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Risk handled well may often have really... - Dorette Steenkamp. IDG Connect – Tech Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Human Resources TechWomen, a US initiative which fosters female leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation within Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in North Africa and the Middle East, has finally opened its doors to women from Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Kathryn Cave catches up with Zimkhita Buwa who will be joining the program from Cape Town. “My love for technology started soon after high school. I spent quite a long time with my brother who was at university at the time and he always used to come back and show me some of the programs that they created. Your Business Social Media Platform.

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BDlive. JOSEPH Mathunjwa, leader of the Association of Mining and Construction Union, and Julius Malema, the expelled leader of the African National Congress Youth League, have several things in common.

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Like Mr Malema, Mr Mathunjwa was expelled from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1998. Both Mr Mathunjwa and Mr Malema were removed from powerful organisations with strong traditions and procedures that had been established over decades. Both were divisive and pushed the limits until the cost to the organisation became too great and they were forced out. Most significantly, both are populist and opportunistic leaders who use demagogic forms of mobilisation to build support behind goals they know are not realisable. There is much to learn from the tragedy at Marikana.