The Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) flagship CSI programme, the Investment Challenge, is offering unemployed graduates an opportunity to learn to become mentors or catalyst teachers as part of their personal development while giving back to their communities. An opportunity to gain new skills Ralph Speirs, JSE’s CSI official, says while this is not an offer for full-time employment, the catalyst...

In what has shown to be a year of significant moves being made in the mining sector, Beryl Group’s acquisition of Africoal’s stake in Eyethu Coal, now effectively makes the group the 100% shareholder in Eyethu Coal.Beryl Group is a Pan-African diversified investment company, focusing on strategic proprietary investments. It holds equity interests in a balanced portfolio of medium and...

If hindsight about Covid-19 has taught corporate South Africa anything, it’s that the future of our economy relies on having a skilled, resilient and agile workforce. That’s why investing in skills development – in the form of learnerships and workplace readiness – is so crucial. Continuous skills development keeps the pipeline of work-ready talent flowing, which will push business forward...

According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the majority of employed women in the world’s poorest countries work in agriculture. It is understood that over 60% of all employed women in sub-Saharan Africa also work in this sector. However, the majority of these women are subsistence farmers and are unable to scale their activities due to various...

“Financial literacy is a survival skill, because it is impossible to survive – and then go on to thrive – in today’s complex economic reality without an understanding of basic money and finance as the foundation of all financial decisions.”Charlene Lackay, Head of CSI for Momentum Metropolitan Holdings We know that, as humans, we are born with and entitled to...

In 2019, The Hope Factory partnered with the ASISA Foundation, a non-profit organisation founded by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA). Together they implemented the Financial Literacy and Micro Enterprise Programme (FLAME 2.0) in King Williams Town (KWT). 2.0 FLAME 2.0 The FLAME programme empowers beneficiaries from previously disadvantaged communities with basic entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills...