Women in mine-host communities are often impacted differently by the presence of a mining operation. While many women are engaged formally or informally in the mine’s supply chain, their contribution is seldom ‘mainstreamed’ in company policies or even national mining Read the full story
“Stokfella has emerged as just the thing for the stokvel schemes in the country. Based on feedback from end-users, central to the app’s success has been digitally-based options that ease the administrative burden of their traditional community-based schemes and offer Read the full story
The late Babita Deokaran was a distinguished and exemplary public servant whose dedication to exceptional professionalism, unswerving dedication, and high ethical standards cost her life. Deokaran, who until her death was the Chief Director: Financial Accounting in the Gauteng Department Read the full story
In line with the Government’s focus on job creation, learnerships and employment opportunities for youth, the Orange Farm EmpowaYouth Transformation Week offers sustainable and practical outcomes that are transformative. The EmpowaYouth Transformation Week kicks off on 3rd October and runs Read the full story
One of the biggest barriers to the involvement of enterprising black South Africans in the capital-intensive manufacturing and green economy sectors is often cited as lack of access to capital. JP Morgan, the global investment bank, has committed R340 million Read the full story
Only registered and tax-compliant small businesses can qualify for unrest Relief Fund, which automatically sidelines black-owned informal businesses in townships. The government’s move to establish a Relief Fund for business that were affected by unrest in July is laudable. However, Read the full story
9 years after the Marikana tragedy, recent developments suggest that there is still an ‘us and them’ in mining-host community relationships. The former beholden to shareholders, driven by profit-making motive (adding a return on investment), the rest if at all Read the full story
“The New leadership of the Black Business Council (BBC) faces the mammoth task of addressing challenges black businesses face, mainly lack of access to capital or dependable source of capital. Public Investment Corporation is not obligated to support black businesses. Read the full story
Unlike a commercial Bank where its shareholders, are not necessarily depositors or customers of the Bank, depositing funds in a Mutual Bank means acquiring a stake in the Bank while being a customer of the Bank. The Young Women in Read the full story
With his e-hailing app PickUp Cab, Ntebatse Sekgodiso is solving the problem of reliable public transport in Limpopo. With time, he hopes to expand nationally. They say “Necessity is the mother of invention”. And it is this thinking what drove Read the full story
