The Preferential Procurement Act should be revised to make the involvement of women-owned companies compulsory. A gender specialist believes the national preferential procurement ‘could be an effective tool to build economic resilience for women’. Data suggests that there is a Read the full story
There could not be a perfect way to launch Women’s Month than with a young woman, who at 21 is South Africa’s youngest practising medical doctor. Dr. Thakgalo Thibela works at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg. If you go to Read the full story
The first South African-made entry-level laptop, branded Dot Connect, is the brainchild of Soshanguve-born and bred, Mpumelelo Mahlangu, 27. There is a lot of hype about the relevance of online platforms in skill development and training in modern society (‘4IR’being Read the full story
The Competition Commission has ended Computicket’s monopoly of the ticketing market, creating an opportunity for new players. The Constitutional Court Decision on Shoprite Checker’s application for leave to appeal against the Competition Appeal Court last week, effectively paves the way Read the full story
“Perhaps, those who take things for granted, or plead sudden amnesia, have to revisit the past and not only focus on people who sacrificed their lives in the fight for the country’s inclusive democracy, but also black South Africans whose Read the full story
There is need for government to introduce programmes to raise awareness amongst people in communities that the public infrastructure -indeed even infrastructure in private hands – belongs to them and should be spared during protests. It is high time communities Read the full story
“Team work is needed both on and off the field of play. The new Cricket SA board cannot be tap-dancing around the sticky issues of discrimination, racism and transformation, avoid tackling them for a long time, hoping they will redress Read the full story
When Pitso Mosimane was appointed as head Coach of Egypt’s elite soccer club, Al Ahly, it was not because he was a black African nor the club was complying with some state-mandated affirmative action requirement. In actual fact, the team’s Read the full story
As one of the ways of moving forward, the South African Council of Churches (SACC) recommends for an Amnesty to be granted for looters to return stolen items to nearest police stations. While it has taken barely a week to Read the full story
A high profile victim of looting and vandalism is retired soccer star, former Orlando Pirates Captain, Lucky Lekgwathi, whose new restaurant at Klipton in Soweto, which is barely three months old, has been targeted. Black South African-owned black businesses, which Read the full story
