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Remaining relevant in the digital workforce of the future
[Wayne Houghton] By 2025, jobs which were common place in 2015 will no longer exist. Students graduating in 2016 will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession... read


Entrepreneurship
Women entrepreneurs can enter Fairlady Woman of the Future, Fairlady Rising Star
Entries are now open for the Fairlady Woman of the Future and the Fairlady Rising Star for 2016. Fairlady, in partnership with Santam, is looking for South African female entrepreneurs who have started their own businesses... read
Pick n Pay announces Boost Your Biz competition finalists
Pick n Pay has selected the top 50 small businesses in its inaugural Boost your Biz competition, from the more than 540 entrepreneurs from across SA who entered... read
Entries for Standard Bank Rising Star Awards 2016 close soon
Entries for the Standard Bank Rising Star Awards 2016 have been extended to Friday 15 April 2016... read
Government boosts opportunities for black entrepreneurs

Zahra Rawjee, Issued by Uzenzele Holdings

The new grant and loan fund - BIP (Black Industrialist Programme) - has been launched. While the guidelines of the fund might not be 100% clear, the general principles of it prevail... read
Jobs & Recruitment
Rushton shuffles in new board at main Distell subsidiary

Ann Crotty

There is no mention of an "old guard" in Distell's announcement that five of the executive directors on the board of its unlisted operating company will be replaced by executives who joined the firm after Richard Rushton's appointment as MD in 2013. The changes do not affect listed Distell Group's board... read
Top women go hunting jobs outside SA

Khulekani Magubane

South Africa has the highest number of highly skilled women professionals of any African country who are emigrating to other countries because of limited career opportunities at home... read
Labour Law & Unions
A case of mistaken identity

Rosalind Davey, Lethuxolo Ntuli and Tshepo Twala

A recent case in the US underlines the need to verify that social media information relates to the person in questions before decisions are made about employment... read
Transferral of temporary employment service contracts

Andre Van Heerden and Jacques van Wyk

In a recent case, the Court had to consider if the contracts of employment of temporary employment service (TES) employees would transfer to the client of the TES in terms of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), if the employees have been utilised by the client for a period in excess of three months... read
March to support Shoprite's casual staff

Karl Gernetzky

Industrial action at Shoprite's distribution centre in Centurion ended on Tuesday, but supporters of casual workers at the facility say they are mobilising communities to march on Thursday as outsourced workers were "coerced" to return to work... read
State-owned entity not required to furnish security when instituting review applications

Sipelelo Lityi and Aadil Patel

Due to an amendment introduced by the Labour Relations Amendment Act in 2014, a review application does not suspend the operation of an arbitration award, unless the applicant furnishes security to the satisfaction of the Labour Court... read
Management
The communications (r)evolution part 1: Drivers and trends shaping the future
The expression 'The only constant in life is change' has never been more true... read
The past won't help us to survive the future

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

To survive what looks to be an increasingly challenging future, managers and leaders need to unlearn the lessons of the past and be prepared to embrace a new way of doing business... read
Skills Development & Training
Upskilling networking specialists for full digital integration
Cisco has launched a pilot project to upskill specialised networking experts to assist South Africa in obtaining full digital integration... read
Google aims for one million digital learners

Danette Breitenbach

Over the next year, Google will train one million young Africans in digital skills across the continent... read
E-learning that delivers results!

Issued by Knowledge Resources

The event for e-learning professionals takes place on 24-26 May in Johannesburg. Register to attend the Online and E-learning Conference and Workshops... read
Skills Training
VWV Group inducts 25 students into Phakama Women's Academy
The Phakama Women's Academy, an initiative founded by brand experience agency VWV Group two years ago to empower young women in the marketing, advertising and communications industry, has inducted its 2016 class... read
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