On Thursday 12 April 2018, Eskilz College reached a milestone in obtaining accreditation with the Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (QCTO). QCTO Is a council that oversees the design, implementation, assessment and certification of occupational qualifications, including trades, on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework This historic development now gives Eskilz College the leverage to undertake [...]
Talks on a new Mining Charter are about 80% completed and the new document guiding transformation of the South African mining sector will be ready and gazetted in May‚ giving the industry greater policy confidence‚ said new Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. The chamber had sought a declaratory order to determine whether mining companies were [...]
Successful entrepreneur Nonku Ntshona, addressed entrepreneurs who are participating in the Sekela Development Programme. Run by SA Home Loans, the event was held at their La Lucia head office in KZN. Guest speaker Ntshona was addressing 40 entrepreneurs in the first 2018 Master class of the Programme attended by a mix of new entrants and [...]
Coinciding with International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) on 17 May 2018, the South African LGBT+ Management Forum will be launching the first of its kind, South African Workplace Equality Index (SAWEI). The Forum calls on all South African companies and international companies with a presence in South Africa to participate in the SAWEI. [...]
A group of women from Soweto, Tembisa and Mamelodi graduated from the Gauteng Township Retail Enterprise Development Programme (GTREDP), which aims to empower female entrepreneurs involved within the township retail industry. The GTREDP for Women was established in 2017 and is funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development. A ceremony held at the Protea Hotel [...]
The Global Startup Awards, which have been held annually since 2012, aim to select and recognise startups and entrepreneurs who have shown outstanding achievement in business and service to the community. Nominations for Southern Africa Startup Awards now open. In the latest television interview, CEO of the Southern Africa Startup Awards, McKevin Ayaba, pointed out [...]
Sasfin has launched ‘B\\Yond’ (Beyond), a digital banking platform built to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Through B\\YOND for Business, the group aims to fulfil the banking needs of its own SME clients as well as those of businesses “neglected” by their larger competitors. The platform aims to handle the most onerous financial admin [...]
There are some overlaps with what we are seeing in South Africa; particularly with sectors like Elderly care and Disaster relief and the list focuses exclusively on US trends. Cape Town’s current drought, for example, has lead to a surge in water start-ups eager to come up with innovative solutions to #DefeatDayZero. Which of these [...]
Which of these customer service and delivery sins is your business guilty of? When contact is made with a business (mostly SMEs) via phone, it takes very long for someone to answer or it keeps on ringing. When messages are left for a call back, many are not returned. The same goes for website-driven or [...]
The national flag is flying half-staff, spirits are down as South Africa and the world mourn the passing of a heroine, a liberation fighter, a struggle veteran and the mother of the nation, Mama Nomzamo Zanyiwe Winifred Madikizela Mandela. Born to a Xhosa family in Bizana, Eastern Cape in 1936, Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the [...]
