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In 2018

​Creating a sustainable future with technological innovation and skills development

General Electric looks back at the progress it has made in over 120 years in Africa

Jasmine Pillay, human resources director, Microsoft South Africa, says the company constantly provides employees with training

Microsoft’s culture of innovation

A rich and resilient internal culture creates an environment that embraces diversity and inspires constant learning

Starting a formal business in South Africa is arduous, time-consuming, and expensive. (File photo)

Is social entrepreneurship the new charity?

Imagine if the NGO sector became a large employer of manpower

The women from Impilo Yabantu social franchise

Women prove that social franchising can work

Creating opportunities for themselves while uplifting the community

Xoliswa Tini is forging her own path in real estate. (Graphic: John McCann)

Xolisa Tini

Real estate entrepreneur

Sibongile Shongwe

The business incubator that focuses on platinum

NGO Award including energy transfer, and education and training activities

Ekurhuleni’s city manager Dr Imogen Mashazi says adopting a green mind-set entails a shift in priorities

Youth participation in the green economy

The green economy has great potential to create employment

The ANC has said at its Mangaung conference it will push for the teaching of indigenous languages in public schools to become compulsory from 2014.

Midterm budget: More money thrown at skills training

But analysts have questioned whether the colleges have the necessary capacity to deal with large intakes, writes Faeeza Ballim.

ABC for economic growth

Employers must support the recent green paper’s vision of skills training for adults.

State ‘freezes out’ private skills providers

Illogical hurdles have been placed in the way of experienced providers of occupational training.