The 2025 Grant Thornton Women in Business report – now in its 21st year – is out and the numbers are startling. Globally, women currently hold just 34% of senior leadership positions, up 0.5 percentage points from 2024. At this pace, we’ll not see gender parity in senior management roles in mid-market companies until 2051. […]
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Steinmüller Africa’s R10.5 million investment in Corporate Social Investment (CSI) projects in 2024 reflects a sustained commitment to purposefully invest funds to create a long-lasting impact in the communities the business serves. Cape Business News The largest portion of the budget (R9.5 million) was spent on schools and education and excludes the nearly 1 000 bursaries
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In a landmark initiative to uplift and back grassroots rugby, Sanlam and the Motsepe Foundation have partnered with the Boland Rugby Union to distribute a remarkable array of equipment to its 221 official affiliated clubs. This significant event took place at the Boland Rugby Stadium on 22 February 2025 ahead of the Annual General Meeting
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South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, hosted the annual Matric Achievers Breakfast at the MTN Innovation Centre in Johannesburg celebrating the nation’s top 39 matriculants from the 2024 National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, acknowledging their exceptional academic performances and resilience. Minister Gwarube commended the students, often referred to as the “Covid generation,” for
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Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of South Africa’s most entrenched social crises, disproportionately affecting women and children. Despite growing awareness, the prevalence of violence against women remains alarmingly high, with one in three women experiencing abuse. This crisis is compounded by systemic barriers such as poverty, limited economic opportunities and mistrust in justice systems, which
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An app on your cellphone could advance justice in South Africa’s courts. That’s according to Onele Nobongoza, who is leading a generation of tech-driven activists against gender-based violence – one of the country’s most prevalent, yet under reported crimes Beautiful News “Just one in every nine cases of sexual abuse makes it to the police
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Bayer Promotes Healthcare with Unjani Clinics in Limpopo and Soweto and a Nurse Sponsorship. Earlier this year, Cluster Head for South East and West Africa at BayerPharmaceuticals, Colin Tyrer, took on the gruelling eight-day ABSA Cape Epic mountain bike stage race to raise funds meant to further empower an Unjani Clinic nurse from a Bayer sponsored clinic.
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At the 13th annual SAB Foundation Social Innovation and 8th annual Disability Empowerment Awards held in Johannesburg, Luvuyo Sume and Riaan Knight, founders of Prosthetic Engineering Technologies, clinched the top honour in the Disability Empowerment category. Bevlen Sudhu took home the first place in the Social Innovation category with his innovative solution, Re-Purpose. Each of
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Renowned former businessman and CEO and founder of Sifiso Learning Group’s, Sizwe Nxasana, has been bestowed with the prestigious title of Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting Sciences by the University of South Africa (UNISA). This distinguished honour reflects Nxasana’s unwavering dedication to advancing the prospects of previously disadvantaged students pursuing careers in the accounting
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The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) in collaboration with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and Wits Business School hosted a “Women Leading Knowledge” breakfast on Tuesday 29 August 2023. “The Gautrain Management Agency prides itself in championing knowledge initiatives and this is one of our thought leadership knowledge share platforms. This event is a
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