Corporate Social Investment
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We Cannot Build South Africa's Digital Future On Half A Workforce
South Africa's ambitious R50 billion digital infrastructure drive faces a critical challenge: a significant gender gap in STEM and ICT. With only 13% of STEM graduates being…
Ecosystem of injustice: The hidden system that keeps rural South Africa unequal
Behind the facade of certification and social investment, inequality stems from an arrangement designed to protect corporate profits and maintain elite land ownership
Why big business needs to rethink its relationship with SMMEs
Corporates must partner with small enterprises to foster economic growth and innovation, moving beyond charity to strategic collaboration and inclusive supply chains
Award-winning exploitation: South Africa’s sustainability façade unmasked
Rural people are dispossessed and displaced by companies that collect awards for ESG credentials, corporate social investment and sector excellence
Entrepreneurship key to solving SA’s youth unemployment crisis
Business leaders call for more investment to help youths start businesses and to tackle joblessness
How private initiatives are transforming South Africa’s health care landscape
The outdated statistic quoted by commentators is that 16% of the population are covered by medical schemes, and therefore 84% are dependent on the state
The future of CSI
Top trends changing the spirit of corporate giving
Persuasion: The head, chest and stomach of development
It’s time to fashion a new language of development which responds effectively to real people’s real needs
Dimension Data launches Saturday School in PE
The Gauteng Saturday School has produced a number of success stories
Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress
Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
Looking inwards
Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
Southern Africa Trust rebrands as it seeks to deepen its impact
The Trust is helping corporates to put their money in the right places to ensure that SADC communities are truly empowered
Is social entrepreneurship the new charity?
Imagine if the NGO sector became a large employer of manpower
The Brimstone Investment Corporation’s story
BEST shareholders support at least 3.5-million beneficiaries across South Africa
Surprise jump in big business social investment spending
South Africa’s corporate social investment was 7% higher than it was last year