#EntrepreneurMonth: Discovering young designers with the SAFW New Talent Search

[Ruth Cooper] South African Fashion Week (SAFW) will be showcasing 53 2018 autumn/winter collections at the Sandton City Rooftop in Johannesburg on 24 October 2017.

Education in South Africa - improving the system with art

[Robin Fredericks] The month-long exhibitions, titled Vanguard: A month where math meets art, was created with the aim to connect ideation, dialogue and collaboration between education and the arts and includes...

Flight Centre Foundation looks to tackle poverty through education

[Sindy Peters] The Flight Centre Foundation aims to break the cycle of poverty through education, running a number of relevant programmes...

#OrchidsandOnions: A road traffic ad, which is... fine. And a soap one, which needs a clean-up

[Brendan Seery] I know this is going to sound like a self-indulgent “house ad” but I must say that, since I have been working here at The Citizen, I have come to respect the newspaper's independence and the fact that it really has not been “captured” by anyone politically...

Poor hurt most by e-tolls and petrol price hikes increasing property value

[David de Waal] The high cost of petrol does not only diminish consumer bank balances but also influences where people choose to buy a home...

Foreign land ownership not a major issue

[David de Waal] The motives behind Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti's comments regarding foreign land ownership in South Africa are unclear as South Africa currently does not have a problem with foreign buyers crowding out local buyers.

Will the Brexit conundrum really affect your property investments?

[David de Waal] Despite an initial rush of concern about the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, the impact on South Africa's property market may turn out to be marginal...

Crowdfunding your property - waiting on the law

[David de Waal] Crowdfunding is shaking up the financing industry in many places across the world, offering an intriguing and innovative option for prospective property investors...

#EntrepreneurMonth: Starting up the Girl Boss Hustle with Akro Capital

[Leigh Andrews] Janine Basel, CEO of Akro Capital, shares how the phenomenon of very few female entrepreneurs approaching them for funding led to the formation of their Girl Boss Hustle events...

Does South Africa's renewable energy plan signify progress or regression?

[Siyabonga Mbanjwa] The energy industry breathed a huge sigh of relief recently when energy minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced that power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy from bid windows 3.5 and 4 will be signed by the end of October 2017...

Making the case for CSP in SA's energy mix

[Siyabonga Mbanjwa] In the past few months, the role of renewable energy has become a subject of intense debate...

#MeToo trends in SA as women share stories of sexual harassment

[Julia Breakey] Over the weekend, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged women to tweet the hashtag #MeToo if they had ever been sexually harassed, assaulted, or abused - and by Tuesday morning it was trending in the top spot in South Africa...

#BehindtheSelfie with... Lesley Waterkeyn

[Leigh Andrews] This #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie with Lesley Waterkeyn, CEO of Colourworks, a fully integrated marketing agency and founder of Over the Rainbow, a social enterprise aimed at paying it forward through entrepreneurial empowerment...

#WorldFoodDay: Investing in agricultural education can help feed future populations

[Cari Coetzee] We chat to Howard Blight, founder of Agricolleges International, about World Food Day and the role of education in realising food security goals...

Changing the dreamer's education through art and music

[Robin Fredericks] Kurt Minnaar, founder of Dreamer Education, has been making strides in education with his unconventional teaching methods...

#MusicExchange: Colin Sher

[Martin Myers] Colin Sher (DJ Cosher) is a man on the rise. Sher studied sound engineering with a focus on music production, but after freelancing for a few years in his small home studio, he built a full-scale recording studio to fulfill his aspirations as a music producer and entrepreneur.

#EntrepreneurMonth: Hero in a half shell, SolarTurtle

[Sindy Peters] Invented by social entrepreneur James van der Walt, the SolarTurtle recently scooped a win at the Inventors Garage at the 2017 SABC Education SA Innovation Summit, walking away with R10k.

Social media South Africa 2018, are we ready?

[Jainita Khatri] Jainita Khatri recently attended Arthur Goldstuck's presentation on the SA Social Media Landscape 2018 and writes about some of the points that stood out...