In many townships and local communities, cash remains the dominant way people pay for everyday goods and services. However, the growing use of mobile banking apps, QR codes and digital payment platforms is gradually changing how transactions take place in schools, churches, tuckshops and informal trading spaces.
The KwaKha Collective is a 100% youth-led organisation dedicated to driving meaningful youth economic participation across KwaZulu-Natal. Founded by a team of professionals from law, finance, accounting and entrepreneurship, the collective is committed to ensuring that young people become active participants in the economy rather than passive observers.
Grant Adlam is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KZN Top Business and KZN Business Sense. Based in Westville, Durban, Grant has been an influential figure in the KwaZulu-Natal regional business economy since 1998. With a career defined by resilience and strategic evolution, he has successfully steered his organisations through decades of economic transformation by adhering to a core philosophy that prioritises positive storytelling to celebrate business success and d
Voting is open for the KZN Top Business Awards, giving you the opportunity to support the brands, businesses and organisations that make a difference in KwaZulu-Natal.
South African businesses do not need to look far for a cautionary tale. The fallout from the Steinhoff scandal continues to reveal how weak governance, inadequate scrutiny of business relationships, and unchecked transactions can destroy billions in shareholder value. What began as aggressive growth ultimately became one of the country's most expensive lessons in the cost of insufficient oversight.
A strategic partnership between Ensure Ubuntu and eThekwini Municipality is delivering tangible improvements in safety, cleanliness, and social upliftment in Durban’s inner city.
In a province rich with talent, ambition and entrepreneurial potential, a new youth-led movement is working to ensure that young people are not merely spectators in the economy but active participants shaping its future.
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