South Africa faces a structural problem defined by high youth unemployment, graduate exclusion from the labour market, slow economic growth and declining industrial capacity. Despite having universities and technical and vocational education and training colleges across the country, these institutions largely function as centres of teaching and certification rather than engines of direct economic participation….
Amid the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out of a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection called lenacapavir (LEN) has been a spot of bright light. Staff in 360 healthcare facilities spread across the country stand trained and ready to…
While management at Stellenbosch University (SU) projected stability and excellence, students, auditors and internal oversight bodies warned of chronic debt, unsafe housing, National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) failures and slow transformation. The university recently arrived in parliament with a polished presentation: Vision 2040, academic excellence, financial sustainability, world-class research and a governance system that…
Every rand spent on complying with South Africa’s bureaucratic transformation legislation is a rand not spent on service delivery, says Business Leadership South Africa CEO, Busi Mavuso.
Colonel Francois Steyn, the commander of the Gauteng West Rand Hawks, has told the Madlanga commission that police intercepted a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil to Johannesburg in July 2021, after Gauteng traffic officers initially attempted to seize the drugs from a logistics truck. Steyn said a shipping container from the Port of Santos…
Shiprazor, the Cape Town startup that recently received R44 million in funding has onboarded Takealot Fulfilment Solutions (TFS) to facilitate 30-minute deliveries for merchants.
The Western Cape Provincial Government has announced that all schools in the province will be closed on Tuesday, 12 May, due to severe storms.
To help South African businesses move beyond AI hype and into real‑world execution, CTU Training Solutions is bringing the global AI Festival to the local market in partnership with the Leading Learning Partners Association (LLPA).
To help South African businesses move beyond AI hype and into real‑world execution, CTU Training Solutions is bringing the global AI Festival to the local market in partnership with the Leading Learning Partners Association (LLPA).
Vodacom’s annual results for the year ended 31 March 2026 reveal why Remgro was happy with its R12.6 billion Maziv deal.