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Editorial Features Who's holding me back from achieving success? Nick Williams Conceiving, creating, starting and running your own business doing work that you love and is meaningful to you is one of life's great blessings. Read more Power Tips for better managment Zane Henry More so than at any other time in history, women are moving into top positions in business and government. With this influx arrives a host of issues pertaining to gender differences in management techniques and approaches. Read more SA is playing catch-up in entrepreneurial stakes David Mwanambuyu The state of entrepreneurship in South Africa is not a healthy one. In spite of this being the official version, it comes as a surprise for a country with high levels of unemployment, in which there is an urgent need for entrepreneurs in the small, micro, and medium enterprise (SMME) sector to act as catalysts for addressing joblessness, crime and stimulating the economy. Read more From the inside out Raazia Ganie Previous resident of South Africa, now a UK investment consultant. Shaheema Albertyn investigates if the grass is really greener on the other side and the challenges she faces as a South African women in business abroad. Read more Power & Skills Davina Hutchinson Is South Africa utilising this successfully? In 2000, Dr Mamphela Ramphele became the first South African to be appointed to the position of one of four managing directors of the world bank, a position she held until she resigned in December 2004. Read more

Articles of interest The Good News...The Bad News Women are ascending the corporate ladder...slowly, very slowly. Read more Should Law discriminate against women Does Empowerment equal Engenderment? Read more Are you an entrepreneur? Flying solo: Tips for a steady take-off Read more Be inspired by successful women entrepreneurs! Women entrepreneurs who have made their mark Read more


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Editorial Features Future Forward Stephanie Vermeulen Social transformation may seem like a daunting task but, in reality it's quite simple: If the behaviour of half the world's population changes, what will happen to the remaining 50 percent? Read more Constructing houses, electrical sub-stations and a life Sixolile Makaula Gcaza-Khunge started working for an RDP community project in 1997. Thereafter she took a course in business management. Subsequently she was faced with the challenge of securing employment, and so she opted to volunteer as a registration officer helping people who needed houses in the RDP project, when it was rolled out in 1998. Read more The Top Women Dinner Debate It has become a firmly established feature of the Topco Media annual calendar of events. It is the dinner debate. Top Women invited 12 top businesswomen to congregate at the Melrose Arch Hotel, Johannesburg one evening in March for drinks, dinner...and debate. The outcome is a guide to the issues that our business partners and readers regard as key. Read more Ask not why women executives leave Des Clark Women are exercising the choice to leave large companies more frequently than their male colleagues. In South Africa the average voluntary turnover rate of South African women executives is 17.15 percent, which is three times the rate of their male counterparts. Read more

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Editorial Features

*So where to for SA women in corporate leadership?

“South African women still represent on average less that 30 percent of MBA students, and the faculty and administrative staff of the business schools remain predominantly white and male.”
The 2006 SA Women in Corporate Leadership Census gives a detailed indication of the changes in the representivity of women in corporate SA. While the census expresses concern at the extent of women’s under-representation, it offers little in the way of qualitative commentary. The obstacles facing women in SA’s workplace and management positions have only recently started receiving attention. A study by Dr Babita Mathur-Helm has identified some of the underlying causes for women’s under-representation in the corporate sphere.

*Strengthen your mental muscle through coaching
By Karen Alsfine
Life is fast. And complex. The pace of existence is escalating into a frenzied state of almost instant everything. Add to this scenario the complexity inherent in the world of work, as well as the desire to do more, better, with greater insight and more meaning. Sound familiar? Perhaps you need a coach.

*When women are entrepreneurs...We profile four leading women in SA
Many business leadership awards now have a separate category for entrepreneurs, as opposed to corporate leaders – with good reason. South Africa needs to build a grassroots culture of entrepreneurship. We took a look at some South African women who are respected for their entrepreneurial spirit and achievements: Dr Anna Mokgokong, CE of Community Investment Holdings; Angela Dick, the CEO of Transman; Shireen Pillay, the founder of City Plastics; and Ipeleng Mkhari, the co-founder and chief investment officer of Motseng Investment Holdings.

*Is listing on or investing in the JSE an option for YOUR business?
By Nicky Newton-King, deputy chief executive, JSE
“Public listing means your organisation will find it much easier to attract both institutional and professional investors since its financial information will be subject to the JSE and public scrutiny.”
Once viewed as an exclusive gentlemen’s club, the JSE Limited (JSE) is a national asset accessible to all South Africans. Women, in particular, are taking leading roles in keeping this exchange among the world’s top 20 largest stock exchanges. With its world-class solutions, the JSE is a premier destination for companies from SA and abroad that are seeking to raise capital as well as investors interested in investing in those companies. We profile the JSE here to give those women seeking to take their business to the next level an inside track to Africa’s largest equities market.

Sector Features
Primary Sector
In Vogue – Hard Hats: Resources, empowerment, women Click to read more

Secondary Sector
The changing face of the secondary sector Click to read more

Tertiary Sector
Success through vibrant diversity: SA’s Tertiary Sector Click to read more

Government/Public Sector
South Africa’s democracy: Toward a more prosperous future Click to read more

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