Careers
Redefine programme boosts emerging entrepreneurs
Two Soweto-based entrepreneurs running start-up businesses have been thrown a lifeline by JSE-listed agency Redefine Properties to develop their ...
How school maths could better prepare South Africans for the ...
In the modern world of work, most computations are done using technology. In contrast, in South Africa, school maths computations and other kinds of ...
Barista is full of beans, thanks to coffee
Jobs open up as old-fashioned butcheries make a ...
Family mentors’ resilience inspires entrepreneur to succeed
A grandmother with steel in her soul and two courageous brothers who learnt from her, inspired fruit and vegetable ...
Ceramicist moulding a name locally and abroad
His work has been shown in New York, Miami, Johannesburg and Cape Town’s hip Silo district, but Eastern Cape ceramic ...
Mom’s hair-loss problem leads to thriving business venture
When a young Mthatha mother decided to mix some hair-care products with natural oils to treat her hair loss, she had ...
Eastern Cape potato farmer ploughs ahead
A 28-year-old Eastern Cape man is ploughing ahead on his mission to become a top potato farmer, thanks to a partnership ...
Embracing multilingualism can create many jobs in media sector
As the shift to indigenous languages gathers momentum, Pendoring general manager Eben Keun says more young people are ...
How to start skill stacking to prepare for a career change in 2021
The Covid-19 lockdowns have caused many to evaluate their current path, including the direction they are taking ...
Out-of-work chef forges sweet path to success
When the Covid-19 pandemic reached South Africa and the country went into a national lockdown, many people were forced ...
Young black women 'are taking over the property market'
Young, black women in their mid-twenties and early thirties are driving the property investment market in the country.
Mthatha woman specialist intent on passing down skills to fellow physicians
Professor Busisiwe Mrara, 45, made history as the first ever super-specialist in the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital ...
Mpendulo ‘nuts’ about food processing
Miante Manufacturing is a nut processing business, operating out of the Bakery & Food Technology Incubator (BICSA) in ...
Teaching entrepreneurship as a vital skill for survival
“In an ideal world, many of the country’s matriculated youth should walk straight into a university or college, study ...
Entrepreneur’s app links township and rural people to local markets
Self-described social innovator Samkelo Mqukuse, 36, has developed a smartphone app, WeStores
Losing her mother led Zikhona Ngxata to discover her purpose in life
Entrepreneur Zikhona Ngxata lost her mother when she was 15 but “what was a dreadful experience birthed a mother in me ...
Mdantsane duo share their passion for local clothing brands
Two long-time friends from Mdantsane, Nkosinathi Sikoti and Bonke Monono, have merged their creative skills to promote ...
Keeping the skies safe
Every day Nwabisa Vitshima protects the lives of thousands of people. Vitshima is an air traffic controller at the East ...
Mobile sports massage brings in-house relief
Instead of letting the unemployment rate dim his passion, biokinetics honours graduate, Bahle Qukubana, 23, opened his own mobile sports massage business, BQ Massage ...