Tag: SouthAfricanBusiness

E-hailing, for most South African businesses, has become the default mode of getting employees from A to B. After all, there are no invoicing headaches or petrol reimbursements to worry about. Your employee simply opens the app, books the ride, and gets on with their day. That familiarity, however, has been complicated by a regulatory shake-up that caught many businesses off guard.

For many South African businesses, spring marks the start of one of the busiest periods of the year. Retailers begin building stock ahead of the festive season. Meanwhile, manufacturers land export orders they've been chasing since autumn, and contractors pick up tenders that stalled over the colder months.

Entrepreneurship often looks glamorous from the outside. However, building a business requires difficult decisions, resilience and a willingness to learn from failure. Things I Wish I Knew captures this reality through the experiences of an entrepreneur who has navigated the pressures of business and finance. The book offers a candid account of building and growing businesses. It draws on real decisions, consequences and outcomes from the author’s entrepreneurial journey.

After fifteen years working with South African leadership teams, business coach and founder of Grow, Graham Mitchell, has observed a consistent truth. Companies that achieve sustained growth are not necessarily the most innovative. Instead, they are the most disciplined. His new book, Compounding Advantage, captures these insights in a practical guide for leaders who focus on long-term performance.

What if the people who built a company’s success also owned a stake in its future? Across South Africa, millions of employees work tirelessly to deliver value. Yet too often, they remain disconnected from the wealth they help create. Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs) challenge this imbalance. They offer a powerful tool to align purpose with profit, ensuring that those who contribute the most are not left behind.