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The real numbers: How the sand is shifting under the economic pillars of SA

The sand is shifting under the long-held notion of good macro-economic pillars of South Africa. Former trade and industry minister Rob Davies once argued that unless we disabuse ourselves of that notion, the microeconomic and trade policies are going to be suffocated by the macroeconomic rigidities. Key macro-economic measures are mostly about the relationship between […]

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There is nothing small about the impact small businesses have on our economy

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South Africa has hundreds of thousands of small businesses and there’s nothing small about the impact these small businesses have on our country’s economy. Small businesses need the nation to mobilise behind them more than ever before. That’s the word from Mike Anderson, Founder & CEO of the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC). The role

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How the 4th Industrial Revolution and Covid-19 are changing the face of CSI donations

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It’s common company practice to stick to a three-year cycle to update and upgrade employees’ computers and laptops, but many of these devices still have years of use to go. So, instead of sending them off to the recycling depot, rather follow DriveRisk’s example in donating them to a worthy cause. Here’s how the country

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Mbali Nwoko – Harvesting a new future for farming in South Africa: Funding organisations for

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It’s no secret that farming is a highly capital-intensive business and if you are a farmer looking for funding to start or expand your business, the following companies may just be the best place to start: 1.Capital Harvest Capital Harvest is a niche agricultural finance company based in Cape Town that focuses only on agricultural

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Covid-19 reminds us to respect, admire and learn from social welfare organisations

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When Covid-19 first landed in South Africa, exposing the entire populace to the global pandemic, the social sector was amongst the first to be galvanised into action. By the time the call for social distancing was made, these organisations, who are in the main non-profit organisations, had already thought of (and began implementing) solutions to

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Tshikululu’s Social Investment Specialist, Dipalesa Mpye on scaling social impact: what is really missing?

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As more and more funders make the shift from traditional grantmaking to investing in strategic, system-shifting initiatives, conversations around scaling the impact of flagship programmes and successful pilot projects have dominated meeting agendas. The idea of scaling is not a new one. In the for-profit world, expansion of market reach, product offerings and operations form

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Decoding Impact – The process of measuring social impact

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Organisations throughout the world have created social and environmental change. These positive changes are often shared through success stories which communicate the impact generated. However, one of the biggest challenges facing organisations today is taking their success stories and translating them into compelling data. Increasingly, donors and stakeholders are focusing on return on investment. Therefore,

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For financial advisors, impact investing is no longer merely a “nice to have.”

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If there is a silver lining to the current global crisis it is that COVID-19 has brought issues of economic injustice to the forefront of the investment conversation. We see daily proof of the significant inequities affecting every part of our social strata from race to gender to income, health and geography to name a

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Mathe Okaba – #StructuralTransformationMatters

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In Johannesburg, Mathe Okaba, Association for Communication and Advertising South Africa (ACA) CEO, speaks about the huge job that the local industry has yet to do, at a time when the South African economy is largely denuded. Now the communications sector has to deal with transformation — both digital and structural — at the same time as it

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Post-lockdown relief needs to focus on small businesses

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Too much post-lockdown focus is on supporting big players and failed State enterprises, but it is small businesses that need it more. The focus of the nation’s leaders and key role players tends to be on the pandemic’s impact on big business and state-owned enterprises, which were already in dire straits before the onset of

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