Advocacy in education programming
In a breakout session at The Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2019, panellists unpacked the concept of ‘advocacy’ – a term readily associated with controversy, [...]
Business as a catalyst for change
Charlotte Mokoena, executive vice president for Human Resources and Public Affairs at Sasol, shared at The Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2019 that Sasol aims [...]
Addressing structural challenges in development: The Oxfam case study
At the Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2019, Oxfam South Africa’s (OZA) Louisa Zondo addressed how the organisation has dealt with the sexual atrocities that [...]
The role of business in society
The New York-based CECP (Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose) aims to advance the role of business in society through the active participation of business. Trialogue [...]
South African Constitution is ubuntu writ large, helping quell corruption
While South Africa has “horrible levels of corruption”, its Constitution is effective, we have free speech and media, a strong civil society, and citizens who [...]
National pooled funding initiatives: The National Education Collaboration Trust and the Public Health Enhancement Fund
A breakout session at The Trialogue Business in Society Conference 2019, under the theme ‘Collaboration in education’, unpacked the workings of national pooled funding initiatives [...]
Coordinating collaboration in the education sector
Improved collaboration could be a catalyst for businesses, non-profit organisations (NPOs) and government to design more effective and sustainable developmental interventions. David Harrison, CEO of [...]
Collaboration and evaluation key to driving change in education
The private sector, government and civil society should collaborate more effectively to drive change in the education sector, and the evaluation of their work should [...]
Collaboration a key learning for Old Mutual education project
As the Old Mutual Education Flagship Project comes to an end in 2019, after seven years, a key learning is the importance of collaboration between [...]
Employee volunteering growing rapidly, communities and corporates reap benefits
While still an immature industry in South Africa, employee volunteering is growing rapidly in the country and punching above its weight given the positive impact [...]