Douglas Boateng, Professor Extraordinaire for supply and value chain management in Africa at the Unisa SBL, says that since the coronavirus spread supposedly started during the late fourth quarter of 2019, it is highly possible that there is a relatively high number of asymptomatic carriers already in our society.Read more

Douglas Boateng, Professor Extraordinaire for supply and value chain management in Africa at the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership, analyses the latest data and says the ultimate victory will depend on each one of us to remain disciplined and fully focused on the goal.Read more

Unisa SBL Professor Douglas Boateng says no investor or industrialist will be interested in a country where the coronavirus recovery rate is low.Read more

In the most recent times, South Africans have been numbed by the sheer staggering numbers of wasteful, fruitless, unauthorised and irregular expenditure. In common definition, this is the type of expenditure that should not be tolerated by citizens whatever technical justifications are attached to their occurrence. Read more

The SBL Research and Innovation Day conveyed the strong message that leaders must possess intellectual muscle to deliver on the sustainable development goals for the continent.Read more

The Young African Leaders Initiative is a signature effort by the United States Government to invest in the next generation of African leaders as they catalyse change in their communities, countries, and continent.Read more

In a thought-provoking Masterclass lead by Prof. Richard Whittington from Oxford University he addressed the issue of an open strategy for organisations. The event was hosted by Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) in Midrand and forms part of SBL’s regular thought leadership events. Prof Whittington holds both a PhD from Manchester Business School as well as an MBA from Aston Business School amongst others. He is globally regarded as a leader in strategy studies and has had an illustrious career with extensive features in high profile journals, board membership and guest lecturing at a wide variety education institutions.Read more

As the land debate cautiously manoeuvres its way towards the end goal of articulating the grounds under which there can be land expropriation without compensation in section 25 of the South Africa’s Constitution, Professor Nhlanhla Cyril Mbatha, a professor within Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL), cautions that critical questions have been overlooked within the debate.Read more

In his opening statements in Budget 2019 yesterday it was clear that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni had remained loyal to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s desire to commit to five key tasks that could change South Africa’s fortunes. In an economy stifled by corruption and burdened by stubborn levels of unemployment this was never going to be easy. Some of Mboweni’s intended solutions have potentially hit their mark; others remain more problematic. Read more