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The flexible workplace is here to stay, and this is why…
Regardless of whether the user is a millennial with multiple jobs, a corporate-free freelancer, digital nomad, savvy small business owner or large global corporate, they’re all turning to flexible office spaces as their work location of choice. Globally flexible, co-working and shared offices currently count for 5% of the office space market with an estimated […]
Capernaum, a gem of a movie
Lebanese actress, Nadine Labaki, directed an absolute gem of a movie, Capernaum. It is an Arabic word, chaos or confusion. It was a movie for the true art lover in every sense of the word. The film lost to the movie, “Roma”, at last year’s Cannes film festival awards for the best foreign movie, which […]
Play Your Part – make South Africa a blockbuster
Ever wondered who has the final say in which Hollywood film, actor or producer wins an Oscar? At the core of this question is the importance of local support. As South Africans, we could learn a thing or two from this success story. At the beginning of every year, since May 16th back in 1929, […]
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: a path to prosperity for Africa
Right now, we’re at a critical tipping point in Africa’s development. We’re hurtling headlong into The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), which has the potential to turbo-charge the socio-economic development of the entire African continent. We’ve got the youngest continent in the world, with 60% of our population being youth. If we make the right decisions […]
Why central banks need to take human rights more seriously
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. This is because their decisions can affect access to housing, healthcare, education, work, to adequate food and water and the security of their pensions. For example, 36 central banks and banking supervisors, participate in the central bank and supervisors […]
Tourism in South Africa can be better
I read with great interest the opinion piece by Busani Ngcaweni in the Business Day of 9 July 2019. In it, Ngcaweni quite rightly recognises tourism as a key economic grower and employment driver. However, it is clear that the Department of Tourism is talking the talk but is not walking the walk. Statistics do not lie. The reality is […]
INNOVATION
South Africa gears up to enter a brave new world of...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is right when he says that to address the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment South Africa will need to...
EDUCATION
Why central banks need to take human rights more seriously
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. This is because their decisions can affect access...
ECONOMICS
Why central banks need to take human rights more seriously
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. This is because their decisions can affect access...
