Careers Corner: Women Taking Work Into Their Own Hands

With youth unemployment at crisis levels, the Mr Price Foundation’s FY2026 Integrated Impact Report shows meaningful progress: 10,167 youth trained, 7,274 placed into jobs, 1,241 entrepreneurs supported and 125 new jobs created. Executive Director Octavius Phukubye unpacks the strategy behind the 71.5% placement rate, the sectors absorbing youth, the entrepreneurship…

In this Careers Corner episode, SACAP lecturer Carlyn Perils unpacks why Industrial and Organisational Psychology (IOP) is emerging as one of the most future‑proof qualifications in South Africa’s changing labour market. With graduate unemployment rising to 12.4% and employers shifting toward skills‑based hiring, Carlyn explains how IOP equips students with…

In this Women’s Month edition of Careers Corner, Lerato Kumalo — Chief ESG & Impact Officer at Novare — shares her journey from trainee technician to senior investment‑sector leader. She breaks down how professionals can identify transferable skills, build credibility in new industries, and give themselves permission to pivot without…

Many SME support systems are built on assumptions that ignore women lived realities. Sarah Mthintso of the SAB Foundation unpacks how unpaid care work, family responsibilities and emotional labour shape business performance, access to finance and entrepreneurial survival. She outlines what institutions must change to make support genuinely accessible —…

This Women’s Month, we spotlight a leader who has chosen to celebrate her milestone birthday not with a party — but with purpose. As she turns 40, Aisha Jackson, South Africa General Manager at ALX, is investing R40,000 of her own money into a South African entrepreneur. But this isn’t…