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2026 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Expert Special Report South Africa has no shortage of entrepreneurs, but their ability to turn promising ideas into sustainable, job-creating businesses is let down by a weak support ecosystem that ranks 7th lowest globally. The 2026 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) National Expert Special Report on South Africa, released today [30 July 2026], reveals that South Africa's enabling environment for entrepreneurship score

As more people turn to artificial intelligence (AI) agents for answers to everyday questions, mental health professionals warn that “helpful” advice from chatbots on issues such as stress, anxiety and depression can do more harm than good. Interactions with AI-powered chatbots, particularly by vulnerable young people, have been linked in the USA, Canada and Europe to several cases of teen suicide, mass shootings, murder-suicides and psychological trauma and breakdown result

Corporate Mental Health Week 1-5 July As organisations rush to adopt artificial intelligence, much of the conversation has focused on productivity, efficiency and competitive advantage. Far less attention has been paid to what happens to people’s mental health when work becomes faster, more monitored, more uncertain and potentially never-ending. Globally, an estimated 12 billion working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety at a cost of US$ 1 trillion per year

Traditional cooking methods and entrepreneurial spirit are helping create a brighter future for rural women. An East London social entrepreneur is driving a solution to rural poverty and economic exclusion of women and youth by tapping into the modern trend for heritage-inspired wellness. Rural Impaqt Bone Broth founder Phumeza Stuurman and her all-female cooking team in the village of Nxarhuni on the outskirts of East London transform animal bones, an often-discarded agric

Spier Light Art Returns for Its Ninth Year - And It's Looking for Artists and Makers Africa's longest-running light art exhibition invites artists to submit expressions of interest by 21 July 2026. Spier Light Art has opened its call for artists ahead of its 2027 edition, running from 26 February to 21 March 2027 across the historic Spier Wine Farm in Stellenbosch. Now in its ninth year, Spier Light Art is South Africa's leading platform for light-based contemporary art a

SMME Day 2026 Dr Thobile Radebe is a Lecturer in Strategic Management at Stellenbosch Business School South Africa’s unemployment crisis continues to deepen, yet the country already knows where most future jobs are expected to come from. According to the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, 90% of new jobs are expected to be created by small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). These businesses already provide more than 9.2 million jobs and account for roughly 80% of t