What a great year it could be for SMEs if they take the opportunities available! SMEs are the backbone of our country, and the R2.1 billion that has been allocated towards the funding of small businesses in the 2018 budget speech is testimony to this. Economic downgrades, VAT increases and general uncertainty about the future [...]
Using marketplace technology, SA Florist has launched a programme to on-board township florists through an ecosystem that has been established to assist entrepreneurs to launch sustainable businesses. It plans to attract, upskill and support at least 30 entrepreneurs over the next three years. A four-month pilot project was launched in Soweto to empower independent florists [...]
With Easter and various other public holidays coming up in March and April, most South African employees are anticipating a few days' off from their daily work routines. But, this period also raises the question about other religious holidays and the stance of labour law on these. What are your employee rights to religious holidays? [...]
How and where we work is changing - flexitime, home based jobs and remote workforces are growing trends in the South African business environment. While this flexibility is a selling point for employers and highly sought after among workers, companies need to consider how this can change the way they manage their payrolls. This according [...]
Another day, another high-level resignation. The past year has seen many heads opt to duck out of a sticky situation rather than face the music in a disciplinary inquiry; Matshela Koko, Anoj Singh and Shaun Maritz - and that's just from Eskom. Now although a company can still proceed with criminal charges to seek reparations [...]
According to a recent Employment Outlook Survey quarter two of 2018, South African employers report encouraging signs for job seekers in the second quarter of 2018. "While the economy is still weighed down by economic uncertainty, environmental factors such as the drought in the Cape and a fluctuating currency - business and consumer confidence seems [...]
Just imagine life without your phone, your TV, your refrigerator. Eish! Can you imagine having to wash all your clothes by hand, starting a fire just to get some warm water, or going to bed when it gets dark because candlelight is not really enough to do anything properly? Honestly speaking, I would survive a [...]
Today we celebrate the International World Water Day which is held annually on this day, 22 March. As we remind each other about the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources; let’s save water today, for tomorrow. International World Water Day was set up as a means to get us [...]
Japanese Embassy in SA invests in Free State primary school With the aim to address overcrowding and improve teaching and learning in Mpolokeng Primary School, the Kagiso Shanduka Trust (KST) in partnership with the Embassy of Japan in South Africa have invested R1.2 million to build four classrooms at the school. The new classes were [...]
Why we need to disrupt learning After the Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga's planned to lower the pass rates, parents throughout South Africa become unsure of their children's futures. The pass rate for maths is 30% as to keep children moving through the country's struggling school system - but is this the answer? Winnie Moses, [...]
