| © 2017 South Africa - The Good News TALK ABOUT “BEHIND YOUR BACK IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES!” How IDC is trying to create black industrialists While the IDC is doing a lot to help new entrepreneurs, it still needs to do a lot more to fund businesses in new industries By Hanna Ziady Thembinkosi Mthembu is a black industrialist. The founder of Mthembu Tissue Converting, he started his career at Nampak as a packer. He later became its converting plant manager and now owns a company that directly employs 18 people. Like the folks behind 100% black-owned furniture manufacturer Fair Price Furnishers — which has created 183 direct jobs — Mthembu received funding from the Industrial Development Corp (IDC), for which creating black industrialists is a strategic imperative. While “black industrialist” may on the face of it seem just another catchphrase to be trotted out, it’s a concept that the continent’s largest development finance institution is taking seriously. It approved R4.7bn in 83 transactions for black industrialists over the year to March — a 63% increase on the prior year and 30% of the R15.3bn in funding approvals that it granted.
...[read more] DO YOU WANT TO PLAY POLITICS………….OR TEACH SOME-ONE ELSE TO? South Africans are more politically literate now than they ever have been, but there is still a lot that is misunderstood. So, just like the game Monopoly teaches money ‘literacy’ and the game Scrabble teaches word ‘literacy’ in a fun way, the game eCivix teaches political literacy in a fun way! Much needed in SA – Steuart Pennington What is eCivix?eCivix is a non-governmental organisation that aims to promote civic education and constitutional literacy amongst young South Africans. Run by a diverse group of people who have a passion to help change South Africa, the organisation intends to enhance and develop South African democracy by bringing about change and political awareness in our citizenry – all helped along by various civic and constitution-based games. Apart from the development team, eCivix consists of academics, lawyers, actuaries, and a number of students in the fields of economics, law and politics. South African Election SimulatorIn view of the dire need for constitutional literacy amongst the youth of South Africa, eCivix commenced the development of its election simulator in early 2017. It would be possible, by making use of social media and the internet, to help high school learners discover the intricacies of constitutional democracy on their own – all whilst having fun. An easily-accessible, enjoyable game would be used to teach high school learners about the South African electoral system – an initially small change in our community but, one that, eventually, promises change and effective democracy in the country as a whole.
...[read more] Zip Zap celebrates its ladies this Woman’s month The 30, 31 August and 01 September is bringing you a collaboration of epic proportions taking place at the Artscape Theatre. 25LIVE will combine the rock-phenomenon, The Parlotones with dauntless stunts by Cape Town’s very own home-grown circus, Zip Zap. This rocking three night show is also about celebrating Zip Zap circus’s tenacious lady-team, in honour of Woman’s Month this August! “Through circus, our girls have become incredibly strong, both physically and mentally, and although times are gradually changing, there are still underlying prejudices and stereotypes that these girls are breaking every day by doing what they love,” says Laurence Estève, Zip Zap’s Co-founder and CEO. South Africa celebrates Women’s Month in memory of the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings in 1956. In honour of their courage, Zip Zap has taken the opportunity to reflect on some of the inspiring young women who have walked through their doors, trained their hearts out, and stepped into the world to make their mark.
...[read more] THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT Women In charge: The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the 500 largest United States corporations by total revenue. As of 2017, there are 32 women CEOs on the list, representing 6.4% of the Fortune 500 CEO roles. (Source:www.Eighty20.co.za) UPLIFTING THE TOWNSHIP ECONOMY MASSMART LAUNCHES URBAN BOOKSHELF PROJECT FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP IKAMVA LABANTU HELD AN EDUCATIONAL HEALTH WEEK FOR TOWNSHIP PRESCHOOL PRINCIPALS OVERCOMING RELUCTANCE TO DIGITAL BANKING CHANNELS A HEALTH CASH PLAN CAN COVER LOSS OF INCOME South Africa - The Good News You are receiving this email Newsletter as a subscriber to our Newsletter group Like Tweet Share Forward Preferences | Unsubscribe | 