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Last year mining companies contributed more than R5bn to generally lift skill levels and to secure jobs both within the industry and in the future when mining has ceased (Image source: © Alliance for Responsible Mining)

Mining

#MiningMatters contributes R5bn to training and upliftment of skills

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Legal action looms over Mamelodi Magistrates’ Court construction fiasco

Warren Mabona 1 Oct 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

South Africa's new water plant secures future supply for 2.4 million people

11 Aug 2025

Diale Tilo, Executive Director, Kgodiso Development Fund.

Agriculture

Digging into the past to grow tomorrow: How young people are reshaping SA’s agri sector

Diale Tilo 23 Jun 2025

Food price survey shows shocking surges amid affordability crisis

Food, Water & Energy Security

Food price survey shows shocking surges amid affordability crisis

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 9 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Dom Wills, executive director at SOLA Group is hopeful that we will soon see a day where 24-hour solar PV is not only cost-effective, but also able to scale fast enough to reach the zero carbon dawn in time

Energy

Modularity: Driving the future of electricity

Dom Wills 29 Apr 2025

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

23 Apr 2025

#BizTrends2025: AI’s influence on South African schools in 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: AI’s influence on South African schools in 2025

Shaun Fuchs 22 Jan 2025

Phillipa Geard, founder and CEO of RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 7 trends impacting the HR and recruitment sector in 2025 and beyond

Phillipa Geard 21 Jan 2025

Reporting by Kopano Gumbi; additional reporting by Bhargav Acharya; editing by Alexander Winning and Giles Elgood

Youth Employment

South Africa's unemployment rate climbs for third quarter in a row

Kopano Gumbi 13 Aug 2024

Skilled and qualified youth can greatly benefit SA business and the economy!

Higher Education

Skilled and qualified youth can greatly benefit SA business and the economy!

Issued by False Bay College 12 Aug 2024

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Trends

Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 Aug 2024

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Skills Development

Decent work is the key to a sustainable building industry

2 Jul 2024

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Occupational Health & Safety

Lessons from George building collapse: Importance of compliance for disaster mitigation

Donné Nieman 20 Jun 2024

Shoprite Group uplifts youth with specialist training opportunities

Training

Shoprite Group uplifts youth with specialist training opportunities

13 Jun 2024

Lizle Louw, Partner at Webber Wentzel

Legislation & Regulation

Call for comment on sectoral targets in EEA amendment draft

Lizle Louw 8 Feb 2024

Tackling SA's youth unemployment crisis through bold education initiatives

Education

Tackling SA's youth unemployment crisis through bold education initiatives

Kelly Joshua 12 Oct 2023

Eben Meyburgh, CEO of GVK-Siya Zama. Source: Supplied

Construction & Engineering

Hope on the horizon as construction industry adds 104,000 jobs

5 Sep 2023

Here's how we can get SA's youth in jobs

Skills Training

Here's how we can get SA's youth in jobs

Larisha Naidoo & Zaheera Soomar 17 Jul 2023

Image supplied. It's all smiles for employees Siyabonga Mali, Felleng Sethoabane, Siphosethu Silinga (Yes), Shuanah Frans, and Benjamin Peter who participated in the Shoprite Group's youth development programmes

Retailers

Shoprite Group offers unemployed youth employment and careers

13 Jun 2023

Why has SA's education not been improved by tech?

Education

Why has SA's education not been improved by tech?

Glenn Du Toit 12 Jun 2023

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

Media

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

1 Jun 2023

Is SA's construction industry poised for a major hiring boom?

Construction & Engineering

Is SA's construction industry poised for a major hiring boom?

