It is rare in these troubled business times to be surprised three times in one conference with good news, but the Border-Kei Chamber of Business did it last week at the “The Future of Work” gathering.
For SA to emerge from the slump highlighted by the devastating unemployment in which six out of 10 young people do not have jobs, on agriculture, tourism and manufacturing are the roads to success. This is the opinion of Prof Siya Mxumyelwa of the small business department at Walter Sisulu University in East London.
Billy Tom, the first black president of SA's national automotive sector body, is keen for electric vehicles to kickstart a surge of job creation in SA.
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has been named the coolest motor vehicle brand in SA by Sunday Times GenNext, the age group from eight to 23 years old. Not a bad achievement for a brand of vehicles driven mostly by people who are several years older. The Sunday Times GenNext movement highlights youth brand preferences.