Business & Economy

Global supply chain disruption and rising operational pressure are forcing businesses to rethink how they manage operations, logistics, and execution. As South African businesses continue grappling with rising fuel prices, supply chain instability, infrastructure pressure, and increasingly constrained consumer spending, many are discovering that some of their biggest financial losses

Why Great Leaders Learn to Lead Themselves First — and Then Everyone Else Leadership is often spoken about as if it is a set of techniques – how to motivate, how to delegate, how to manage change, and how to hold people accountable. According to Nokwanda Boarato, Head: People & Talent at

Reward Integrity in the Age of Hybrid Intelligence: Why Output, Accountability and Initiative Remain the Bedrock of Variable Pay – Insights by Dr Chris Blair This article, written by Dr Chris Blair, forms part of a continuing exploration of leadership, work and the human consequences of technological change. While earlier discussions

THE DURBAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TEAMS UP WITH FINFIND TO BOOST MSME FUNDING IN KWAZULU NATAL Durban, South Africa – 07 May — The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC has announced a partnership with Finfind, South Africa’s leading online access-to-finance platform. This collaboration aims to help micro,

Series: Rethinking Performance - Part 1 The first article in the Rethinking Performance series, written by Camille Rabier from 21st Century, argues that most performance systems remain incomplete because they assess what is delivered more readily than how it is achieved. It sets up the central challenge for the series:

Building Ethical AI Governance in HR: From Policy to Practice South Africa’s Draft National AI Policy (Notice 3880 of 2026) has arrived at a moment when AI tools are already embedded in HR workflows screening CVs, predicting turnover, and informing pay decisions. The question is no longer whether to