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Professor Brian Ganson heads the Centre on Conflict & Collaboration at Stellenbosch Business School.

Many people lack reliable electricity, clean water and adequate housing. When the state fails to provide these services, rights such as dignity, equality and access to healthcare are undermined.
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A true Mandela Day contribution from companies must be a business plan that addresses extreme poverty

Business leaders this Mandela Day should not look outward for charitable opportunities, but rather inward towards the transformations required from businesses themselves

The JSE’s SME Rise Enterprise Accelerator Programme continues to position itself as a critical enabler in South Africa’s economic ecosystem, offering structured support in areas such as funding readiness, market expansion and operational excellence.

Big business must play a more courageous role in delivering the promises of the Constitution

Looking past the elections, business leaders need to act to reduce social strife — even at cost to their profits

Once Sibanye-Stillwater has cleaned up its own side of the street, Neal Froneman may be in a better position to advocate for better behaviour by others

Call for war on zama zamas will not bring peace to South Africa’s platinum belt

Once Sibanye-Stillwater has cleaned up its own side of the street, Neal Froneman may be in a better position to advocate for better behaviour by others

Protesters at the Waterfront waiting the arrival of the  ship Amazon Warrior . They are against the planned Shell seismic survey for oil and gas in the ocean on November 21, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa.  It is reported that Shell has announced that it will carry out a three-dimensional seismic survey in search of oil and gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns off the Wild Coast. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Shell’s ‘corporate social responsibility’ in its intent to mine the Wild Coast is worse than greenwashing

Shell says it endorses environmental impact assessments, public participation, international standards and human rights, but these played no role in its decision to do seismic…

Blocked: Avaaz activists wear masks of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and United States President Joe Biden in a ‘Tear Down the Patent Wall’ and ‘Free the Vaccine’ protest as Germany blocks a World Trade Organisation waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. Photo: Stefanie Loos/AFP/Getty Images

Vaccine imperialism chips away at faith in the market economy

The way business is done in the global economy is driving society apart. Corporate social responsibility programmes will not rectify the exclusion and inequalities that exist

Businesses not always free to keep the peace

Why is the private sector in Africa more likely to hinder instead of help peaceful development?