Innovation vital to solving unemployment

Sakevertroue in Potchefstroom, Noordwes, is positief, soos blyk uit die plaaslike sakekamer se besige kalender en verskeie inisiatiewe. Potchefstroom Sakekamer-voorsitter, Nicholaas van den Berg, sê aan die OFM Besigheidsuur dat nuwe besighede steeds oopmaak, ten spyte van ekonomiese onsekerheid op nasionale en globale skaal. Hy het met OFM se Rigardt…

The Welkom Business Forum says there were several warning signs that the Welkom Cargo Airport project was not what it appeared to be. Chairperson of the Welkom Business Chamber, Jakes Jooste, told the OFM Business Hour that they attended meetings with the team from Sébastien Investment et Logistique – a…

The University of the Free State’s women’s breakfast is taking place on 22 August under the theme “Be Better, Be-Lieve. Burneline Kaars, Head of the Division of Organisational Development within the Department of Human Resources at the UFS, says the event aims to empower women. When asked about work-life balance,…

South Africa’s approach to financially distressed companies has shifted significantly. Where business rescue was once seen as just a detour on the road to liquidation, today the mantra in many boardrooms is ‘rescue first, liquidate later.’ Gareth Cremen, a Partner in the Business Restructuring, Rescue & Insolvency team at Cox…

Vrystaatse toerisme en gasvryheidsbesighede word gedwing om in silo’s te funksioneer weens vervallende openbare infrastruktuur en swak dienslewering. Bianca de Klerk, die departementshoof van Toerisme en Geleentheidsbestuur aan die Sentrale Universiteit van Tegnologie, sê aan die OFM Sake-uur dat die regering se onvoltooide beloftes oor die verbetering van sleutelpaaie en…