The SAP Skills for Africa programme celebrated the graduation of its 13th class, at a ceremony hosted by the City of Cape Town on Thursday, 11 April 2019...
Shan Radcliffe 15 Apr 2019
Having won the same award in 2017, Nomacala Mpeta, head of learning at Digify Africa, explains why they're proud to be recognised a second time for leading the push for transformation in digital and encourages more agencies and NGOs to recognise the need to do so as a business imperative in corporate SA...
Jessica Tennant 11 Apr 2019
Twenty years ago, there were in excess of 50,000 to 70,000 artisans employed throughout the mining, manufacturing, construction and local authorities' sectors in SA...
Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2019
Thanks to accelerated technological change, no company can hope to survive if it doesn't properly equip its employees to deal with the challenges of the contemporary workplace. Workplace education is no longer a nice-to-have, it's a necessity...
Glenn Gillis 28 Mar 2019
Human Rights Day offers us the chance to assess the Constitution, and an evaluation of the Constitution's right to education reveals stark results. It is a difficult report card to read...
Jackie Carroll 20 Mar 2019
While South Africa's government faces challenges with providing quality education to all, local businesses have increasingly stepped into the learning gap to upskill their staff...
Jackie Carroll 7 Mar 2019
Large corporates and multinationals are keeping a close eye on developments from the Department of Home Affairs. 2019 promises a number of changes in the Immigration Act which will impact the way business can attract and retain expat resources...
Marisa Jacobs 8 Jan 2019
According to American developmental biologist, Dr. Bruce Harold Lipton, the brain of a child under the age of seven is in a lower vibrational frequency, a state called theta, imagination...
Neo Rantele Kuaho 7 Jan 2019
Higher Education in South Africa has undergone many changes over the past few decades, with local and global trends continuing to influence the sector...
Yusuf Karodia 7 Jan 2019
International model, philanthropist and advocate for women and children empowerment Noella Coursaris Musunka was recently in SA to accept an award in recognition of her humanitarian work in Africa...
Sindy Peters 10 Dec 2018
Beyond its reputation as a quality cosmetics brand in the professional makeup industry, what gives Make-Up Designory (MUD) Cosmetics the edge is that its roots lie in education...
Lauren Hartzenberg 26 Nov 2018
SLJI is an NGO that aims to create economic opportunities for emerging jewellery businesses from historically disadvantaged communities...
Sindy Peters 21 Nov 2018
The graduate unemployment problem is an age-old, catch-22 situation: In order to get a job, you need experience, but the only way to get experience is to get a job...
Shan Radcliffe 16 Nov 2018
Founded in 2009 by international volunteers Tom Walsh, Philippa (Pip) Wheaton and Kathryn Maunders, enke enables young South Africans who are passionate about driving social change to become the masters of their own destiny and make their mark.
Sindy Peters 25 Oct 2018
CRSP dsgn is one of this year's five beneficiaries of the 5 For Change black tie event set for Saturday, 27 October, at The Station in Newtown, Joburg...
Sindy Peters 23 Oct 2018
We owe it to our children to advocate for their awareness around nutrition and obesity, and their fruit consumption seems a good place to start...
Konanani Liphadzi 19 Oct 2018
To close the skills gap, organisations and academic institutions must take proactive measures...
Doros Hadjizenonos 12 Oct 2018
Warren Buffett says clever people know their field because they studied it, but smart people are intentional about investing in continuous learning. His formula for success is: "Go to bed smarter than you woke up"...
Brian Eagar 26 Sep 2018
Solutions to problems often require a change in behaviour, which in turn leads to other inventions. The result is a wheel that is spinning faster and faster, and one that is creating anxiety - more recently about jobs...
Danette Breitenbach 21 Sep 2018
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has opened applications for its next one-year, fully-sponsored entrepreneurial training programme in Accra, Ghana.
Tom Jackson 17 Sep 2018
As technological advancements continue to drive the global economy, linking the two aspects of learning - literacy and skills development - has become essential...
Jackie Carroll 14 Sep 2018
Gone Digital, an agile digital marketing consultancy has recently launched the Gone Digital Academy, which offers Seta-accredited, digital marketing education to businesses, agencies and individuals...
Juanita Pienaar 6 Sep 2018
South Africa already faces well-known challenges in its education system, felt nowhere more strongly than in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
Rob Lith 22 Aug 2018
A closer look at Sum of 21 Academy, a creative agency that offers a 12-month training platform to young, previously disadvantaged creatives and communicators who already have a tertiary qualification and want to enter the creative industry...
Juanita Pienaar 20 Aug 2018
The latest available figures from StatsSA show that there are about 3.3-million South Africans aged 15 to 24 who are not currently in education, training or employment...
Berry Everitt 16 Aug 2018
More than 120 young South African women have graduated from a Mastercard-funded initiative that empowers women to pursue entrepreneurial ventures of their own...
Tom Jackson 14 Aug 2018
In early 2018, Media Works and academic publisher Juta and Company launched Effective Leader, a course that aims to help aspiring employees become great leaders...
Jackie Carroll, Juta and Company 14 Aug 2018
Bravura launched its Corporate Finance Graduate Academy this Women's Month with the aim to empower black women through its specialised programme and help launch their careers in the world of corporate finance...
Shan Radcliffe 13 Aug 2018
The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UCT GSB has awarded a total of R660,000 ($50,000) to 10 startups via two different grant funding mechanisms...
Tom Jackson 10 Aug 2018
Your business having a social presence is all good and well, but if there's no strategy in place, you're wasting your time and potentially damaging your reputation...
Jessica Tennant 7 Aug 2018