Roelof van den Berg 4 May 2023

Africa's animation industry to gather at Cape Town International Animation Festival

Events

Africa's animation industry to gather at Cape Town International Animation Festival

30 Mar 2023

Building new constructs - moving beyond construction's workplace challenges

Construction & Engineering

Building new constructs - moving beyond construction's workplace challenges

Marlize Fourie 20 Mar 2023

Social grant recipients stand in a queue outside a post office, as joblessness takes its toll in Meadowlands, a suburb of Soweto, South Africa, 24 February 2022. Reuters / Siphiwe Sibeko

HR & Management

Unemployment drops again after year of job gains

Promit Mukherjee 28 Feb 2023

GIC CEO emphasises importance of addressing SA's small-scale infrastructure needs

Infrastructure & Utilities

GIC CEO emphasises importance of addressing SA's small-scale infrastructure needs

27 Feb 2023

#BizTrends2023: Bridging the skills shortage gap is key to the travel and tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Bridging the skills shortage gap is key to the travel and tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery

Enver Duminy 9 Jan 2023

How one small business secured a coveted contract with Shoprite Checkers

Entrepreneurship

How one small business secured a coveted contract with Shoprite Checkers

Terrena Rathanlall 15 Nov 2022

Attracting new talent: Building a robust DEI approach into your travel programme

Travel

Attracting new talent: Building a robust DEI approach into your travel programme

14 Nov 2022

5 steps Nigeria must take to stop buildings collapsing in Lagos

Construction & Engineering

5 steps Nigeria must take to stop buildings collapsing in Lagos

Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola 19 Sep 2022

Recruiting from the retired pool - a viable option to addressing SA's acute skills shortage

Talent Acquisition

Recruiting from the retired pool - a viable option to addressing SA's acute skills shortage

Wayne Alcock 19 Aug 2022

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Materials & Equipment

Nigeria hasn't been able to produce steel: remanufacturing could be the solution

Okechukwu Okorie and Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi 21 Jul 2022

SA youth get a leg up at Famous Brands

ESG

SA youth get a leg up at Famous Brands

20 Jul 2022

Investing in ending student debt makes good business sense

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Investing in ending student debt makes good business sense

Alana Bond, Issued by JNPR 19 Jul 2022

New WWF report makes case for circular plastics economy in Africa

ESG & Sustainability

New WWF report makes case for circular plastics economy in Africa

18 Jul 2022

Corobrik accredited as trade school for bricklayers

Skills Development

Corobrik accredited as trade school for bricklayers

7 Jul 2022

Commercialising cannabis offers huge opportunities for employment and economic growth

Agriculture

Commercialising cannabis offers huge opportunities for employment and economic growth

Lucinda Alfonica 6 Jul 2022

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HR & Management

How newly available broadcast spectrum is creating employment opportunities

Natashia Barnabas 1 Jul 2022

New LA Customs training programme launches to help South Africans enter auto industry

Automotive

New LA Customs training programme launches to help South Africans enter auto industry

21 Jun 2022

Unions plan strike at Sibanye's platinum operations

Mining

Unions plan strike at Sibanye's platinum operations

Nelson Banya 12 Apr 2022

Defiant South African unions stage protest against Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Defiant South African unions stage protest against Sibanye-Stillwater

Siphiwe Sibeko 28 Mar 2022

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Architecture & Design

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Paulo Moreira 23 Mar 2022

Is SA agriculture in a graveyard spiral?

Agribusiness

Is SA agriculture in a graveyard spiral?

Roelie van Reenen 16 Mar 2022

UASA accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Mining

UASA accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Helen Reid 15 Mar 2022

Why South Africa's two biggest gold miners differ on wages

Mining

Why South Africa's two biggest gold miners differ on wages

Promit Mukherjee and Nelson Banya 9 Mar 2022

Solidarity accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Mining

Solidarity accepts Sibanye-Stillwater wage offer

Helen Reid 2 Mar 2022

After completing the Youth Employment Service programme with Shoprite in September 2021, Anelisa Mlondi was offered an employment contract by the retailer and now works as a cashier at Shoprite Kraaifontein. Source: Supplied

Retailers

Shoprite works to drive down unemployment - 4,600 jobs created last year

9 Feb 2022