The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) is proud to announce the launch of its Media Leadership Think Tank.

Universal access to early childhood care and education would not only better equip the nation’s children to reach their full potential but would also enable significantly more women to occupy meaningful, paid jobs.

Researchers from the UCT Graduate School of Business asked black South African men and women what needs to change in the workplace to encourage them to apply for top jobs, here’s what they said.

The events of the past two weeks have brought into sharp focus the devastating results of selecting leaders based on popularity over other criteria.

"Long Covid", with symptoms of brain fog, fatigue and shortness of breath lasting for six months or more, is set to become the biggest health challenge facing business and the health care system beyond the immediate Covid-19 crisis.

As South Africa appeared to teeter on the brink of its much-prophesied descent into failed nation status in the third week of July, many people were starting to ask questions of themselves.

Can we use moments of pain, adversity and uncertainty to develop better thinking? Fear reduces our cognition to the lowest, crocodile-brain, common denominators. How can we avoid these traps?

Thanks to technology, conspiracy theories transcend geography and reality, finding a home wherever people are willing to believe.

Prof Anita Bosch, Research Chair: Women at Work at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), was recently invited to participate at a round table on the future of women at work.

Countries must take stock of the setbacks working women have suffered over the COVID-19 pandemic, and imagine new ways forward.