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Now is the time for corporate South Africa to roll up its sleeves and collectively work towards to consolidate its role as a catalyst for social change, says Barloworld’s group executive of corporate affairs, Gugu Sepamla

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

A social enterprise is a business with a conscience at its core. (Russell Scott, Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull Content Pool & Anglo American/AP)

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Economist Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in 1976, enabling small businesses in Bangladesh to borrow money without requiring collateral. (Christof Sonderegger)

Social entrepreneurship means business

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Creating jobs and enabling sustainable economic transformation are the core drivers of Siyakhula, says Hlonela Lupuwana-Pemba

Enterprise and supplier development still remains key to enabling growth and progress in society

Siyakhula aims to be a catalyst for generating further access to opportunities in the marketplace

An aerial view of Dube TradePort

Dube TradePort – A world-class industrial and commercial precinct

SPONSORED Created to be a world-class development, Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone offers globally integrated logistics and manufacturing infrastructure, together with…

Agnes Mosito started operating her small business in 2007 before finding a space at Mogwase Industrial Firms in North West province. (Photo: Oupa Nkosi)

Innovation needed to fast-track female entrepreneurs

It’s a serious mistake to overlook the contribution that women can make to building the economy

Mervyn King warns that business leaders who only pursue profits belong to the previous century. (Photo: Ayanda Maphosa)

Corporate leaders must have a conscience

Environmental, social and governance factors have become increasingly important in investment decisions

Regan Adams, chief executive of RCS

Transformation through people

‘Our employees are at the heart of our transformation in the business’

Tito Mboweni, South African Minister of Finance, addresses the pressing issue of where SMMEs are to get financing

Mboweni – let’s go about things differently

‘Perhaps it’s time to re-engineer the Small Business Development Corporation’

Working for results: Ntyilo Ntyilo by Loyiso Mkize

The struggling artist narrative is dated – good business comes down to a fine art

There is nothing alien about creative people being capable of making and managing money.

IDZs seen as key in job creation

The budget gives few details of tax breaks, the reviewed policy is being kept under wraps and analysts point out some of the problems.

Judge gives developer R1m slap(p)

Wraypex ordered to pay punitive costs of its ‘vexatious litigation’ against four enviromental activists.

Patronage and corruption: The lessons from Kenya

Patronage and corruption: The lessons from Kenya

<b>Rapule Tabane </b> on how to defeat Afro-pessimism.

The power of soft capital

Without the glam of Hollywood endorsement, Kiva has been quietly connecting ordinary concerned citizens to aspirant entrepreneurs in the Third World.

Sustaining development projects

The Industrial Development Corporation aims to develop a vibrant entrepreneurial junior mining sector in South Africa and the rest of the continent.

‘Creategy’ for a time of recession

When the going gets tough, the tough get -creative, writes Jon Foster-Pedley.