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Waste Management Can Enrich Communities
Waste management is a science that can be turned into an entrepreneurial opportunity if managed correctly. In South Africa, currently most waste management is handled by five multi-national companies, but waste management opportunities could be transferred through a community model, enriching communities rather than international companies. An example of such a model is where waste is collected using small [...]
The Divine Right Of Multinationals In Africa
It is often said that the world has become a global village. It is therefore much easier today to operate in various countries simultaneously. The challenge for multinational companies is to align business strategies with corporate governance within each country’s local culture and legislation. While such multinationals bring investment into the country and often assist [...]
Business Can Help To Build The Africa Of The Future, The Right Way.
A quick count of posts by Trade Invest Africa on its website during March 2012 showed some 150 major opportunities for investment in Africa. The sectors covered included just about every possibility from A to Z – from aquaculture to zinc mining. These 150 posts are just the tip of the iceberg. The African Development [...]
Mothers Would Make The Best Managers In Our Scholar Transport Systems
For the approximately 560,000 scholars across South Africa who spend more than two hours a day walking to school, government’s national policy on scholar transport offers little reliable relief. As we reel from the news of one disaster or horror to another, with funds mismanaged or embezzled, service providers not paid, children left stranded, vehicles [...]
Revamped BEE Can Offer Middle Ground For Labour & Business
At the heart of the opposing views of South Africa’s trade unions and the business community is the stark reality of poverty and unemployment. No matter what their differences, both sectors agree that we urgently need solutions to this severe socio-economic problem. The debates may appear to be raging on, but government seems to be [...]
