Partnering to transform the supply chain of SA’s landmark brewery Small business development specialist, Edge Growth, has been appointed by The SAB Thrive Fund to manage investments in this enterprise and supplier platform, with the aim of transforming suppliers within the SAB supply chain. With an almost 90% localised supply chain, SAB aims to expand […]
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South Africans have faced difficult circumstances in recent years. And with unemployment at a record 34.9 percent, the highest level since 2008, many South Africans are understandably tired and disillusioned. While there is little doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic, which is now in its fourth wave, contributed to the surge in unemployment, South Africa’s skills
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Since the pandemic began, significant changes have occurred in the workplace. Numerous businesses have accelerated their digital transformation initiatives, implemented a work-from-home or hybrid work model, and recognised the critical nature of mental wellness. The working world as we knew it shifted dramatically. According to a Deloitte report, work-life balance and personal wellbeing are the
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Totalsports continues to support local initiatives that look to improve the lives and health of those living in disadvantaged areas corresponding to their vision that sports is inclusive and should be accessible to everyone. As a leading partner in the Alexandra Safe-Hub for Youth and Community Development, Totalsports is set to help implement one of
This year’s Ocean Innovation Africa (OIA) emphasised the dire need to protect our oceans. At the rate we’re going, it is estimated that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than there are fish. The consequences of our plastic consumption could mean the end of all of us. To say South Africa
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What does diversity and inclusion really mean? This question has taken on added significance as we navigate the pandemic. As our people have had to adapt to a world where remote and hybrid working becomes the norm, company values and culture have never been more important. For me, a strongly inclusive culture starts when a
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The University of Pretoria’s (UP) high-tech entrepreneurship incubator, TuksNovation, recently launched theBlue Ocean Corners Initiative along with several other stakeholders, including the Technology InnovationAgency. Led by the French Embassy, the initiative provides training to key South African incubators in Blue Oceanstrategy, which refers to a market where there is little to no competition. With the
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6DOT50 and BanQu have partnered to deliver digital money, digital identities and transactional services to marginalised workers and contributors to big brand supply chains. Smallholder farmers, recyclers and waste pickers, as contributors into the supply chains of big brands, are still unable to open bank accounts. For these individuals, being locked out of the global
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SPAR South Africa has once again been announced as the winner of the Rural and Township Development category for its Rural Hub Programme at the prestigious 2021 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards. The Awards celebrate companies that are building a better South Africa and 2021 is the second year in a row that the
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Gender-based violence (GBV) should be viewed as a human rights issue by South African companies, who have a vital role to play in eradicating the terrible scourge that is currently gripping our country. Given that businesses operate within society and form a part of the social fabric, companies are far from immune to the social
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