. Manyi, whose candid views on matters transformation have ruffled a few feathers in Read the full story
Casinos have demonstrated that they put the billions they get from their businesses to good use, according to a recent survey conducted by the Casino Association of South Africa (CASA). During the 2014/15 financial year, CASA members contributed R134m towards Read the full story
By Sanjeev Gupta There was a time when transformation of management positions in billion rand organisations appeared to be gaining traction – or companies successfully made it to be so – until it has now been ruthlessly exposed to be Read the full story
