All Blog Posts Tagged 'development' (70)

By Frik Nortje

While huge budgets are spent on team building initiatives, few companies report any increase in the execution capacity of whichever team was sponsored for such interventions.

During the 90s, team development interventions were rife. This is also where things went wrong. Today, we are still…

The organisation for economic co-operation and development was quoted as saying that “skills are the global currency of the 21st century”. Talent and its management is key to a company’s success and in order for a company to remain successful and competitive, the talent within the company needs to be managed, as well as improved upon, constantly.

For the vast majority of businesses in South Africa the biggest expense is the payroll of the people employed to operate, run and manage the…

Boikanyo Primary School, Zone 5, Ga Rankuwa

“Our School !! Our Community !! Our Business !!”…

NETBALL TO INTRODUCE YOUNG UMPIRES AT SCHOOL LEVEL

In response to the increased interest in Netball and following on the success of the Jamaican Young…

SAQA will be hosting it 11th Chairperson's lecture and three seminars on Career Development from 11 - 14 February 2013 in Durban, Lusikisiki, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.

In July 2011, SAQA commissioned research to determine and describe how South Africa organises, manages and provides career guidance information and services, as well as the key challenges in improving the management and delivery of such services.  The results of this research will be presented in the lecture and…

15 August 2012

South Africa belongs to all its peoples.

We, the people, belong to one another.

We live the rainbow.

Our homes, neighbourhoods, villages, towns, and cities are safe and filled with laughter.

Through our institutions, we order our lives.

The faces of our children tell of the future we have crafted.



Ladies and Gentlemen, that is our vision for South Africa in 2030, anchored in our Constitution. Today, we want to remind…

Fasset's seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will be held countrywide in July 2012 and will cover the principles and practical application of CSR. The aim of this seminar is to provide guiding principles and benefits of CSR to organizations.



This seminar will also shed light on how organisations can implement their own CSR initiatives and reap the benefits, both now and in the future.…

Some managers may find it difficult to square the feedback from staff with their perception of themselves.

Managers need to take a hard look in the mirror to see themselves as others see them. That's according to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. The report arises out of the CIPD's quarterly employee outlook survey which identifies a significant…

A Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) is a body established under the Skills Development Act (RSA, 1998c) whose main purpose is to contribute to the improvement of skills in South Africa through achieving a more favourable balance between demand and supply, and by ensuring that education and training

• acknowledges and enhances the skills of the current work force, (in addition to ensuring that new entrants to the labour market are adequately…

The National Planning Commission (NPC) has extended the deadline for comments and inputs to be made on its National Development Plan until May.



"Due to the robustness of the current debate on the plan, the NPC has decided to further open for written submissions until 30th May 2012, with the intention of giving South Africans more time to make their voice heard in South Africa's first ever long term development plan," the Commission said on Monday.



So far the NPC has…

The qualifications levels of South African sheriffs needs to be enhanced so that they are on par with international standards, says Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel.

Speaking at the 21st Union Internationale des Huissiers de Justice (UIHJ)/International Union of Judicial Officers in Cape Town on Wednesday, Nel also called for better training levels.

“The qualification and training levels of sheriffs should be improved to ensure effective performance. The South African Board…

COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM

"CONTRIBUTING TO AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO STIMULATE DOMESTIC TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA"

By Don Leffler, Tourism Centre of Excellence, THSBS and a Founding Member of CCTNSA (Countrystyle Community…

Are you interested in research on contributing to the welfare and social service fields in South Africa? Are you committed to a developmental welfare approach?

The Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg, in association with the National Council of Social Services (NACOSS), invites those who meet the criteria to apply for a generous bursary for a Masters level research degree to develop indicators for developmental welfare in the South African…

Deputy President of the Republic, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe;  

NCOP Chairperson, Mr Mninawa Mahlangu; 

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and all Ministers and Deputy Ministers present,

Gauteng Premier, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane; 

Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, 

Councillor Parks Tau;  

Representatives of Chapter 9 Institutions; 

The Dean of the…

South African team returns from Jamaican Study Tour on Community Tourism!

A dynamic team of South Africans, volunteers with community development at heart, has just returned from Jamaica. The team is made up of academics, businessmen and women -extremely successful in their own fields – from the tourism, financial, hospitality, public relations and…

Jamaican Tourism Board and South African Tourism see value in Community Tourism Study Tour

Before leaving for Jamaica in mid-February, the CCTNSA (Countrystyle Community Tourism Network, South Africa Team) met with representatives of South African Tourism to discuss the Tour and it objectives. SA Tourism encouraged the CCTNSA Team to build…