5 ways to start investing Investing can be tricky when you’re young, skint & running up student debt – but it can be done. Stock market expert Rodney Hobson shows us how to get started. Credit: StockMonkeys.com Investing involves setting cash aside to grow in ‘real terms’ – that is, your money accumulates faster than inflation (the… Read More »
Musa Capital Responsible Investment guidelines Consider environmental, public health, safety, and social issues associated with target companies when evaluating whether to invest in a particular company or entity, as well as during the period of ownership. Seek to be accessible to, and engage with, relevant stakeholders either directly or through representatives of portfolio companies, as… Read More »
World Coin News : Mandela continues to be profitable How did it happen that unpretentious business strikes of a common coin, one with a mintage of 5 million pieces, became $10,000 numismatic superstars less than five months after the coin began circulating? This is not a trick question, nor does its answer involve mint errors… Read More »
IThemba Labs: Bursary Programme 2026 IThemba Laboratory for accelerator based sciences is a group of multidisciplinary research laboratories administered by the NRF. Located at two sites in the Western Cape and Gauteng, these facilities provide for: Basic and applied research using particle beams Particle radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer The supply of accelerator-produced radionuclides… Read More »
PWC Business Orientation Programme (BOP) The purpose of the business orientation course is to promote the accounting and auditing profession; we encourage previously disadvantaged students to follow this career; we also want to create an awareness of the business and financial environment. The content of the programme includes introductions to the auditing profession and to… Read More »
How A Young Woman Builds Business Empire From R1 000 When Promise Machimane, 32, was retrenched from her bank job, she struggled to find employment for a number of years, a story that thousands of young people can relate to. Despite the depressing period of unemployment after having lost her job with six years of… Read More »
Calls for departments to support youth-owned enterprises Cape Town – As South Africa commemorates youth month, Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has called on departments to support businesses that are owned by young people. The Minister said this when government’s economic cluster Ministers went to the National Assembly to answer oral questions on Wednesday.… Read More »
Total Bursary / Scholarship Programme 2026 What bursaries are offered? We offer bursaries to learners who require financial assistance for full time tuition at an FET college or a university in order for them to achieve a formal qualification e.g. a certificate, diploma or degree. The aim of the bursary programme is to: Enhance youth… Read More »
Bursary Programme at iThemba LABS The National Research Foundation (NRF) supports and promotes research and human capital development through funding, the provision of National Research Facilities and science outreach platforms and programmes to the broader community in all fields of science and technology, including natural science, engineering, social science and humanities. iThemba Laboratory for accelerator… Read More »
How to invest in the stock market using eToro Fancy yourself as the next Warren Buffett? Unlock the new world of social trading with our complete guide to investing and copying top traders on eToro.I’ve always had an interest in the financial markets but, like most of us, I had no real idea how to… Read More »