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Trends affecting payroll and HR in 2015 and beyond
[Anton van Heerden] South African companies face a number of human resources- and payroll-related challenges today, and there is no sign that the pressure will let up in 2015... read more>>



HR & Recruitment
Companies invited to meet top African talent in London

Issued by Homecoming Revolution

Now in its eighth year, Homecoming Revolution's flagship event, the Africa Expo, is taking place in March 2015 at Olympia in London... read more>>
Local student receive awards from USB
Two students of the Small Business Academy (SBA) Development Programme offered by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) have received awards for their small businesses... read more>>
ANTAL reveals new brand identity
A global executive recruitment specialist ANTAL is rolling out a new identity and brand positioning, which it says is centred on 'Discovering Talent'... read more>>
Entrepreneurship
Zimele launches national roadshow in Mthatha
Anglo American's enterprise development arm, Zimele, will launch the first leg of its countrywide roadshow in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on 19 November 2014... read more>>
Taking the leap from freelancer to entrepreneur
New business owners often refer to themselves as self-employed, a business owner, a freelancer or an entrepreneur, but Kobus Engelbrecht, spokesperson for the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition, feels they are not synonymous... read more>>
SA urged to embrace the free-market economy
"Something I hope South Africa will accept and embrace is the fact that true entrepreneurship happens in free-market economies" said Dr Herman Mashaba, delivering his inaugural Herman Mashaba Lecture... read more>>
Turn that idea from a chihuahua to a bulldog

Mbongeleni Hlomuka

If there is one thing that I noticed, having heard a number of business ideas and plans, is that quite a few of people want to get into business because everyone else is... read more>>
Investec invests in TBP's future plans for small business and entrepreneurs
Recognising the importance of entrepreneurial activity in stimulating the country's economy, Investec has donated 58 Marshall Street to The Business Place to help facilitate its future plans... read more>>
Jobs & Recruitment
SABC hiring practices need to change

Kate Skinner

It is a matter of public knowledge that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is crisis-ridden... read more>>
CIMA's annual salary survey released
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has released its 2014 annual salary survey... read more>>
Refer2Earn launches revenue-earning smartphone app
Refer2Earn - a mobile application accessible via Android and Apple-based smartphones has opened up the mobile job-creation space, allowing you to turn your smartphone into a money maker... read more>>
Minister hopes small firms will create jobs
Five months after the creation of the small business development ministry, touted as a solution to SA's unemployment problem, its effect is yet to be felt... read more>>
Labour Law & Unions
Importance of effective labour dispute insurance
The staggeringly high case-load at the CCMA highlights the importance of having effective labour dispute insurance in place, says underwriting executive Simon Colman... read more>>
SABC's Tshabalala loses court battle; 'Useless' Cell C banner vandalised
Management
Managers are carrying underperforming staff
According to research, 78% percent of South Africa's managers say that they have to take on additional work each week to compensate for underperforming staff... read more>>
Managing cultural beliefs in the workplace

Ingrid Barbara Lewin

The evidence of Mr X at the Farlam Commission of Enquiry into the deaths that occurred at the Marikana mine during August 2012 has emphasised the need for employers to take the cultural beliefs of their employees a little more seriously... read more>>
Blue Moon is carbon neutral again!

Issued by Blue Moon Corporate Communications

For the fourth year in a row, Blue Moon Corporate Communications has received a carbon neutral rating, thus securing itself as one of the companies leading the green revolution... read more>>
Skills Development & Training
Education: Filling the skills gap

David Furlonger

Advertising agencies and colleges say they must step up their talent-spotting and training efforts to provide the industry with the skills it needs... read more>>
Education institution identifies soft skill fails
As the New Year and dreams of a new job approach for many South Africans, hiring managers have revealed the top seven soft skills they look for on applications and during interviews... read more>>
Balancing work and personal life
The demand on our time and the perception that it should be possible to 'do it all' creates an unrealistic expectation that there is such a thing as the 'perfect work-life balance'... read more>>
Auditing Act amendments propose board plays greater role in training

Linda Ensor

Amendments to the Auditing Profession Act are proposed which will give the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba) a greater role in the training of prospective auditors... read more>>
Tech in the Workplace
[Mobile360] Geeks versus princess engineers

Jessica Taylor

"It was always this awkward looking guy who was tech savvy, solved a big problem and got the girl in the end ... I consider myself a geek. A geek can look like this too. A geek can wear pink dresses and can wear sparkles and be just as geeky as anybody else." - Margaret Burgraff... read more>>
International
Paper giant UPM slashes European paper production, cuts 550 jobs
HELSINKI, FINLAND: The world's leading maker of magazine paper, Finland's UPM-Kymmene, announced 550 job losses in Europe on Thursday in an industry hard hit by readers moving to digital publications. read more>>
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Government
SAA: Claim of lifting of Kalawe's suspension 'a blatant lie'
The boardroom fiasco at South African Airways (SAA) took an even more astonishing turn earlier this week... read more>>
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