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Women’s Month

08 Aug 2017

Women’s Month: a reminder to take charge of your financial future

By Janice Roberts

By Madelein Marais, Legal Advisor at Old Mutual Personal Finance What’s in the news? As we celebrate National Women’s Month and the role that women play within society, it’s also an appropriate time for all South African women to take stock of their finances and own their financial security and success.
08 Aug 2017

The status of women in South Africa: A mixed bag of success and failure

By Janice Roberts

Today the South African Institute of Race Relations released its August Fast Facts ‘Wathint’ Abafazi, wathint’ Imbokodo’. The data reveals a mixed bag of success and failure.
07 Aug 2017

Top female execs can address SA's gender pay gap

By Janice Roberts

By Christelle Colman, Chief Executive Officer of Europ Assistance South Africa.

 As we enter August, which is celebrated as Women’s Month, I am often reminded about the gender pay gap which is still a very big issue – not only in South Africa, but globally.
28 Jul 2017

Women encouraged to invest in themselves this Women’s Month

By Janice Roberts

August is the time of the year when we celebrate South African women and honour them for the role they played in leading our country towards democracy.
18 Jul 2017

Climbing The Scaffolding: South African Women In Roofing

By Staff Writer

While the South African construction sector is a provider of a significant number of jobs and fertile ground for entrepreneurial activities, female representation across all strata in the sector is fundamentally lacking. According to the National Home Builders Registration Council’s (NHBRC) Women Empowerment Programme website, “Participation by women in the construction industry remains low. Support...
24 Aug 2016

Networking tips from top SA female entrepreneurs

By Janice Roberts

As we near the end of Women’s Month, the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year® competition, sponsored by Sanlam and BUSINESS/PARTNERS has revealed a record number of entries received from female entrepreneurs – growing by more than 38% from 2015. Gugu Mjadu, spokesperson for the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year® competition sponsored by Sanlam and BUSINESS/PARTNERS,...
17 Aug 2016

Female empowerment essential for all SA businesses

By Janice Roberts

While there are still a lot of preconceived notions about women in our society, some might still believe the myth that women cannot possibly give their all to their careers, or to the same extent that men do, because women have children, Lindi Dlamini: Group Executive, Human Resources at PPS Group writes.
11 Aug 2016

No, women can’t have it all – Women’s Month

By Janice Roberts

As we celebrate Women’s Month, Christelle Colman, Chief Executive Officer of Europ Assistance South Africa says women “can’t have it all.”