by Dianne Bayley | Jun 12, 2019 | Sustainability
Felleng Yende, Chief Executive Officer of the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority (FP&M SETA), looks at 4IR and what’s needed for South Africa to keep up. The Industrial Revolution dates back to the 1700s in Britain,...
by Dianne Bayley | May 8, 2019 | Innovation, Sustainability
The workforce in today’s companies is diverse, spanning multiple generations, different cultures and backgrounds, varying degrees of skill and disparate levels of experience. Effectively upskilling and developing the ever evolving demographics within the ranks...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 17, 2019 | Sustainability
South Africa’s skills shortage is preventing the country from achieving the 5% annual GDP growth, which is the only real chance of making a dent in poverty. In a 2018 report, Pew Research estimated that some 900 000 people born in South Africa were living abroad in...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 29, 2016 | Features
The first quarter of 2016 is complete. The finance speech has been delivered, and most companies have begun re-evaluating their budgets for the next financial year. Understandably, most will be searching for cost-cutting avenues, contemplating what constitutes...