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Sportsmanship: Our new heritage language.

Have you ever wondered what makes South African culture so unique from the rest of the world? For one, we refer to ourselves as the rainbow nation, a term coined by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu after South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. A term referring to the diverse

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Women Empowerment Desk
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Living As A Woman | Breaking The Barriers Of Gender Discrimination

As a young girl, I have always aspired to run my own business which I believed would contribute enormously to my community. The initial process of setting a business is the same for everyone. The process begins to be different when the business must start its operations. I began experiencing

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ESD: The Missing Link Between Corporate Spend and Real SMME Growth

South Africa invests billions in transformation each year, yet the economy still lacks a significant pipeline of scaled black-owned enterprises. Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) programs were meant to build inclusive participation and transform ownership patterns, but too often, it remains a bureaucratic exercise rather than a catalyst for real

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Opinion piece
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INTSIKAYOMZI IS THE SMME

Perhaps the most startling fact presented in the NISED Masterplan is that the number of SMMEs operating in our economy has not grown from the 800 000 estimated in 1995. From 1995 to 2022 we still have the same number of SMMEs in our economy, with only 330 000 of those able

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