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8 Q & A: VEA Road Maintenance and Civils Rebuilding roads, restoring dignity
10 Q & A: BDO Advisory Services Turning risk into opportunity
12 Q & A: Tshepa Basadi Project Management( Pty) Ltd Future-focused mining solutions
14 Q & A: MSCT BEE Services Meaningful partnerships trump B-BBEE scores
16 Profile: University of Mpumalanga UMP Research Day: Innovate, discover, and transform
20 Q & A: GIB Insurance Brokers Innovating with strategic insight
22 Q & A: Credit Guarantee Insurance Corporation( CGIC) Partnerships beyond credit protection
26 Profile: uMngeni-uThukela Water A visionary leader for KZN’ S water future
28 What SA’ s SMEs can expect in 2026
32 Profile: Randcorp Investments Driving investment & empowerment
34 Q & A: Urban Brew Studios Inside Urban Brew Studios
38 Profile: Retailability Right-sizing for expansion
42 Inside SA’ s extortion economy
46 Q & A: Sol Plaatje University SPU’ s leadership advantage emerges
48 Advertorial: MTN SA Foundation The promise of technology in education
50 Accounting’ s future demands agile minds
54 Profile: Abroadscope & Visas Abroad Charting success globally from SA
56 Profile: John Thompson Nine decades of engineering excellence
58 Reindustrialisation hinges on procurement
60 Profile: TM Electrical Projects & Supplies Wired for legacy
62 Profile: Spot-On Fire Controls Igniting safety …
64 Navigating HRDD in global trade
68 Profile: An Even Better Place to Work Reversing SA’ s productivity crisis
70 Q & A: Let’ sCreate Tipping the scales on innovation
72 Profile: Capital Assignments Change through connection
74 Balancing tech with humanity
76 Mitigating risk in the age of AI
80 Advertorial: Discovery Health Tackling SA’ s mental health crisis with AI
82 Silence has a price
86 Profile: Trauma Centre Borrowdale Healing Africa, strategically
88 Profile: Crtve Development Dr Okito Wedi: Making care count
90 Net-zero in motion
92 Q & A: Giraf Macadamia & Amber Macs Nuts about sustainability
94 Profile: Plentify Solving load shedding with AI
96 Why Scope 3 is the next frontier for business
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