The skewed interpretation that transformation is about the ‘blackness’ of a company does not address economic and gender inequality and disability issues. More importantly, the emphasis on ‘blackness’ trivialises the challenge of transformation by over-simplifying the judgment of whether an action or sector is achieving its potential in terms of addressing poverty and marginalisation.

It is September and, here in the southern hemisphere, it is formally springtime. Although it is the ninth month of the year, the month’s name originally comes from the Latin word septem, which means seven. If it is all a bit confusing, one can maybe understand that, at least in the Western Cape, the gods of the seasons also don’t seem to have caught on yet that it is time for the weather to change.

Things are taking a serious turn for the worse for President Jacob Zuma both within the African National Congress and on the labour front, with respect to his re-election prospects for a second term as president of the ANC, when the party holds its national conference in December. 

South African policy makers are tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment with damage control measures that are not in the interests of the nation’s long-term health, found research from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB). Rather South Africa should be spending more time on diagnosis to find ways to address its unique needs, experts say.

Most of us did not have today’s technology options when we were in school, so while parents realise that technology has become an integral part of their child’s education, they’re often finding it difficult to incorporate it into the learning process. It’s about much more than teaching children how to use technology; it’s about exposing them to technology in the right way in order for them to thrive in the future, says an industry expert.

South Africa and the rest of the southern hemisphere’s coming summer season could be crucial for global food security and social stability in a few months ahead. Low yields in the south on the back of crop failures in the United States and most other major producer countries of the northern hemisphere would have far-reaching implications for communities across the world. 

South Africa became the number one ranked One-Day International team after the second game in the current series against England, thanks to a magnificent 150 by Hashim Amla and good all-round bowling performances. But South Africa’s reign was short lived as its top-order failed in the next two ODIs.

South Africa failed to defeat Argentina in Mendoza, but to publicly tear into Heyneke Meyer as if he is the worst thing since Osama bin Laden, is truly unwarranted and uncalled for. Perhaps we all need a wake-up call. Meyer’s Springboks have played in five tests, they have won three and drew two. England is a former Rugby World Champion and Argentina is no push over on their home soil.

The unbridled joy about South Africa’s twelve medals in the first week at the Paralympics were overshadowed by claims by an irate Oscar Pistorius that the Brazilian Alan Oliveira, who beat him in the 200 metre T44 final, had an unfair advantage with longer carbon fibre-prosthetics that gave him an extra kick towards the end of the race. Competing in both the Olympics and the Paralympics seems to have tripped up Pistorius.