In partnership with Red Bull, the Old Mutual Foundation announced Thabang Mabapa as the winner of their business pitch challenge at an event held in Mamelodi, Pretoria on Sat 27 May. Since 2013 the Red Bull Amaphiko Academy has offered 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
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
After a series of play-off rounds between the 100 finalists in the City’s young entrepreneur competition, only 25 are left standing. The second instalment of the City of Cape Town’s #YouthStartCT 2017 competition is heating up, with just 25 contestants remaining. Read the full story
Though entrepreneurs are critical to economic success and GDP growth, local black entrepreneurs face a volatile economy and have to overcome an environment in which previous inequalities still hinder professional growth and access to key networks. To address these challenges, Read the full story
The call by government to develop township enterprises, co-operatives and SMMEs to revitalise township economies is fully supported at the highest levels by Ithala Development Finance Corporation. The KwaZulu-Natal provincial development agency is embarking on a province-wide roadshow this month Read the full story
The Eskom Development Foundation recently completed a three year programme aimed at assisting ten secondary schools in Mpumalanga to improve their maths and science learning. This corporate social investment initiative, which started in 2013, included ten schools from around Middelburg, Read the full story
Three young Denel mechanical engineering graduates have developed a new light-weight machine gun to provide continuous fire support on the modern battle field. Dakalo Nekhumbe, Phindile Mashaba and Marumo Talane, who work at Denel Land Systems (DLS), took the challenge Read the full story
A meeting of career counsellors in Pretoria is expected to improve the support given to youth to help them get ready for the world of work. The University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Department of Labour’s Public Employment Services Read the full story
The unpreparedness of youth for employment coupled with the unrealistic expectations is adding to the problem of youth unemployment. Even when there are entry-level positions available, businesses are caught up in an unproductive and ineffective system, which has made the Read the full story