South African Breweries (SAB), the local arm of global brewing giant AB-InBev, is facing a formal complaint from the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) over job losses allegedly linked to the company’s 2016 merger with SAB-Miller.
Next Level Issue 02
A silent business revolution has been fermenting inside Cape Town’s municipal procurement system.
Some black-owned small and medium enterprises, previously marginalised from formal economic corridors, are now securing service contracts that range from construction to waste collection and security provision.
When patients arrive at Busamed Modder- fontein Private Hospital, just north of Joburg, they are wel- comed by a statement displayed on the reception wall: “We are here to empower you and our community to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives.”
In the Eastern Cape entrepreneurial rural farmers are being enabled to fund, start and run piggeries at a time when the province continues to battle overwhelming food insecurity, with one in five households classified as "severely food insecure"