The Black Management Forum (BMF) hosted its corporate update dinner at the Sandton Convention Centre this past Friday. The keynote and special addresses were presented by finance minister, Malusi Gigaba and BMF past president, Nolitha Fakude, respectively. The event was Read the full story
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) community development and community access construction roads project – a spin-off programme in support of the N2WCTR – is busy stimulating new construction start-up companies in Mpondoland. It is giving emergent youth business Read the full story
Gender diversity is improving at management levels – but very slowly. Could the answer lie in a more sector-specific approach to the problem? An industry-specific breakdown of gender inequality may provide insight into why women still remain vastly underrepresented at Read the full story
On 01 June 2017, Fitch Ratings (Fitch) downgraded South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency debt to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, a non-investment grade rating. Sello Rasethaba, Chairman of the Black Business Council (BBC) notes that the Read the full story
SMMEs are a driving force in South Africa’s social and economic transition and have attracted increasing attention because of their labour-absorptive capacity and potential to grow and stimulate the economy. More than a third of young South Africans in the Read the full story
As South Africa commemorates youth month, Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has called on departments to support businesses that are owned by young people. The Minister said this when government’s economic cluster Ministers went to the National Assembly to Read the full story
Reacting to the Statistician-General of Statistics SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey that shows unemployment rising to a 14-year high with 27.1% of the population without a job, the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) believes the franchise sector, which contributes Read the full story
The Minister of Public Enterprises, Ms Lynne Brown and Eskom Chairman, Dr Baldwin Ngubane officially opened and handed over the MMMD Multi-purpose Community Centre yesterday at Mokgalwaneng Village in Northam, North West. The centre will benefit community members from the Read the full story
Following the successful conclusion of the viable asset acquisition, the reclassification of the Company as an investment entity and the successful conclusion of the acquisition of Momentous Technology (Pty) Ltd for R122 million, the board of directors of Hulisani have Read the full story
The SA Post Office (Sapo) has appointed Lindiwe Kwele as Chief Operating Officer (COO). “Kwele joined the group on Monday and we have already had constructive discussions on how to increase our mail operation efficiencies and introduce new ideas to Read the full story
