Skills shortages are holding back businesses in South Africa
Survey finds the weak spots.
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Ciaran Ryan | Claire van Schalkwijk | corporate finance | Covid-19 | debt restructuring | Nedbank Mid-Corporate
Mid-corp: The engine room of South Africa
‘What really stands out for me is that among this mid-corporate market you have a lot of entrepreneurs, and these mid-corporates are more agile’ – Claire van Schalkwijk, head of Mid-corporate Credit Underwriting at Nedbank Business and Commercial Banking.
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Covid-19 | drugs | Durban | KwaZulu Natal | Opinion | Thought Leader
Throwing basket of diagnostics, drugs, vaccines and mozzie stoppers at malaria has not stopped the disease
Malaria is caused by a very complex organism (parasite) which was found in mosquitoes trapped in resin from 30 million years ago. The parasite that causes malaria has therefore been around for many years before our own species. Here, I will explore why the parasites that cause malaria are so difficult to beat. The disease…
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Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela | Brewsters Craft | Business | Covid-19 | development finance institutions | IDC
IDC under scrutiny as entrepreneurs detail liquidation fallout
Amid growing calls for an inquiry into the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), entrepreneurs in distress are speaking about their experiences with the state-owned lender. The push follows appeals by theNational African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nafcoc) and opposition parties for scrutiny of the IDC’s lending practices, after several black-owned companies faced liquidation over…
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Child Labour | Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) | Constitution | Covid-19 | Opinion | Thought Leader
Unionised workforce still ideal
We celebrate May as workers’ month, to remember those who sacrificed so much to improve the lives of workers and the many challenges still to be overcome. This week, not only are we celebrating Workers’ Day on 1 May but also 32 years of democracy on 27 April. Both provide an opportunity to reflect on…
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Afghanistan | Charlize Theron | china | Covid-19 | Opinion | Thought Leader
Welcome to the age of empire
The movies tend to depict the post-apocalyptic world as a wasteland, with tumbleweed blowing across the cold, hard ground and people scrounging for scraps to survive. Think of the cult movie Mad Max, the original starring Mel Gibson or even the recently re-imagined one starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. In the post-apocalyptic world, all…
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Ramaphosa no weak president
In the often hyperbolic world of politics, leaders are frequently reduced to simplistic labels that collapse under even the lightest scrutiny. One of the most persistent and misleading narratives about President Cyril Ramaphosa is that he is indecisive, weak or a puppet of white monopoly capital and Western imperialism. This caricature fails not only the…
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Morocco, Egypt break tourism records as Africa’s top destinations
Growth driven by new flight links, major cultural attractions and high-profile sporting events.
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Tunisia: A democratic dream destroyed
In August this year, as I began writing this essay, South Africa’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Blade Nzimande, was leading a high-level delegation on an extensive science and innovation visit to my homeland, Tunisia. Such deepening pan-African collaboration is a development to celebrate. When I visited South Africa for the first time…
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Aaron Motsoaledi | AIDS | Anti-HIV injection | Covid-19 | electronic vaccination data system | Health
The six-monthly anti-HIV jab could be in 360 clinics by February. Who should get the first doses?
One in 10 clinics in South Africa — across 22 health districts in six provinces — could start to hand out a twice-a-year anti-HIV jab as early as February if the country’s medicines regulator approves the shot, called lenacapavir (LEN), soon enough, says the health department. Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela, the head of the South African Health…