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Following overwhelming responses from entrepreneurs, the FNB Business Innovation Awards (FNB BIA) have been extended to include two more categories, and now represent the entire business landscape in South Africa... read
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The launch of training programmmes worth R7.9 billion will go a long way to address skills development challenges while also growing the economy, says Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma...read
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SA's education system should be reconfigured so it can produce job creators, instead of job seekers, Wits chancellor and entrepreneur Dr Judy Dlamini tells Cape Town audiences...read
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The Free State Provincial Government has warned members of the public not to fall victim to a social media scammer, who is promising people jobs in the provincial government... Read
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Employer Branding
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CHRISTELLE HELLING
For South African companies who have the available resources, there is a great initiative from the government which will allow companies to help employees and their families gain an education... Read
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Labour Law & Unions
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TRACY ROBBINS AND JULIA OLLEY
In February, the Department of Public Services and Administration Minister released a media statement, allowing for the inclusion of a social media check when reference checking prospective government employees... Read
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FIONA LEPPAN AND MERRICK STEENKAM
Strikes are frequently characterised by violence and non-striking employees are often apprehensive to report for duty, but can such employees be dismissed simply for failing to report for duty during such times...? Read
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Management
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A recent study by Columinate reveals that nearly 30% of South African women have been victims of unwanted sexual advances in the workplace - 57% from peers and 26% from superiors, the very people employees look up to for leadership and inspiration... Read
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ISSUED BY BOSSJANSEN AFRICA
Boardroom International is an exclusive online global executive and non-executive director platform, offering a premium service to global board level business executives... Read
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GLEN BRESLER, ISSUED BY MEREDITH HARINGTON
Victor Hugo faced a major problem in the summer of 1830. He had promised his publisher a new novel by February 1831, but had spent most of the last twelve months finding every reason to do anything other than write... Read
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Skills Development & Training
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JANNIE HEYNEKE, ISSUED BY WITS DIGITALCAMPUS
As I am sure you are aware, all Workplace Skills Plans (WSP) need to be submitted by 30 April 2019 and the question is, will you be ready?... Read
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ISSUED BY UKZN EXTENDED LEARNING
This programme provides students with exposure to more in-depth labour topics and a wide spectrum of substantive and procedural labour law, as well as a practical understanding in areas of industrial relations... Read
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Talent Acquisition
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ANNA CURZON
One of the discussions that often surfaces in the diversity debate is that we should simply hire "the best person for the job". I've been reflecting on how we might consider this phrase. It's not a new argument and is often one that is raised against the concept of quotas, or as reason for a lack of diversity... Read
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ISSUED BY CAREERJUNCTION
Have you ever wondered what happens inside the walls of other companies and how other people experience the workplace?... Read
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ISSUED BY GIRAFFE
Despite its growth, call centres struggle with high attrition rates, some as high as 100% per annum! To remain competitive, call centres will need to solve their attrition problem... Read
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MAGDI AMIN
Africa's digital revolution is transforming our economy at a record pace. Africa is home to the 10 fastest growing cities in the world, and for nearly a decade, we've had the world's fastest rate of internet adoption... Read
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African Development Bank approves strategy for Central Africa "crucial for the economic integration of the region"... Read
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MARIA RYAN
In December last year the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, in which he outlined the Trump administration's new Africa strategy... Read
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WYNAND SMIT
Over the past few years, there have been increasingly dire predictions that automation and technology will be the major job killer of our generation... Read
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SIMON MCCULLOUGH
Data breaches and cyberattacks are unignorably on the rise and hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated... Read
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ERNST WITTMANN
Over the past few months, we have seen a storm of hype about 5G, the next evolution in mobile network technology. Handset manufacturers are starting to come to market with 5G-ready smartphones... Read
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The finalists of the second annual Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards have been announced. The awards recognise supplier development best practice in South Africa... Read
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Siemens has launched its Atlas of Digitalization, a new web-based application that reveals the readiness and potential of six major cities to embrace digitalisation... Read
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The 2019 Trialogue Business in Society Conference took place last week, with the UN Sustainable Development Goals a key topic... Read
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With previous years being dominated by IoT, big data and, more recently, AI, extended reality (XR) is predicted to own the following 12 months... Read
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