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Providing hope and support to migrant and refugee children in South Africa

Children, regardless of their countries of origin, need to be treated equally According to The Refugee Children’s Project (RCP), there is a growing number of child migrants in South Africa. This advocacy and relief organisation attributes this growth to many push and pull factors, including economic hardships of migrants’ countries of origin, the death of […]

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Increased spend on economic development over medium term is modest, but intended to be potent

Expenditure on economic development will increase at an average annual rate of 8.5% over the next few years, from R201-billion in 2021/22 to R256-billion in 2024/25, the National Treasury revealed in its Budget 2022 document published on February 23. This function in government’s capital allocation promotes faster and sustained inclusive economic growth to address unemployment,

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Property Point urges Finance Minister to bolster failing SME strategy

Property Point, the leading business accelerator in South Africa, called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to throw his weight behind small businesses by allocating sufficient resources to the office of the Presidency and the Department of Small Business Development. This call comes on the heels of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, in

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The serious social state of South Africa: Challenges and opportunities in our country’s social fabric

Scenarios are important instruments that establish consequences of different paths countries may traverse. Scenarios are good for mobilising a country towards a socially desirable end. Public mobilisation is the essence of politics and when mobilisation is driven by science based quantified foresighted outcomes, political choices become rational choices, rather than beerhall noises. Scenarios matter everywhere.

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NOTICE: Public Investment Corporation bursaries available for people living with disabilities

The Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd (PIC) is passionate about contributing to the community in which it operates. Improving the lives of people across the board is at the heart of the PIC’s value system. The PIC has a bursary programme that identifies previously disadvantaged learners from designated groups with academic potential who want to

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Applications are open for a development programme for women entrepreneurs in agribusiness

Entrepreneurship continues to empower people to sustain their livelihoods. However, womenentrepreneurs still require investment to transform their livelihoods and to ensure strengthenedgender equality across the agricultural value chain. From farm to fork, women’s empowerment isessential and the transformation of the agricultural sector as a gender-inclusive space is a criticalplace to start. The context within which

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Promoting SDG integration by leveraging small and medium-sized enterprises

Why is the development of small and medium – sized enterprise so important? Small and medium–sized businesses are essential to growth – this was the case before Covid-19 and even more so around the world as people learn to live with it – as the virus moves from being a pandemic to being endemic. Don’t

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2022 Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund

Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, has committed US$1 Million towards a Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) in Sub-Saharan Africa that will provide financial support to African creatives to access quality tertiary education in film and TV-focused disciplines at sought-after academic programmes/institutions. This is part of Netflix’s ongoing efforts to invest in Africa’s creative

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