The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge recently held its first virtual awards ceremony. The six-month-long CSI initiative enables learners and students to understand the fundamentals of investing by trading JSE-listed shares on a virtual trading platform. Each school and university team is given a virtual amount of R1 million to invest on a simulated trading platform that mimics the live stock market, but without any real risks.
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Archive for year: 2020
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge recently held its first virtual awards ceremony. The six-month-long CSI initiative enables learners and students to understand the fundamentals of investing by trading JSE-listed shares on a virtual trading platform. Each school and university team is given a virtual amount of R1 million to invest on a simulated trading platform that mimics the live stock market, but without any real risks.
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Public Service and Administration Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has endorsed the appointment of three eminent former senior public servants as inaugural senior fellows of the National School of Government (NSG).
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Thanks to marketing departments, motivational speakers, life coaches and team builders, many of us have picked up an annoying habit of reflex positivity. Problems are 'challenges.' Obstacles are 'gifts'. We reflect on the good things which never would have happened without this disaster, etc, etc, etc. Of course, we have to. What else are we going to do, in the end, but get on with it? Still, a few moments of sympathy and commiseration are warranted. Let me just say, then, that 2020 has been rough. In fact, there is a great Afrikaans term, synonymous with human waste, three letters, sharp and palindromic. Got it? That's been 2020 for most people.
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Thanks to marketing departments, motivational speakers, life coaches and team builders, many of us have picked up an annoying habit of reflex positivity. Problems are 'challenges.' Obstacles are 'gifts'. We reflect on the good things which never would have happened without this disaster, etc, etc, etc. Of course, we have to. What else are we going to do, in the end, but get on with it? Still, a few moments of sympathy and commiseration are warranted. Let me just say, then, that 2020 has been rough. In fact, there is a great Afrikaans term, synonymous with human waste, three letters, sharp and palindromic. Got it? That's been 2020 for most people.
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A new Furniture Design Qualification was announced by Gugu Motlanthe during the 2nd Annual Furniture Sector Forum that recently took place online. The qualification was registered with the South African Quality Assurance Framework (SAQA) in May this year.
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As companies return to work, the threat of Covid-19 has not lessened and OH&S precautions are still essential to avoid resurgence of infections.
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During the competition's very first virtual awards ceremony, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge announced the 2020 winners on the exchange's Facebook and YouTube channels. Due to its virtual nature, the ceremony was attended by hundreds across the country including all the participants, their families and friends, teachers, lecturers, mentors and teacher catalysts.
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The University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) is the only business school in Africa to feature in the prestigious Financial Times Rankings for its ground-breaking Executive MBA programme.
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Congratulations to the SME companies who have won full-page BizListing entries in Bizcommunity's business directory.
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