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Ekurhuleni has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with key investors to address critical infrastructure challenges and position itself as an economic hub in Africa.
The ReSURGEnce Conference in New York City aims to empower Black entrepreneurs by providing essential tools and insights to bridge the wealth gap.
Exploring the systemic exclusion of black contractors in South Africa’s construction industry, this letter to the editor highlights the urgent need for engagement and policy reform to ensure equitable opportunities for all.
Exploring the systemic exclusion of black contractors in South Africa’s construction industry, this letter to the editor highlights the urgent need for engagement and policy reform to ensure equitable opportunities for all.
The collective sentiments by innovators and business leaders at the recent Liberty Leading-Edge Symposium positioned care as not just a corporate buzzword, but as a fundamental principle vital for sustainable business practices and societal advancement.
The DA has raised red flags over uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the EFF being in government, stating they were a bunch of criminals who would run the country to the ground.
“They lied to us and took the money that was supposed to help grow our businesses. This whole thing is a scam,” said Motaung.
The Black Business Federation said it was encouraged that the people appointed to the economic cluster were progressive and could deal with the task assigned to them.
One of the fundamental flaws limiting this programme’s success is the lack of a clear and well-articulated description, coupled with a broader vision of what the notion of a black industrialist actually entails.
The B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice, including for specific sectors, are subject to periodic reviews, and 2024 may see updates to the codes
The KwaZulu-Natal International Business Association provided relief to approximately 44 families living in the pensioner cottages in Plane Street, whose homes were damaged and were at times up to more than a metre deep in water.
In a media briefing at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton on Thursday, Minister Ebrahim Patel said they were looking to redefine Africa’s role in the world by expanding its value-added trade to the world market.
OPINION: Our society does not value the pursuits of male and women entrepreneurs equally. The general belief is that women can’t do it. Women entrepreneurs face this problem with private banks inasmuch as they do with Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), who are supposed to be catalysts of empowerment and development more than the private sector, writes Dr Daphne Mashile-Nkosi.
The secretary-general of the ANC Fikile Mbalula has added his voice to calls that foreign nationals operating the spaza shop sector be legally kicked out, saying it could not be a free-for-all.
The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry said businesses were collapsing and losing revenue daily due to the port challenges, and it cannot be allowed to continue any longer
OPINION: There is a long road to equality. There are several factors that prevent women from scaling new heights and this includes patriarchy, writes Babalwa Ngonyama.
OPINION: It is a fact that many politically-connected tenderpreneurs who have been awarded many government-linked contracts have just been in it for themselves without any intention of increasing wealth distribution among fellow previously disadvantaged individuals, writes Prof. Bonke Dumisa.
City of uMhlathuze Mayor Xolani Ngwezi says in order for the northern KwaZulu-Natal city to grow, it must look after its small businesses and create a conducive environment for them to grow.
Industry warns that criminal kingpins must be jailed – arresting foot soldiers will not make a difference.
The fund has in the past been accused of being selective in who it funds for business ventures, with allegations that they were funding businesses of politically connected businesspeople.
The event was won by See It Again, who ran among the likes of Safe Passage, Got The Greenlight, Hawwaam and Edict Of Nantes – all of whom went on to be named Equus Champions.
Nonhlanhla Motaung, 34, is accusing Dean Gavin Graham of keeping her as a front to benefit from the BEE status despite her being the major shareholder at KGB Assessors (Pty) Ltd.
I guess it does not sit well with some to witness ordinary folk from our kind of people and background – poor working class – suddenly rise to earn R5 million per annum.
The MANCOSA East Coast Radio Business Breakfast is back. This year, it promises to be bigger and better than ever before. Scheduled for Thursday, June 1, at Durban’s ICC.
OPINION: The compounding effect of poor quality imports and a lack of regulatory control is threatening the safety and lives of South Africans who live or work in shacks that use interior roofing and cladding components, writes Charles Dednam.