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In Africa, where women make up 45% of entrepreneurs — the highest rate globally — gender disparity in access to funding remains a significant barrier to economic equity and growth. (Getty Images)
ANITA BOSCH

Excluded from the economy, but ‘women work all the time’

More women than men are unemployed, partly because they are engaged in unpaid labour: caregiving, cooking and cleaning

  • Anathi Madubela
  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
Without providing any specifics as to which form it would take, the United States embassy has warned of a possible terror attack in Johannesburg’s wealthy Sandton area this Saturday.
ALCHEMY SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP

How to rescue SA’s ailing economy

2020 was a challenging year for everybody, with no growth forecast in the economy, fears of a deep recession and a jobs bloodbath. Three experts contextualise this situation,…

  • Nthabiseng Moleko
  • Duma Gqubule
  • Martyn Davies
6 min read
No evidence of ‘fake food’
BRETT HAMILTON

Covid-19 stimulus plan won’t protect informal economy

The sector is incredibly vulnerable but has largely been overlooked in government’s neal attempts to deal with our current crisis

  • Linda Christensen
9 min read
The PwC report, which tracked executive director remuneration trends in 285 companies, found that there were only 81 women executives among the 725 people whose pay was analysed. (Oupa Nkosi)
ANITA BOSCH

Why the gender pay gap persists

Social norms and the economic value we attach to work are among the reasons the disparity still exists

  • Lynley Donnelly
9 min read
African business school need to achieve a tricky balance between local realities and global demands.
MBA

Africa’s business schools need to be locally relevant and globally wise

African business schools can benefit from the rigorous process offered by global rankings and accreditation

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
DUDUZILE MATHEBULA

Strong focus on African development

Master’s programme in finance stresses finding local solutions to the continent’s problems.

  • Duduzile Mathebula
3 min read