How to get a BEE Certificate
Our team has put together a quick guide to how to get a BEE Certificate: Determine the B-BBEE level you need to obtain. Identify the set of BEE Codes that will govern your strategy – i.e. what is applicable to your industry and scope. Align your Ownership structure for the level you need. For some […]
5 Business Spring Cleaning Tasks you can get done this morning
Dust off the business cobwebs! The SDF Corp team shared their top 5 professional spring cleaning tips for re-energizing their operations after this year’s cold, and strange, winter. Amanda van der Merwe, SDF Corp Group Managing Director, has a habit of doing these activities annually: “I don’t like clutter, so every year at home and […]
Listen: @SpotlightOn interview with BenPeta Holdings
#SpotlightOn features some of South Africa’s upcoming, most inspiring individuals at the forefront of innovation. In this episode, we speak to Ntobeko Boyana from BenPeta on the work they are doing to create a water secure South Africa and how the private sector can get involved with this great initiative.
DoL: Returning to Workplace Guidelines
The Department of Labour (DoL) has published the regulations for workplaces returning to work during Level 4 lockdown across South Africa. These guidelines, aimed at preventing the spreading of COVID-19 as economic activity slowly resumes, must be followed across workplaces in all industries. The Department of Labour, via the South African Government News Agency, has […]
SDF CORP IS CALLING FOR INTERVENTION – OPEN LETTER
SDF Corp has drafted and distributed an open letter to stakeholders of BEE and Skills Development in South Africa, containing a call for intervention from the private sector. This one letter requests answers and clarification on specific measures that have been imposed during this National Lockdown, and urgent intervening measures that have to be taken […]
CITY TO CLOSE FACILITIES TO CONTAIN SPREAD OF COVID-19
The City of Cape Town has noted the key containment and mitigation measures that are being implemented across the world and in South Africa in an effort to reduce the spread of the COVID-19. We have taken note of best practice from other affected countries and the success they have found in social distancing and […]
NEW MINIMUM WAGES: NEED-TO-KNOW ONLY
On 1 March 2020, the new increased minimum wages took effect in South Africa as announced by the Minister of Employment and Labour. The National Minimum Wage Act specified that minimum wages are increased with 3.8% to R20.76/hour, with a few exceptions to this rule and excluding benefits. This change impacts Employment Equity for designated […]
CITY TO SPEND R65 MILLION ON NEW TRANSPORT FACILITY FOR SOMERSET WEST
The City of Cape Town will be spending approximately R65 million on the construction of a new public transport interchange in Somerset West. This is the biggest public investment in the central business district in recent years, and residents are invited to attend the information sessions in January 2020 where officials will share the details. […]
CAPE TOWN CONTINUES TO BRING IN THE INVESTMENT AND THE TOURISTS
Speaker, councillors, city officials, members of the public, and media, let me welcome you to this final council meeting for 2019. And let me start off today with the most important message we have had for almost two years – water saving. The latest rainfall data has shown that we are still in a drought. […]
PUBLIC SPEECH BY SDF CORP MD AMANDA VAN DER MERWE
