Being placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) can feel like a punch to the gut. It’s feedback but it also comes loaded with fear, doubt, and worry: “Am I failing? Is my job at stake? Do they even want me here?” But here’s what you need to know: this isn’t the end of your…
Approximately R60 billion has been withdrawn since South Africa’s new two-pot retirement fund system was implemented a year ago. In a recent briefing to the National Council of Provinces, National Treasury said the introduction of the two-pot system has been largely successful, improving public engagement with retirement funds, exposing non-compliance by some employers, and ensuring…
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr’s Anli Bezuidenhout, director – Employment Law, and Nadeem Mahomed, director – Employment Law, discuss how enhanced harassment protections and evolving parental leave will impact the workplace. Two transformative legal developments – the comprehensive expansion of workplace harassment protections and the evolving framework governing parental leave entitlements – hold particular significance for women…
In celebration of International Dictionary Day held on 16 October, Google and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) launched a new AI Glossary in isiZulu, isiXhosa, and Afrikaans — empowering millions of South Africans to engage with artificial intelligence in their home languages. The glossary defines 100 standard AI terms and their meanings in…
You’re madly in love, planning the wedding, and debating canapés, photographers and seating plans, but have you talked about debt, spending habits, long-term goals and how these fit into your financial journey together? Money is a leading cause of conflict and divorce. Your marriage is, in essence, a financial merger, and just like any business…
Tayo Bolodeoku PARTNER CONTENT Nobody sets out to change Nigeria from their kitchen. But in 2005, when Tayo Bolodeoku’s twin sons were diagnosed with autism, change wasn’t on the menu, survival was. So she did what resilient people do when the world tilts sideways: she made something. She baked. Every single day, she baked from…
Bridget Letsholo, Head of Business Restructuring & Insolvency, and Charlene Ferns, Associate: Dispute Resolution, at CMS South Africa, unpack the Business Rescue process in the form of a simple step-by-step guide, which serves as an important overview of how the process works. Managing a business presents significant challenges, and in South Africa, these difficulties are compounded…
From his early days in sales to running multiple ventures across coaching, tourism, property, and direct sales, Grant Sherwood has built a career centred on one powerful idea — that the foundation of every successful business lies in the mindset and identity of its leader. With over 14 years of experience in people development and…
Self-care isn’t softness — it’s strategy. Business coach Amantle Kanyuchi explores how rest, reflection, nutrition and boundaries form the discipline behind sustainable success and conscious leadership. We often think of strategy as a spreadsheet, a campaign or a clever market move. Rarely do we think of it as rest, nutrition or boundaries. But, you are…
Joël Sikam Interview with Joël SikamFOUNDER and CEO, FISCO INDUSTRIES Lives in: Douala, Cameroon Joël Sikam is the founder and CEO of Fisco Industries, a manufacturer of home and personal cleaning products in Cameroon. His ambition is to build Africa’s equivalent of Procter & Gamble, the American multinational behind household staples such as Ariel, Pampers…
