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About 422 000 local jobs are tied to exports to economies with active or incoming carbon border adjustment mechanisms (Oupa Nkosi)

The carbon tax: why it could work

The Act has the potential to mitigate environmental damage and boost South Africa’s standing globally

Riversands is a successful PPP that has created more than 1 000 permanent and 2 000 temporary jobs. (Photos: brightliquidlight & Supplied)

The success of the public-private partnership

The model has the potential to create significant change in a country in dire need of just that

Brandell Turner of TNK Attorneys believes that PPPs can benefit the government, the companies involved and the South African public. (Photos: Sean Wilson, Focal Fusion Photography)

PPPs can fund public infrastructure – essential in the African context

Are public-private partnerships capable of delivering real value or are they at risk of self-congratulatory spending and recognition?

Mankodi Moitse, chief executive of Kagiso Trust, says we cannot afford to ignore the opportunities that come with 4IR. (Photos: Tumi Mmola – Creative Fiends)

Critical thinking in critical times

Forward thinking and research that defines the societal impact of the 4IR reveals a realm of potential within a world of challenges

The Wits Communications team: Erna van Wyk, Deborah Minors, Refilwe Mabula, Buhle Zuma, Boniswa Khumalo, Shirona Patel, Schalk Mouton and Lauren Mulligan

Communication Award

The Wits Communications team is committed to making research and science accessible through creative strategies and multiple platforms

The NSTF-South32 trophy

The NSTF-South32 Awards

Twenty-one years of recognising excellence in science, engineering, technology and innovation

Professor Robin Crewe

Lifetime Award for achievement by an individual

Leader and ‘complete bee person’

The MBA remains relevant, because business strategy must still lead to results

Is the MBA dead?

Despite the changes wrought by 4IR, this challenging degree remains relevant

The format of the MBA promotes knowledge and skills that are applicable to almost any organisation

Who needs an MBA?

What type of person in what type of role will truly benefit from undertaking an MBA?

Conquer Kilimanjaro (Photo Archive)

Conquer Kilimanjaro

Trailblazing Travel Psychology

The Ethical Tourist (Photo Archive)

The Ethical Tourist

The value and responsibility of ethical tourism has a pull for the international traveller

Taking the Camino the South African way (Photo Archive)

Taking the Camino the South African way

Pull on your boots, prepare your backpack and get ready for long local hikes

Cape Town has many tourists in the summer, but this drops off in winter, so Wow Travel & Tours does conferences to keep business humming

Taking off from the mother city

Delivering high-end conferencing solutions to the global market

South African Tourism chief executive Sisa Ntshona

On a mission to increase tourism’s contribution to GDP

South Africa needs to diversify its main sources of income

Khosi Tyobeka is the head of Zimasa Travel, which gets tourists to their destinations in style

Investing in relationships

Small companies are able to customise experiences and build critical relationships

The Mining Indaba 2019 create many opportunities for exclusive discussions with the industry’s key stakeholders, on resource nationalism, sustainability, skills shortages and digitalisation. (Photo: Oupa Nkosi)

The Mining Indaba 2019: A look ahead

The indaba has become a powerful platform for funding, networking, discussions, making deals and more

The Zimbabwean government, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made steady strides towards change, which have already had a positive economic impact. (Photo: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Transforming Zimbabwe to a Private Sector-Led Economy

The policy and institutional reforms proposed will shift perceptions – and the economy

Zimbabwe’s Transitional Stabilisation Programme, under Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, seeks to build investor confidence through the creation of a stable macroeconomic environment. (Photo: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

The macro tightrope

Balancing Zim’s macro-economic environment to stimulate long-term growth

The NIHSS celebrates the graduation of 50 new PhD students from 19 universities across Africa, bringing the total number of graduates the NIHSS has funded to over 100 in just four years.

NIHSS awards scholarships to more than 600 doctoral students

The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences invests in revitalising South Africa’s higher educational spaces

Panelists Sonja De Bruyn, MD, Identity Partners; Sylvia Chahonyo, Country Manager for Moody’s SA; Busi Mavuso, COO, Business Leadership SA; with Arthur Kamp, chief economist, Sanlam Investment Management

Putting Thuma Mina into action

SMMEs require collateral to get going and thrive: trust is the key