Career consulting leader, Keletjo Chiloane and Mpho Maponya, head of business development at Mercer Africa. South African organisations are grappling with a growing “talent paradox” as rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption collides with a deepening skills shortage. This is according to Mercer’s 2026 Global Talent Trends report, which draws on insights from nearly 12 000…
South Africa entered 2026 with renewed confidence in the commodity cycle. Stronger platinum and gold prices, together with rising global demand for future-facing metals such as copper, have lifted sentiment across the sector and reinforced the country’s long-standing connection to mining and resource development. For many businesses further down the value chain, however, the mood…
For many decades, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali constituted one of the most integrated spaces of human and economic circulation in West Africa. Beyond simple geographical neighbours, these three former French colonies are linked by intense commercial exchange, ancient cross-border mobilities, and social and family ties. This interdependence is reflected in Ivorian demography. According…
The capture and indictment of Nicolás Maduro by the United States marks the end of an era many Venezuelans never chose and could not escape. For a people battered by economic collapse, political repression, and forced exile, his removal is not merely the downfall of a man — it is the possible reopening of a…
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