Strategies for how to become more resilient were discussed at a meeting held in Pietermaritzburg
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Remembering an ethical mentor: Maduke Lot Ndlovu
The late Black Management Forum president and Order of the Baobab recipient is missed, but leaves a legacy
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Building township economies: From top-down planning to enabling development
Apartheid bequeathed democratic South Africa with stark spatial divisions, epitomised by dormitory townships. The treasury’s Cities Support Programme is supporting five metros with a new, bottom-up approach to building township economies
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Active steps to ensure our cities’ social and economic sustainability need to be taken now
Waiting until we emerge from this pandemic will only perpetuate our problems
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Watch out! There’s a platform business coming for you
Businesses need to shift to a customer-centric approach and evolve from the old pipe model
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Use black agencies to target black consumers
We shouldn’t just copy all our concepts from the West and paste them for African consumption
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The passion economy will allow us to survive an ever more automated future
Disruptive innovation has already made enormous changes to the world of work, and shows no sign of stopping. Following your curiosity and emphasising entrepreneurship, creativity, speciality and accountability are now crucial
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Decolonising Africa’s economies is the solution to an integrated continent
African countries are missing an opportunity to work closer together to boost trade and infrastructure
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Creatives can shake up bureaucratic thinking
They are doers; they are makers and innovators. Such collaboration is needed to harness the potential of the creative economy
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What is the purpose of business?
Is the social responsibility of business to increase profits, or is it something higher than profit?
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Financial journalism must be a watchdog
The role of the media is to serve the interests of the person in the street and not merely the elite or business
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Work in the taxi industry remains precarious
Drivers and marshals will benefit if owners and government showed more willingness to bring about formal change