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 | Amanda Visser The latest survey of employers and self-employed South Africans by Statistics SA shows the informal sector's contribution to gross domestic product has remained at about 5% from 2001 to 2013. read more>> |
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 | Berlin is calling for young South Africans with ground breaking ideas to represent their country at the Falling Walls Lab competition in Johannesburg in September. read more>> |
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 | The Hope Factory is looking for 50 entrepreneurs in Gauteng to join its Enterprise and Supplier Development programme. The programme, which is now open for its fourth intake, has helped many small businesses - and business owners - in Johannesburg over the past two years. read more>> |
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 | PRETORIA: Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu says the long-term solution to South Africa's unemployment crisis is to create a nation of entrepreneurs and not a nation of job-seekers. read more>> |
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 | South Africa has a rich heritage of individuals whose stories have the power to inspire and humble. The inaugural Citadel Inspiration Indaba, taking place on 2 September 2014 in Johannesburg, will offer a platform for such home-grown success stories to be celebrated and shared. read more>> |
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 | When running a franchise you expect the business to operate perfectly so that all opportunities of making profit are exploited. However, as we all know, achieving perfection means splitting your efforts over many activities, which often requires time. read more>> |
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 | The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) is talking to government and private companies to help fund a multimillion-rand agricultural venture to farm soya beans. read more>> |
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 | Staff Reporter The Democratic Alliance's action to have the SABC's COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng dismissed from his position begins in court today... (video) read more>> |
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 | Aadil Patel Our Constitution guarantees workers' right to strike - a right further entrenched in the Labour Relations Act (LRA), which also permits employers the right to lock workers out of the workplace pending resolution of such disputes. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe PRETORIA: The Department of Labour is to investigate the building sector in a bid to establish a Sectoral Determination (SD) in the industry, which prescribes minimum wages and the conditions of employment. read more>> |
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 | Jane Stevenson Companies spend time creating a strategy for their business and speak about objectives, research, goals, direction... but few speak about the actions and ownership required to achieve the strategy... read more>> |
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 | Abram Molelemane While incidents are quite rare, sexual harassment does sometimes occur and you need to know how to deal with it. read more>> |
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 | Many business continuity or disaster recovery plans are in place that have taken hours of people's time and input to produce, but the plan is just a paper document if it has not been tested; and, furthermore, it just represents a theoretical recovery capability unless the solution is implemented and the people involved understand their roles and responsibilities in executing the plan and have tested it. read more>> |
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 | Samarah Lagerdien The University of Stellenbosch Business School has been rated the best in SA for MBA and MBL degrees for the third consecutive year. read more>> |
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 | Nthambeleni Gabara PRETORIA: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says human resource development is a societal issue that needs to be addressed if South Africa is to move forward. read more>> |
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 | British doctor Mark Stevens wrote to the Health Professions Council of SA in 2009 asking how he could register to work as a gynaecologist in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | Richard Henn The working office is evolving and home offices are becoming more prevalent. Working at home has many perks: saving costs on fuel, convenience, and fewer distractions than a bustling corporate office. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe The Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas has called on the Land Bank to assist farmers and increase the level of commercial farming in South Africa and simultaneously create thousands of jobs. read more>> |
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 | A rural agricultural cooperative, which uses animal fat to make bars of soap won the 2014 North West Female Entrepreneur Award. read more>> |
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 | Chris Bathembu Southern African leaders have made renewed calls for regional economic integration and cross-border infrastructure development as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit got underway. read more>> |
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 | Nosihle Shelembe Government has set itself the goal of 'creating' 100 black industrialists in the next three years to contribute to the economy and create jobs, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Mzwandile Masina said. read more>> |
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 | The Mining Lekgotla has officially kicked off at Gallagher Estate, with the gathering set to see many robust discussions on issues around transformation and the industry's role in growing the country's economy. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Government has no intention of nationaliseing people's pension (or provident) funds, or preventing them from accessing their money, says the Department of Basic Education. read more>> |
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