The time has come to mainstream gender perspectives into climate change strategies. April 2022 saw floods cause untold devastation in KwaZulu Natal. Over 430 people lost their lives, many are still missing and before any real repair could be done, further floods hit the area again last week. These floods caused drownings, landslides, destruction of […]
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From an easy-to-use app to lesson plans, learner assessment tools and now also pioneering affordable micro-loans: GROW Educare Centres aims to lift the standard of preschool education and management in South Africa. A holistic solution for early learning Running a successful preschool or Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre requires a combination of education and business skills.
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Today signals the start of Youth Month where the most vulnerable members of our society are celebrated as the future of South Africa. June 16 1976 will forever live on as a day of tragedy for the youth of South Africa. Thousands of students, peacefully protesting the compulsory inclusion of Afrikaans as a medium of
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The floods that ravaged KwaZulu Natal in April, and again in late May, have caused untold destruction and devastation. Billions of rands worth of damage has been caused to infrastructure, over 430 people lost their lives, and many are still missing. NGOS and community-based organisations have been instrumental in providing relief to flood victims, collecting
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Business incubators are not just for start-ups – corporates and medium-sized companies are reducing time to market of new products and time to implement new manufacturing processes by partnering with the Propella Business Incubator in Nelson Mandela Bay. This is part of a global trend where corporations are under pressure to innovate faster with tighter
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If the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, as well as last year’s riots in KZN, made something clear – the time for paying lip-service to sustainability, particularly ESG issues, is over. By Marilyn de Villiers for Mint Group and ITWeb That’s the view of Mint Group Sales Account Manager Tristan Dennis, who
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Female entrepreneurs in construction are a hugely underutilised force for growth and innovation It was one year into the Covid-19 pandemic and things looked grim in the construction sector. Mampho Sotshongaye, owner of an SMME for road maintenance and vegetation management, says she might have given up – had it not been for the women’s
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Innovation Edge has launched a call for bold solutions that aim to improve preschool teachers’ support of early literacy development for 4–6-year-olds in South Africa’s impoverished communities. Social entrepreneurs with a proven track record of implementation within any sector are invited to respond to this call and apply for funding for their product, service or
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a skill that is part of the future of digital transformation within the architecture, engineering, construction industry and facility management; a very viable career option and in great demand globally. For the first time in January 2023, students in and outside South Africa will be able to study various qualifications
Applications are open for the Social Entrepreneurship Programme and bursaries are available for applicants who meet the criteria. The sought-after course takes excellence in business innovation thinking and applies it to the social development space. Are you passionate about a social problem that you’d like to solve? The GIBS Entrepreneurship Development Academy will be running it’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP)
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