SAB entrepreneurship for employment initiative welcomed
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has welcomed South African Breweries (SAB’s) entrepreneurship campaign aimed at enabling South African entrepreneurs to create 10 000 jobs by 2021.
View ArticleLandmark projects help Esor to improve performance in tough market
Despite challenging market conditions and a deteriorating market environment for the six months ended August 31, JSE-listed civils and construction group Esor recorded a “significant improvement” in...
View ArticleGirlCode floats ambitions of becoming world’s largest women's digital agency
Nonprofit organisation (NPO) GirlCode, which aims to empower women in the technology sector, on Thursday revealed its new programmes for 2018, as well as its Vision 2030 ambitions, which includes...
View ArticleAcademy seeks to mitigate issues for bus industry
The Southern African Bus Operators Association (Saboa) believes that its planned Driver Training Academy will alleviate some of the issues the bus sector is facing. Speaking at the Gauteng Bus Indaba...
View ArticleCompany assists in developing WiFi blueprint for educational institutions
Wireless connectivity firm Ruckus will form part of a consortium of companies developing a blueprint for the implementation of WiFi and other IT services at education institutions. Ruckus sub-Saharan...
View ArticleSaturday Schools programme celebrates ten years
Global engineering and project management company Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa held celebrations across the country to mark ten years of investing in education through its Saturday Schools...
View ArticleMore than 600 students register for renowned trade qualifications
Witbank-based artisan training facility the Colliery Training College (CTC) has received a significant number of registrations for trade and mining qualifications. CTC MD Johan Venter says more than...
View ArticleIndustry body looks to develop industry’s future leaders
The yearlong Business of Consulting Engineering (BCE) management development programme – offered by industry body Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) – is aimed at producing future leaders of the...
View ArticleNew initiative aims to create 100 000 jobs for the youth in 2018
With unemployment in South Africa reaching crisis levels that further threaten an already embattled economy, a new initiative, bringing together 20 industries, aims to create at least 100 000 jobs for...
View ArticleGordhan joins Wits School of Governance
The University of the Witswatersrand (Wits) announced on Thursday that it had appointed former Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan as a visiting professor at the Wits School of Governance, as from...
View ArticleMore than 180 Transnet Freight Rail employees qualify in railway operations...
More than 180 employees of State-owned rail transport agency Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) on Thursday with a variety of degrees and qualifications in...
View ArticleAfrimat construction index reveals quarterly improvement
Construction activity in South Africa improved quarter-on-quarter from Q2 to Q3, according to material building company Afrimat’s Construction Index (ACI)
View ArticleFourth industrial revolution brings hope to youth – Makhura
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Thursday tabled the fourth Political Report of the Gauteng provincial government and highlighted the opportunities that were arising from the fourth industrial...
View ArticleSmall business agency in venture to incubate tech hardware startups
The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda), under the Department of Small Business Development, is leveraging the capabilities of hardware technology investor and incubator Savant Technologies to...
View ArticleSAPVIA launches ‘bold’ 5-point plan for solar industrialisation
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has announced a “bold” five-point plan for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry to drive industrialisation, create jobs, and contribute to...
View ArticleSouth African defence industry group beleaguered by financial woes
Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday reported that State-owned defence industrial group Denel might not be able to pay its staff their salaries for December. It did so in a press release, following a...
View ArticleKZN education department awarded green building certification
The Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) has awarded the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education a 4 Star Green Star SA Office Design v1.1 certification for its Ugu district office.
View ArticleInkunzi making headway in student accommodation
Real estate investment trust Inkunzi Student Accommodation Fund, which listed on the JSE in November, will acquire nine purpose-built, student accommodation assets valued at R1.7-billion. Anine Kilian...
View ArticleEmphasis on infrastructure development catalyst for growth and sustainability
A development agenda themed ‘Vision 2022’, currently being pursued by the Swaziland government, is putting emphasis on infrastructure development as a catalyst for long-term growth and sustainable...
View ArticleNational road network at core of local growth
The national road network has been steadily growing over the years and this improves connectivity between cities and regional hubs, which is essential given that it is on this network that the majority...
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