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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
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
What is Heritage Day?
Growing up in boarding school, one had the pleasure of meeting people from all cultures of South Africa. With friends from different cultural backgrounds, we would be fascinated with the meanings of one’s names and often had to ask our parents what the meaning of one’s name was. This increased
South Africa’s Youth at a Crossroads: Can We Solve the Unemployment Crisis?
As South Africa marks another Youth Month this June 16 we find ourselves at a pivotal juncture in our nation’s history. This year’s commemoration comes against the backdrop of significant political shifts and an alarming socio-economic landscape, particularly for young black South Africans.It is thus very difficult to divorce young
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