SUPPORTING SMALLHOLDER FARMERS AMIDST THE PANDEMIC Nozizwe Mhlongo farms on 10 hectares of land in Sehlakoane, a rural area in Limpopo. Some of this land she uses for maize production which recently benefited from Bayer’s Better Farms Better Lives initiative. Nozizwe is one of the estimated two million smallholder and subsistence farmers in South Africa, […]
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Do your research, know the risks and you may well reap the rewards! “How do we help our youth who are innovative to start a business to navigate these difficult times?”. This was the opening comment from the then acting Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) Commissioner, Mr Olano Makhubela, at the launch of Global Money
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The basic income grant debate has been rumbling in South Africa for two decades, ever since the grant was recommended by the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive System of Social Security for South Africa in 2002. The reintroduction of the “social relief of distress” grant by President Cyril Ramaphosa, for unemployed people and unpaid caregivers who
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As South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day today, power and automation engineering firm ABB is focusing on building a future that prioritises diversity and inclusion by championing the hiring of female engineers. Nearly half of hired engineers in the company’s electrification business in Southern Africa are female. Jacky Mbanga, Human Resources Business Partner for ABB
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The Kolisi Foundation was founded in March 2020, but it all started in a corridor, one week ahead of the Rugby World Cup Final. We recently chatted to Rachel Kolisi. Find out exactly how the Kolisi Foundation came to be and what the future holds. Image source: kolisifoundation.org
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Dear member We are thrilled to invite you to a new webinar series in August designed to celebrate YOU – beautiful women in business and in leadership. Please join Onyi Nwaneri as she discusses the topic: A new take on the “Queen Bee” myth. Speaker’s bio: Onyi Nwaneri is the CEO of Afrika Tikkun Services, a recruitment, training/skills
The University of Cape Town becomes the first University on the African continent to launch an online High School, with a free online curriculum option available to all. The University of Cape Town (UCT) announced that it will be launching an online high school, and become the first University on the African continent to extend
LEADING THE MAMAS MAMAS Alliance, the CSI agency with a network of 37 NGOs across the country, has appointed Kabelo Mosate as their new MD. Mosate has worked in the NGO sector for the past seven years, having previously been the Education Manager for the National Education Collaboration Trust. “What drove me to the sector
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Dear Valued Stakeholder We are thrilled to invite you to a new webinar series in August, designed to celebrate YOU, beautiful women in business and in leadership. Please join Melody Xaba as she discusses the topic: “Am I a Superwoman?” The importance of maintaining own well-being by finding the balance between commitments and personal care. Melody is a
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Nedbank provides over R6,4 million in disaster funding and volunteer assistance to support relief and rebuilding efforts. As a responsible corporate citizen, Nedbank has joined the recovery and relief efforts, providing more than R6,4 million to support clean-ups, humanitarian relief and infrastructure rebuilding due to the unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. According to Poovi Pillay,
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