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Call to enter youth entrepreneurship awards
The Maverick Awards for South African Youth Entrepreneurship Excellence, South Africa's only national youth entrepreneurship awards, are the brainchild of Under 35 Mavericks, a specialist youth entrepreneurship development consultancy... read more>>



Entrepreneurship
Businesses need professionals to plan financial future

Antonie van der Hoek

In today's financial climate, business environments are characterised by rapid, unpredictable change... read more>>
Entrepreneurship is 34% down in SA, study finds
There is no shortage of good ideas in South Africa, but entrepreneurs need more coordinated support to help them take their ideas to market successfully... read more>>
V&A Waterfront and OPEN open co-working hub at Watershed
Last week marked the launch of the V&A Waterfront and OPEN's Workshop17, an innovation and co-working hub at the V&A Waterfront; a space dedicated to enabling and showcasing solutions for Africa; a co-working hub for people to work, meet and accelerate ideas for positive social and economic impact. read more>>
Two SME business events in Cape Town in May
For the first time, the International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME) Annual Meeting and Forum will take place in Africa. It is scheduled for 26 to 28 May 2015 at the CTICC in Cape Town... read more>>
DNA Brand's chief architect named Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Sylvester Chauke, chief architect of DNA Brand Architects, has won the award in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year category of the South African Premier Business Awards, which was held recently at the Sandton Convention Centre. read more>>
Breaching of timekeeping rule led to unfair dismissal

Lauren Salt and Motheo Mfikoe

The recent judgment of Jordex Agencies v Gugubele N.O[2015] ZALC JHB 87 involved the dismissal of an employee, Joan Msimango (employee), who left the workplace early in order to catch the last bus home. The employer, Jordex Agencies (employer), dismissed the employee because the employee's early departure contravened its timekeeping rule... read more>>
Uni-based pitching den open to all entrepreneurs
The LaunchLab Idea's Pitching Den, an innocuous platform for aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas and stand a chance of winning their share of R50,000, is held bi-annually at participating campuses in the Western Cape, namely SU, UWC and UCT... read more>>
Jobs & Recruitment
Headhunting: the art of getting someone else to the top

Auguste Coetzer

We all understand the desire to get to the top, but getting someone else to the top requires a unique set of skills and a mindset many people find difficult to fathom. read more>>
Careers24 revamps graduate section to attract qualified candidates

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Careers24 has gone live with their new, improved graduate section. The user-friendly redesign includes new key features and in-depth content aimed specifically at graduates looking for jobs... read more>>
Labour Law & Unions
Labour Law amendments are devastating for business, the workforce, and economy
The newly amended Labour Relations Act will have a devastating impact not only on the national recruitment and staffing industry, but also on the economy and the country's unemployment rate ... read more>>
Now MTN to hit users
NEWSWATCH: MTN has joined Vodacom and Cell C in hiking its prices, and the SABC might be a bit leaky... from the top, but has said 'Sorry' to the EFF... read more>>
Management
How to avoid clutter
You collect clutter for all sorts of reasons. Perhaps you've been keeping it because you might need it later or for sentimental value, or even because it cost you a bit to purchase. But it's likely that you really don't need it anymore or bought it by mistake... read more>>
How technology will change how work gets done

Brendan McAravey

More people than ever before are leaving the corporate office behind to work remotely. To address this, the technology industry has had to move fast and, in just the past year, we have seen acquisitions, apps and services developed - all with a single goal: to help make people productive, securely, from anywhere... read more>>
Skills Development & Training
WYSE Travel Confederation and Emirates partner again for WYSTC 2015
The World Youth Student and Educational (WYSE) Travel Confederation has partnered Emirates Airline again this year to offer hosted flights for its WYSTC 2015 hosted buyer programme participants... read more>>
Africa
Use of biometrics to monitor attendance of employees

Ammar Oozeer and Arvin Halkhoree

On 9 April 2015 the Information and Communications Technologies Appeal Tribunal in Mauritius handed down a decision in Alteo Limited v Data Protection Office. The Tribunal held that the use of fingerprints for attendance purposes not expressly consented to by the employee was not in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act... read more>>
Constructive dismissal in Botswana

Keolebogile Mugabe

Constructive dismissal is simply a situation when an employer creates such working conditions (or so changes the terms of the employment contract) that the affected employee has no choice but to resign. In such cases the employee retains the right to receive compensation as having been dismissed unfairly... read more>>
More Africa
Business
[TrendTalk] How to be a sustainable brand

Louise Marsland

Brands that invest in sustainability programmes ensure their own sustainability. It is as simple as that... read more>>
Government news
Brown updates SA on electricity shortages
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom's residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches... read more>>
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