Pule wants in on SABC board appointments

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Communications Minister Dina Pule wants to be in on SABC board appointments, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that both the ANC and the DA are upset over a BBC programme on the plight of SA whites. MyBroadband reports on the hack attack on the SAPS website, and the SABC says that TV and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli will be given a provincial official funeral. 22 May 2013 07:52

Twitter: The (career) carnage continues

[Sandra Roberts] Ex-spokesperson for the Hawks McIntosh Polela is the latest to be felled in a spate of twitter-induced career suicides (or at least setbacks), demonstrating that the balance between communicating quickly and communicating carefully can be difficult for communicators. 17 May 2013 09:59

Youth unemployment in SA

[Catherine Wijnberg] The level of unemployment in South Africa officially decreased in the fourth quarter of 2012 by 0.1%, down from 25% to 24.9% (2012 Fourth Quarter Labour Survey). Sadly though... 18 Mar 2013 15:38

CRF

Jumping on the b(r)andwagon - exploit the link between HR and branding

[Issued by CRF] Businesses can achieve better branding power by investing in HR as brand custodians, says the CRF Institute's South Africa manager, Samantha Crous. 13 May 2013 11:15

Study finds South Africa hostile to SMEs

According to the second round of the SME Growth Index™, 'Easier/Harder for Small Business in South Africa', produced by business environment specialists SBP, the survival of South Africa's Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) community, is under both immediate and long-term threat. 22 Feb 2013 05:15

Coface report highlights strain on SA's growth

The Coface Group, a worldwide leader in credit insurance, has released its latest report on South African growth prospects, taking into account the mining and export slumps. Overall, economic activity remains generally sluggish while upside risks to inflation have increased due to a weaker rand. Coface believes that this will persuade the Monetary Policy Committee to keep policy neutral over an extended period, with interest rates remaining unchanged for most of 2013. A reversal in policy easing is likely only late in the year or even in 2014. 15 May 2013 14:50

Entrepreneurship could cure South Africa's growing youth unemployment crisis

[Nimo Naidoo] Youth unemployment in South Africa has reached boiling point and has spurred on heated political debates and mass protests ending in violence. Governments around the world have tried to react to the mass youth protests and the swelling problem by implementing labour market policies, such as subsidised wages, tax incentives and encouraging school-work transition through apprenticeships and training programmes. 11 Jun 2012 11:40

Leadership: it's the brass tacks that count

[Catherine Milward-Bridges] Carducci. Chanel. Prada. If only a positive leadership image stopped at good dress sense. The impression that employees hold of their leaders is as critical as the messages that they deliver. 3 May 2013 08:01

Proposed new supplier development code set to help B-BBEE scorecards

With the revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes set to combine Enterprise Development with Preferential Procurement and calling the new element Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD), it is likely that more stakeholders will target both Preferential Procurement and Enterprise Development to improve their scorecards, as these two elements go hand in hand. 10 May 2013 11:36

Factors that influence motivation, performance, decision-making

Two PhD candidates at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have focused their respective research theses on decision making models and methods that improve workplace environment. 11 Jun 2012 12:00

Professionals gather to set HR standards

The quality assurance and HR professional body for South Africa, the SA Board for People Practices (SABPP) has launched an initiative to generate people standards for business. But why exactly do organisations need people standards? 8 May 2013 13:53

Challenges facing SA higher education

Universities in SA have a lot to be proud of, says the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), Professor Cheryl de la Rey. 30 Nov 2011 11:03

Bizcommunity.com

If you're content, we're content

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Content strategists, bloggers, vloggers, citizen journalists, opinionistas - every day, advertorial and promotional initiatives are launched into a wider pool of competing content providers. Content is currently the word on everybody's lips, with everyone from the existing media to brand owners and individuals being encouraged to become content providers. 18 Mar 2013 09:03