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SOUTH Africa’s three week lock down is going to take its toll in ways many never expected, especially for people forced to work from home. The divorce rates have spiked in China after the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus last November, while France has seen a surge in domestic violence cases. The omens for South…
IT’S SAID that sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you. It’s not totally true. Communication, particularly miscommunication, can actually kill you. In March 1977, 583 people perished on the Canary island of Tenerife when a KLM Boeing 747 crashed into a PanAm Boeing 747 on the runway. It was…
The Saturday Star,18th April 2020 – John Vlismas feature WHAT does a business do if it’s caught in the middle of a 21 Day lockdown? If your executive in charge of marketing is South African comedian John Vlismas, it’s simple; you give away the product for free. Except this is no joke. Ever since the lockdown…
JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday 31 March 2020 – HENLEY Business School Africa today announced that in order to support the transformation of South African education in the current COVID-19 crisis, it will share all its virtual education insights, learning, innovations and methods freely with public and private South African universities and business schools. The business school pivoted to…
Henley Business School switches to 100% virtual and online learning immediately Today, in order to deal with the COVID-19 threat, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, announced this afternoon that all higher education institutions should close until 15 April. Accordingly, Henley Business School Africa has switched to 100% online and virtual…
WE ARE busy destroying our planet. Last year, the United Nations released a devastating report based on three years’ research by more than 350 scientists across the world in the most comprehensive global health check ever conducted. Nothing made for good reading; coral reefs are dying beneath our oceans, rain forests are being felled leaving…
IT’S SAID that sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you. It’s not totally true. Communication, particularly miscommunication, can actually kill you. In March 1977, 583 people perished on the Canary island of Tenerife when a KLM Boeing 747 crashed into a PanAm Boeing 747 on the runway. It was…
4th March 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa. HENLEY Business School Africa has partnered with the Mark Fish Foundation to reach out to farm workers through sport – and give them the opportunity and the skills to change their lives. Announcing the launch of the initiative at the school’s Paulshof campus in the north of Johannesburg, dean…
IT’S a film that will shock you to your core, a story that will make sense of a lot of the inconveniences that have now become part and parcel of South Africa’s daily lived reality. Acclaimed South African filmmaker Rehad Desai’s latest work “How to Steal A Country” is not for the faint-hearted, but it…
The Henley Centre for Coaching has received the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Coaching Award, in recognition of its impact and contribution to the coaching industry. Part of Henley Business School, the Henley Centre for Coaching is a global leader in coaching research and training, providing a vibrant learning community where coaches can network,…
