Xoliswa Zakwe | 16 October 2025 The Youth Employment Service (YES) Gamechangers Challenge is offering funding, training, and direct access to corporate supply chains to help young entrepreneurs thrive, not just survive. In a landmark development for South Africa’s youth entrepreneurship ecosystem, the Youth Employment Service (YES) officially launched the YES Gamechangers Challenge (YGC). Launched at Sandton Convention Centre on October 15, the YGC is a transformative initiat

Staff Writer | 16 October 2025 The Department of Employment and Labour says it will come down hard on any employers in South Africa who do not comply with the Employment Equity Act (EEA) and the new racial employment targets it set in April. Responding to a parliamentary Q&A, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth said that the department has various enforcement measures at its disposal to ensure compliance. The first consequence of not adhering to the laws is that any employer that is

Hermann Pretorius | 12 October 2025 “Broad-Based” Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) reduces being economically excluded to being black. Even if this unsupported and contentious position were true, B-BBEE would still be an inherently elitist policy that caters for an entrenched elite already equipped for high levels of economic participation, and leaves the poorest behind. At best, it is an entrenchment policy and not an empowerment policy. At worst, it is a cynical smokescr

Hanno Labuschagne | 12 October 2025 Dawie Roodt believes the Competition Commission should close up shop because it does not understand how competition between businesses functions. The Efficient Group’s chief economist believes that allowing private businesses to work together will ultimately boost competition. The entity is responsible for regulating competition among South African businesses, including approving or disallowing major acquisitions and mergers. The commission

Staff Reporter | 9 October 2025 Four South African learners are making history, not just for completing the Coded Welding programme, but for becoming the country’s first recipients of digital badges, a modern credential that could transform how skills are recognised and valued. The Chemical Industries Education & Training Authority (CHIETA), the national body responsible for skills development in the chemical sector, is behind this pioneering initiative. For these learners, t

Thabiso Goba | 7 October 2025 Matona, speaking at the B-BBEE Frank Dialogue event in Sandton, noted that the Act has been consistently...

Masego Panyane | 6 October 2025 Hospitality students in Johannesburg are set to gain invaluable work experience at some of the city’s top...

LnT Desk | 6 October 2025 Mr Price Foundation has announced an ambitious plan: to get 500,000 youth economically resilient by 2035. The...

Asemahle Vumsindo | 28 September 2025 The Makana Winds of Change Community Trust, which holds 26% of shares in the Waainek Wind Farm...

Eunéne Levine | 30 September 2025 A strategic analysis of South Africa's National Entrepreneurship Strategy (NES), proposing...

CIPS | 30 September 2025 Chartered Institute for Procurement & Supply Southern Africa says sustainability is about reducing carbon and...

SA News | 28 September 2025 Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says South Africa’s tourism sector is not a “side story” but central to...

Georgia Collins | 28 September 2025 At P&G, technology supports D/deaf and hard-of-hearing staff with live captions, transcription,...

Thabo Makwakwa | 28 September 2025 The US government has revealed that South Africa remains a key gateway for investment in Sub-Saharan...

Staff Writer | 22 September 2025 Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) is the next business interest group to take on the Department of...

Staff Reporter | 21 September 2025 AgriSETA has warned the public about a surge in scams falsely using its name to promise jobs and...

Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza | 22 September 2025 When news broke that China would inject $10 billion into South Africa’s technology and...

Koketso Molepo | 18 September 2025 Poverty is one of the greatest curses that a human being can suffer, and our government has created...

Kgolo Qwelane | 17 September 2025 Tax changes would have rendered preference share funding unattractive and obsolete as a funding tool....

Bax Nodada | 14 September 2025 MP says DA’s empowerment model will focus on need, poverty reduction, and real opportunity – not race or...