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Management Control and Skills Development as Key Lever for Corporate Transformation
Through South African history, we acknowledge that the apartheid era produced an education and training system that was fragmented, dysfunctional and unequal. Contributing to the population having low educational skills levels, which conversely produced the under-representation of black South Africans in both senior and executive levels of management. Presently the
THE BLACK MANAGEMENT FORUM: REFLECTION AND PERSPECTIVE
The Black Management Forum is often described as an organisation. That description, while accurate, is incomplete. The BMF is better understood as a response—one shaped in 1976 under conditions where exclusion was not incidental, but systemic. It emerged at a moment when Black professionals were denied both visibility and voice
The Battle for Narrative: Whose Future Are We Fighting For?
The stakes have never been higher for South Africa’s place in the global economy. At the heart of the 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Cyril Ramaphosa’s defiant statement – “We will not be bullied”- set the tone for a country determined to defend its sovereignty. But beyond
THE REALITY OF FREEDOM DAY
Freedom Day serves as a symbol of how far the country has come since its historic elections in 1994. It is a celebration of the end of colonialism, segregation and white minority and the establishment of a new democratic government.
Freedom Day is observed annually on the 27th of April
The Mind in Chains: Black Professionals and the Future of Work in a Digital Era
The Illusion of Freedom in a Digital World They told us technology would set us free. But as we swipe, scroll, and tap through life, it’s worth asking: are we the masters of these tools—or are they mastering us? Thirty years ago, life felt slower. Moments weren’t measured in notifications
South Africa’s Energy Crisis Exposes Lack of Transformation
This year marks 30 years into democracy. A democracy which was fought for with too many lives. As the 29th of May draws closer each day, one can only wonder where we could have been as a country if the people, we have voted for had been intentional in transforming