The 2008 Deloitte Best Company To Work For Survey has seen a number of changes which include naming the top ranked companies in the small, medium and large size categories, rather than a single overall winner. Wesbank is the best large-sized company; Brandhouse Beverages the best medium-sized company and...

Elliott Afrovan has become the first major moving company to gain a substantial BEE shareholding following the acquisition of 26% of its equity by Phakathi Investment Holdings represented by Tshepo Phakathi.

Charles Luyckx, joint CEO of Elliott Afrovan says the company, founded in 1947, is a substantial business...

What do all modern office workers have in common? All of them strain their eyes on a daily basis for the benefit of the company.

Looking into a computer screen for large periods of time, causes nearly 80 percent of all computer users to  suffer from Computer Vision...

The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) has been named the Number one business school in South Africa by the Professional Management Review (PMR.africa). The USB achieved the highest overall score of 4.11 out of a possible 5 points in the annual national survey of MBA accredited schools.

Prof...

Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has become one of the first firms in the country to offer debt counselling services to its staff. The Eastern Cape’s first registered debt counsellor and former CTSA employee, Zuki Bhaku, visits the  firm’s head office in Port Elizabeth every week  to assist employees...

Johannesburg consumers more optimistic than those in Durban and Cape Town, though overall drop in Index.

Results of the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence for the second half of 2008 show that consumer confidence in South Africa remains stubbornly optimistic, despite a significant decrease over the last...

Skills shortages and scarce talent are not mere buzzwords; they reflect a harsh reality when professional services firms such as Deloitte need to fulfill client assignments. When trainee accountants complete their articles and board exams, many of them tend to leave the profession and seek greener pastures.

But in...

In a breaking news development … the Cape High Court has just handed down a Court Order which orders the Minister of Home Affairs and the Department of Home Affairs to allow asylum seekers and refugees in terms of the Refugees Act to apply for temporary residence permits, in...

HR Future has previously featured articles on the offences and penalties which can be incurred where a South African employer takes into employ a foreign national who is not on an appropriate work permit or has a fraudulent work permit.

The attitude of Commissioners of the CCMA, Arbitrators of the various...

MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES NEW QUOTA CATEGORIES EFFECTIVE FROM 26 APRIL 2008.

In terms of Section 19(1) of the Immigration Act number 13 of 2002 this special category or work permit was created when the Immigration Act came into operation in April 2003.

This Quota List spells out...

Top legal firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS) has announced another exciting merger. On 10 March, MNMR (a 100% black-owned firm) will be merging with ENS. The merger will bring the number of black practitioners in ENS to more than 110.

ENS's chief executive Piet Faber and deputy chief executive...

The MBA programme offered by the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has been accredited by the UK-based Association of MBAs (AMBA), internationally recognised as the global standard for all MBA, DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration) and MBM (Masters in Business and Management) programmes.

“The independent...

CareerJunction has announced the imminent release of its new Google-like search functionality that will make searching for a job quicker and easier than ever before.

CareerJunction provides an online career service to career seekers and has been at the forefront of technological developments in the online recruitment space in...

The Wallenberg Research Centre, a new research and seminar centre for the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced  Study (STIAS) was formally opened today by Professor Mzamo Mangaliso (President of the National Research Foundation), on the historic Mostertsdrift estate.

STIAS was established in 1999 by the Stellenbosch University to promote advanced...

Organisers of the recent Lean Summit Africa, which gave African business leaders an opportunity to learn more about the powerful and far-reaching applications of Lean Management, have announced that the event was a resounding success, and that it has spearheaded the formation of the Lean Enterprise Africa (LEA), which...

Recruitment specialist PAG, the Professional Assignments Group, has established a presence in London to facilitate the return of expatriate talent to South Africa.

Managing director Lawrence Wordon said the move was prompted by the skills shortage in South Africa and the growing need to encourage skilled and experienced South...

Lisa Warwick has been appointed chief financial officer of JSE-listed staffing services provider the Kelly Group.  A chartered accountant with a B Com from the University of Natal, she was formerly the group financial manager at Adcorp.  She succeeds Johan du Toit who is leaving his executive position at...

Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has launched The South African Experiment, a countrywide strategic intervention designed to boost sustainable economic growth, boost the economy, reduce government-private sector mistrust and increase service delivery.
 
The South African Experiment is a national programme involving the country’s public and private sectors. Sponsored by...

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For the first time since its inception in 1990 the internationally acclaimed Intelligent Sport ™ World Series, will include a contest on the African continent.

The South African Challenge will be held in the Breedekloof region from Thursday October 4 to Sunday October 7.

Teams from...

HR Future’s July breakfast maintained the high standards set by previous breakfasts with an attendance of over 100 HR Future family members who were treated to a destressing hand massage before the breakfast, courtesy of Ingwenya Country Escape’s team headed up by Paolo. 

Exclusive breakfast sponsors, The Careways...