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- August 30, 2019
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JSE performance over past 10 years disappointing
The performance of the JSE over the past 10 years has not only been disappointing — it has been unusual. As the graph below shows, the local market has underperformed…
- businessweekly
- August 30, 2019
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New look at youth-oriented businesses
It is now widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is very high in sub-Sahara Africa. The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) points to some staggering statistics on youth unemployment within the continent. The Foundation, notes that, out of 420 million youths in Africa aged between15-35, one third are unemployed while another third are employed vulnerably.
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- August 30, 2019
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In SA townships, ‘unseen’ businesses catch a big bank’s eye
JOHANNESBURG – Among the metal shacks and narrow side streets of South Africa’s townships, one of the country’s biggest lenders sees a sizeable market it wants to be first to crack: multi-million-rand businesses operating largely in cash.
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- August 30, 2019
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Encourage your employees to take mental health day
The concept of taking a “mental health day” is pretty widespread and becoming more and more accepted (it’s even legally protected, in most cases, as a totally acceptable reason to take a sick day). But being familiar with the concept isn’t the same as embracing it for your employees and even yourself.
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- August 30, 2019
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Further thoughts on the National Critical Skills Audit Report
I spent most of daylight Monday reviewing and reflecting on the 2018 National Critical Skills Audit Report by the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development.
Barcelona handed tough Champions League draw
Monaco — Barcelona will have to come through a group containing both Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan after the three former winners all came out together in yesterday’s Uefa Champions…
4 European nations stripped of ‘measles-free’ status
Measles cases are surging in Europe and have been reported from four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including the United Kingdom, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.…
SA Public Protector Mkhwebane withdraws ConCourt appeal
Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has withdrawn her application to the Constitutional Court to appeal the judgment against her by Judge Sulet Potterill. Mkhwebane and the Office of the Public Protector…
Over 1m petition against Johnson’s Brexit plan to suspend parly in UK
Over a million people have signed a petition against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament, in order to force through Brexit, as large protests broke out across…
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