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SA Innovation Summit calls for speakers
The eighth SA Innovation Summit is calling for inventors and innovators to submit papers before close of business on 15 May 2015, under the theme 'Innovation Intelligence'... read more>>



HR
Job offer etiquette - what you need to know

Michelle Snyman

It's a little known fact that the first 48 hours after receiving an offer of employment are the most critical... read more>>
Attacks on foreign nationals have hurt SA, says Trade DM
Attacks on foreign nationals have been regrettable and sad and have also resulted in a loss of export foreign revenue, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina recently said... read more>>
Entrepreneurship
Financing SMEs on potential, not achievements
A new approach to financially assisting SMEs places emphasis on financing ahead of anticipated growth and development assistance, instead of on growth that has already occurred... read more>>
Workonline supports African entrepreneurs through sponsorship
Workonline Communications has agreed to sponsor high-speed connectivity delivered over their metropolitan fibre network for an innovative South African company, Cape Town Garage... read more>>
Start up advice you should ignore

Sophie Baker

As a new entrepreneur, you'll meet plenty of people who are fascinated with your business ideas. There will be lots of advice thrown your way - some good, some bad, but most of it well-meaning... read more>>
Competition to put business online
Efinity, an e-commerce fulfilment service, is offering SMEs a free e-commerce solution that is worth R75,000 and will get the winning business online in 24 hours. Companies have until 24 May 2015 to enter... read more>>
Neo-on-the-Move empowers entrepreneurship, creates jobs
Neotel has launched Neo-on-the-Move, an enterprise development programme designed to ensure a meaningful contribution to skills development and employment in South Africa by growing small businesses... read more>>
Sub-Saharan Africa offers vast opportunities for entrepreneurs
Sub-Saharan Africa is still home to one of the fastest-growing middle class in the world. As a result, there are vast opportunities on the continent for progressive African entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises to take advantage of... read more>>
Why you need to test your business idea first

Harry Welby-Cooke

If you were given the choice between launching a business built around a sleek new gadget, or starting a second-hand clothing and shoe store, what would you choose?... read more>>
Jobs & Recruitment
The art of successful IT recruitment

Lara Green

Art and science, they're polar opposites and don't exist on the same continuum. Well, that's what we've been taught to believe. But what if I told you that wasn't true? read more>>
Job losses despite growing SA economy

Annelie Coleman

Labour Law & Unions
How to hold a disciplinary hearing

Sophie Baker

It is every employer's wish that everything runs smoothly in the company but sometimes this does not happen and an employee may have to be reprimanded... read more>>
Parties to a dispute can take an arbitration award on review

Hugo Pienaar, Lauren Salt and Karabo Ndhlovu

While arbitration awards are legally binding, parties to a dispute are at liberty to take the arbitration award on review. The test for review has been established in the leading case of Sidumo v Rustenburg Platinum Mines Ltd and Others [2007] 12 BLLR 1097 (CC) as "...whether the commissioner's decision was one at which a reasonable commissioner would arrive"... read more>>
Management
Business ethics start at the top
Ethical conduct in the workplace is of the utmost importance... read more>>
Skills Development & Training
The Barn Khayelitsha launches e-commerce course
The Barn Khayelitsha supports local entrepreneurs through its community-based incubator... read more>>
Networking: the single most powerful marketing tool
As a marketing tactic, networking aims to accelerate and sustain business growth... read more>>
Focus on the things that really matter to your business
If you're an owner or a manager of a small business, you're probably frustrated by the amount of time you lose to everyday administration and how little time there is to stay up to date with current trends... read more>>
Six ways to balance work and family
In today's modern age it is difficult to live a life that balances your professional responsibilities with your family duties... read more>>
International
Start-up Academy introduced at Lions
CANNES, FRANCE: Lions Innovation Festival teams with R/GA to launch the Start-up Academy, a three-day marketing boot camp to prepare innovators for business with the world's largest brands. read more>>
More International
Government news
Africa vital for SA economy: Minister
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has told factory workers that the continent is vital for the country's economy... read more>>
Hawks head Dramat quits
The South African Police Service has been shaken by suspensions, resignations and the freezing of senior posts... read more>>
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