South Africa
South Africa
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AgricultureSouth Africa backs co-operative development
The South African government sees the development of small businesses and co-operatives as catalysts for economic growth and job creation. Speaking during a vote on the budget, small business minister, Lindiwe Zulu, highlighted the importance of...
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RetailAfrica: Keep the co-operative momentum going
Last month, I was privileged to speak at the International Co-operative Alliance Global Conference in Cape Town, and I look forward to continuing the conversation about how individuals and associations can increase profits by forming...
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Banking and InsuranceICMIF and member donations to South Africa’s MAD CHARITY reach $100,000 target
A month ago today the ICMIF team arrived back in the UK after the ICMIF Biennial Conference 2013, Cape Town, South Africa (6-8 November, 2013). The event had record attendance numbers, with over 280 delegates...
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My story: How co-operators led a South African boycott in support of Mandela
June 14th 1964. It was just over two weeks before my 14th birthday and I didn’t have a care in the world.
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BusinessNelson Mandela and the co-operative movement’s fight for freedom
As the world mourns the passing of a man whose life was dedicated to the type of inclusive society co-operators would describe as “the co-operative commonwealth”, it is worth reflecting on the impact that he...
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Banking and Insurance
Member news: NTUC Income supports MAD CHARITY
Academically talented students from South Africa MAD CHARITY™, ICMIF’s official 2013 conference charity, to benefit from access to enhanced learning NTUC Income, Singapore, has joined ICMIF and other ICMIF member organizations in making a charitable...
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Democracy
ICA events in South Africa, very intense and rich in contents for CICOPA
The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) events in South Africa, which grouped 1200 people from 88 countries, were very intense and rich in contents for CICOPA. The workshop “Access to Community Services – Social Needs, Cooperative...
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Agriculture
Our highest honour ever
Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance, offers her congratulations on the award, together with South Africa's Deputy Minister of the Department of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe.I’m not often left speechless, but...
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Banking and Insurance
PPS CEO appointed to ICMIF board of directors
Mike Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of PPS, the financial services provider focused on graduate professionals, has been announced as the first South African to be appointed to the board of the International Cooperative and Mutual...
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ICA General Assembly elects global board
Fifteen directors have been elected to the board of the International Co-operative Alliance.