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The Ashwin Willemse Orient Community Development Troupe was full of energy, dancing down the fan walk in Green Point during the Cape Minstrel celebrations on Monday. Hundreds of people were entertained in the annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar Festival in Green Point, Cape Town, on Monday, as Cape Minstrel troupes marched down Main Road. According to …
Global information and insights company TransUnion Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Lindani Dube as Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President of TransUnion Africa, leading TransUnion’s operations across Africa, effective 6 January 2025.
Dube brings over 20 years of experience driving growth, HR effectiveness, and cultural transformation for multinational organisations across Sub-Sahara Africa, East and West Africa, and Europe. Her strategic leadership, combined with her passion for people development, positions her as a dynamic force in spearheading innovation and growth at TransUnion in Africa.
In her new role, Dube will oversee all HR functions across TransUnion’s Africa-based markets and centres, including GCC Africa, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s vision and business goals.
In her distinguished career, Dube has held executive HR roles at LafargeHolcim, MultiChoice, General Electric, Worley Parsons, and Howden Africa Holdings. She has led essential cultural transformation initiatives, significantly improved organisational performance, and championed diversity, equity, and inclusion programmes. Notably, her strategic acumen has delivered measurable results, including optimising workforce structures, negotiating impactful agreements, and driving business efficiencies.
Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion Africa, commented: “Lindani is an extraordinary leader with a proven track record of aligning HR strategies to business outcomes. Her innovative approach to unlocking talent and driving cultural transformation will undoubtedly elevate TransUnion’s mission of delivering ‘Information for Good.’ We look forward to the energy and expertise she will bring to our teams across Africa.”
Dube is equally enthusiastic about her new role, saying: “I am excited to join an organisation that prioritises growth, innovation, and people development. I look forward to contributing to TransUnion’s vision by driving impactful HR strategies that build a culture of excellence, inclusion, and empowerment.”
Dube holds a Master’s in Business Leadership (Strategic HR Management) from UNISA School of Business Leadership and a postgraduate business management diploma. She is an accredited coach and an active member of professional bodies, including the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA).
Conflict between baboons and humans won’t change unless human behaviour changes.
(Debate in the Gauteng Legislature on COGTA Department’s annual report) After 31 years, Gauteng’s municipalities should be centres of excellence in service delivery, but in reality, it is quite the opposite. Infrastructure is systematically decaying, energy systems are failing, municipal councils are dysfunctional and communities are immensely frustrated. The current local government dispensation has already […]
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South Africa’s water, energy and food crises are interconnected. Coordinated funding across all three, including community-led and blended finance, is needed.
The decision by the new G20 President for the year, the United States, to unilaterally cancel South Africa’s membership is procedurally flawed and disdainful of multilateralism.
The post US WANTS TO RUN G20 LIKE ANIMAL FARM appeared first on For Good.
Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are proposed sites
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The Red Sea region has become a showcase of the new alliances shaping global power and influence.
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Cape Town cannot continue to celebrate itself as “the best-run city” while denying thousands of our own backyard families the most basic and lawful service, electricity that is safe, individually metered, and compliant with our own policies.
The post DIGNITY IS NOT NEGOTIABLE, ELECTRICITY FOR BACKYARD FAMILIES IS A BASIC RIGHT appeared first on For Good.
Malusi Gigaba and Brian Molefe should immediately submit their resignations as Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Speaker. They appeared before the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on charges relating to alleged corrupt tenders with Transnet’s procurement of locomotives around 2014. Both are charged, together with three former Transnet executives, with fraud, corruption, and violating the […]
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While US President Donald Trump clearly doesn’t, most dollar millionaires in most G20 nations, including in South Africa and the US, back the principle of a special tax on their wealth as a lever to address unsustainable inequality.
The post G20: PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR SA TO ANNOUNCE IMPLEMENTATION OF WEALTH TAX appeared first on For Good.
South Africa can continue to advocate for its G20 presidency priorities beyond its 2025 term.
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They are systematically excluded from participating in local political life
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The post DA KHAKIS THE WATER AT ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY appeared first on For Good.
Three miners remain buried 70 metres underground after a collapse at the Barberton mine in 2016
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The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) supports the principle of independent power generation as an essential step toward energy security and sustainable growth. However, the party cannot support the Ekurhuleni Metro Council’s latest proposal to enter into another 20-year agreement with an Independent Power Producer (IPP) — especially without clear evidence that existing projects are […]
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