Artisan training comes under the spotlight

The Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) has joined forces with Tshwane North TVET College (TNC) to train 100 young unemployed learners as artisans. Mduduzi Manana, deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, comments: “We...

Governance under the spotlight at Smexa 2015

The rapidly-changing IT world – with cloud computing, shadow IT, increased mobility and rapid consumerisation – is a major cause of headaches for CIOs and IT service managers as they struggle to prove their relevance. But the very nature of the changing...

Online gambling comes under the spotlight

The regulation and combating of online gambling remains a challenge for South Africa with a number of illegal sites operating in the country without clear enforcement and control. This is the word from MacDonald Netshitenzhe, chief director: policy and legislation at...

CBN puts spotlight on African infrastructure

Top global and African CEOs have launched a Continental Business Network (CBN) to fast-track high-level private sector investment into Africa’s regional infrastructure. The launch of the CBN on the side-lines of the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, is the...

Spotlight on supply chain management

The introduction of the e-Tender Publication portal and the central supplier database (CSD), launched by the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) in April 2015, signals a positive move towards accountability and a prospective deviation from dubious...