South African Express (SA Express) is seeing a rapid increase in the number of females holding key positions – from the board of directors to the pilots and the ground crew technicians leading to CEO, Inati Ntshanga, announcing the Read the full story
Empowering women in various sectors in countries might be viewed as trivial, but collectively African economies are losing close to $95bn annually in potential revenue. This observation was made by UN Development Fund (UNDP) director, Helen Clark, on the sidelines Read the full story
…orders two companies to cancel public seminar aimed at teaching businesses how to evade law protecting blacks by Musa Ndlangamandla In a display of zero-tolerance for entities that seek to undermine Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) the B-BBEE Commission this week Read the full story
“Use of hurtful terms such as monkeys, k-word, and being told you belong at Mamelodi High” Following Gauteng Education MEC’s visit to Pretoria High School for Girls more has transpired. Keen to establish what led to the incident at the Read the full story
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has launched EZASE-KASI Business Fridays, a massive campaign aimed at supporting township economies. Speaking at the programme’s launch in Cape Town on Friday, 26 August, the minister said Read the full story
Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, hopes the 2016 Print Media Transformation Colloquium, is a catalyst which the print media landscape needed to accommodate views that mirror the multiracial post-1994 South Africa. Hailing the 2016 Colloquium “the beginning of the journey towards Read the full story
This month is acknowledged as a tribute to the 20,000+ women who marched to the Union Buildings on the 9 August 1956 with one goal in mind – equality. These women marched to protest the extension of the pass laws Read the full story
41% of BUSINESS/PARTNERS’ clients are female-owned SMEs – where at least 25% of the business is owned by women, and in which the female entrepreneur is actively involved. Further encouraging is that of the R310m invested in female entrepreneurs in Read the full story
Little encouragement or opportunities have been given to women to infiltrate South Africa’s male-dominated trucking industry. Isuzu Trucks South Africa aims to shift misconceptions, negative connotations and stigmas over women being inadequate to take on various roles in the business Read the full story
South Africa’s ICT sector has made great strides in changing its gender demographics over the past decade, but more work needs to be done to support women’s progress in this sector, says MTN South Africa, chief executive officer Mteto Nyati. Read the full story