TURN YOUR SKILLS INTO PROFITABLE BUSINESS IDEAS 5 IMPORTANT BUSINESS SKILLS EVERYONE NEEDS 1. Financial Accounting Skills Accounting know-how can be beneficial to your career, even if you’re not in a job focused on numbers. While it can seem like an intimidating subject, it’s easier if you have the right software at your fingertips. MS Excel [...]

THE RISE OF ONLINE LEARNING What is Online Learning? Have you ever wondered what online education entails? In South Africa, online learning has become quite popular amongst the working class as it allows you to learn a new skill set and still work a nine to five job. Whatsmore, online learning is also accessible almost anywhere. All [...]

WORKING FROM HOME IS HERE TO STAY Thanks to the pandemic, we have a once-in-a-lifetime reset on the way we work. After a forced evacuation from workplaces in March of 2020, 50% of employees now say they don’t want to go back to the office full time. The bird is out of the cage. We have [...]

WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY Billions of adults across the globe lack access to the financial services they need to achieve even modest levels of economic well-being. Many households and small businesses in emerging markets have minimal access to formal financial services. Even in developed countries, they only have access to a limited menu of cost-effective [...]

GENDER EQUALITY TODAY FOR A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW BE PART OF A MOVEMENT International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on 8 March to commemorate women’s cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements. It is also a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. The global theme for International Women’s [...]

CELEBRATE THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION EDUCATION IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT Apartheid left South Africa with a profoundly unequal and dysfunctional education system. More than twenty years into democracy, the pace of change has been slow. A fortunate few receive a world-class education; for most, primary education remains a hope rather than a reality. The Constitution [...]

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LEVY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT LEVY: This is a compulsory levy scheme to fund education and training as envisaged in the Skills Development Act, 1998. This levy came into operation on 1 April 2000 and is payable by employees monthly. South African Revenue Services (SARS) is responsible for collecting the levy. The levy is fixed [...]

UPSKILL WITH SA CAMPUS! What is a Personal and Professional Development Plan? A Personal and Professional Development Plan gives an individual a clear indication of what or where they will be in the next few months or years. Knowing your destination in life makes it easy to draw up a plan to achieve your personal and [...]

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Skills Development is a national priority for South Africa. Meeting the country's skills needs requires collaboration between numerous public and government entities, educational institutions, training providers, and private organisations, no matter how big or small. South Africa's economy is divided into functional sectors, and each of these sectors is represented [...]

WSP/ATR SUBMISSIONS Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report (WSP & ATR) The purpose of the Skills Development Act is to improve and cultivate the existing skills of the South African workforce. It will, in turn, have the potential to increase the quality of life as well as the work prospects of the workforce. What [...]