TRIALOGUE IN THE MEDIA
How business can help to realise the South Africa we struggled for: Rev. Frank Chikane
South Africa's future is at risk unless we deal with the scourge of unemployment, Rev. Frank Chikane warned delegates during his keynote address at the Trialogue Business in Society [...]
Business can reconnect with its purpose as pandemic restrictions ease
South Africa has faced innumerable challenges during the past two years, from the consequences of years of state capture to living under a pandemic-induced state of emergency. Pandemic restrictions, along [...]
Women want to be decision-makers in tech revolution
The business world must become more welcoming and safer for women, so they can go all the way from the classroom to the boardroom, in all sectors, including technology. Technology [...]
Feature: Ayakha Melithafa Says, Companies Should Put The Climate Crisis Firmly On Their Agenda.
Businesses have a duty of care when it comes to the climate crisis, according to teenage climate activist Ayakha Melithafa, who delivered the keynote address on the final day [...]
Women in tech at risk of being left behind
Women are the most untapped resource in technology, but they continue to be underrepresented in the field and are at risk of being left behind all together, according to Ayumi [...]
Business can play a key role in ‘building back better’
The upcoming Trialogue Business in Society Conference focuses on post-pandemic solutions for society. At the G7 Summit that has just taken place in the United Kingdom, the UK’s Prime Minister, [...]
Decolonising international development
Dismantling the ‘white gaze’, fostering more transparent partnerships, and centering on local expertise and leadership 14 October 2020 International development practitioners and organisations should question how they can decolonise [...]
Time to transform our inequitable society into one governed by ubuntu
13 October 2020 The COVID-19 crisis offers South Africans opportunities to tackle the unfinished agenda of transforming our society into a more equitable, resilient and prosperous democracy that promotes the [...]
Social distancing an opportunity for business to reconnect with the society that it serves
There’s nothing quite like a global pandemic to demand that all sectors of society act responsibly, ethically and collaboratively. Following his announcement on 15 March of a national state of [...]
Business needs to limit the damage – not exacerbate it
The way we do business has changed overnight and parts of the system are breaking because of it. Suppliers are most vulnerable to this sudden change. Guesthouses, travel agents and [...]
Investec awarded for its strategic corporate social investment in 2019
Trialogue conferred its annual Strategic CSI Award on Investec, for its support of Promaths. The programme provides extra maths and science tuition for black learners in grades 10 to 12 [...]
Companies in SA spent R10.2 billion on corporate social investment in 2019
Companies spent an estimated R10.2 billion on corporate social investment (CSI) in South Africa in 2019 – a 5% year-on-year increase in rand terms (2018: R9.7 billion). This growth was [...]
Teacher Development Is Critical To Rescuing SA’s Education System.
Monday 29 July 2019; South African education is in crisis. Children attending South African schools fare poorly on almost every metric and are ill-prepared for the world after school. Added [...]
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 it has on staff morale [...]
Risk and reputation for employee volunteering
Employee volunteering is still an immature industry in South Africa – but the sector is growing rapidly, and punching above its weight given the positive impact it has on staff [...]
Business has a role to play in addressing land issue – Albie Sachs
Activist and former Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs says business has a fundamental role to play as South Africa aims to undertake land expropriation. He was addressing around 400 delegates at this year’s twelfth annual Trialogue Business in [...]
Internal upskilling should be a key focus area of CSR – Dion Chang
Speaking at the 2018 Trialogue Business in Society Conference, trends analyst Dion Chang highlighted that employers have an obligation to ensure their employees are skilled to adapt to the displacement being triggered [...]
Social justice, not feel good actions
Companies urged not to give with one hand and take with the other Former public protector Thuli Madonsela, keynote speaker at the Business in Society Conference, warned that amid widespread [...]
‘Transformation is hard work, painful and emotive but must be done’
Bonang Mohale, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, speaking at the Trialogue Business in Society Conference at the Wanderers, Johannesburg. Related Links Economic transformation at worker level needs to become [...]
Corporate Social Investment can unleash “the generosity of strangers”
Former Public Protector, Professor Thuli Madonsela, assets that corporate social investment (CSI) has the potential to make a huge dent on South Africa’s inequality, poverty and unemployment, and the attendant [...]
Prof Thuli Madonsela’s take on why Corporate Social Investment matters!
She recounted how her own parents – a former farmworker and a domestic worker – could only afford to pay for her schooling until Grade Seven. But she was able [...]
Bonang Mohale: Transformation is hard work and painful, but together we can change SA
South African business, currently basking in the glory of positive sentiment after the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa, has been given a second – and final – chance to increase [...]
Madonsela: I have privilege now, so I have an obligation
The former public protector said on Tuesday that despite her humble beginnings, she is now ‘at the forefront of the democracy dividend’. Corporate social investment (CSI) has the power to [...]
NGO FOCUS: NICK ROCKEY, MD TRIALOGUE
Search for:SEARCH Trialogue has been a South African pioneer in the fields of corporate social investment (CSI) and sustainability since 1999. A 51% black-owned company and the Southern African local [...]
A revitalised approach to youth unemployment
Millions of young South Africans – 40% of those between the ages of 15 and 34 – are not in employment, education or training. It is time for the public [...]