The Statistics South Africa’s report ‘The Social Profile of Youth, 2009-2014’ shows that black Africans, between the ages of 25 and 34, are less skilled than their parents and every other race group, points to the dismal state of the Read the full story
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) invites companies to participate in the Trade and Investment mission to Ghana and Nigeria. The mission will take place on 8-12 August 2016. Companies in the sectors of Agriculture and Agro-processing, Built Read the full story
Talented young cricket stars are quickly being identified in Khayelitsha schools following the creation of comprehensive cricketing ecosystems by the Gary Kirsten Foundation last year. In a drive to provide gifted individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with the tools to develop Read the full story
The landmark legal victory of Kenneth Mkosana Makate, an ex-Vodacom employee who created “Please call me” facility, typifies the rare plot of a determined humble individual taking on a multinational company and emerging triumphant. Of course, such stories are not Read the full story
Though there is evidence that the majority of previously disadvantaged groups are yet to benefit from black economic empowerment (BEE) policy, one area where the scheme has succeeded is creating black dollar millionaires. New World Wealth reports that almost half Read the full story
If truth be told, the 16th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Report does not reveal anything new. In fact, it reveals that, not much, if any changed for the Historically Disadvantaged Individuals (HDI), which are Indians, Black Africans and Coloureds. Read the full story
There is a lot of talk and no action. That’s the Department of Labour’s verdict on the state of transformation of the work place in the country. Coming on the eve of the celebration of twenty two years since the Read the full story
When the garrulous Minister of Sport, Fikile Mbalula, had been threatening that he would take drastic action against various sporting codes that did not meet transformation targets, people did not take him seriously, dismissing his pronouncements as a bark without a bite. Read the full story
It’s a development which has given coal producers, who are already have low prices and stringent environment regulations to contend with, substantial food for thought. Tesla, a renewable energy and energy storage firm, has introduced Powerwall, a suite of batteries Read the full story
For all its size, mobile telephone giant, Vodacom, has only a measly 3.4% black shareholding. But this is set to change soon following the Public Investment Corporation’s move to sell its 15% stake in the company to a consortium of Read the full story