Contact:Sindiswa Jamba
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Location: Stellenbosch campus & online / Stellenbosch-kampus & aanlyn
In a fast-paced, highly competitive world, it is important to constantly update yourself on the trajectory of your industry. SU's annual World of Work Week is a townhall-styled career discourse event where young alumni (under the age of 35) can ask alumni experts and industry pioneers questions, benefit from their opinions, and challenge the current trajectory of the world of work.
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences will be participating in the annual World of Work Week of 2022 via an online event on 2 August at 18:00 entitled Career development and career growth: Winning strategies.
The main speakers will be Prof Rachel Jafta and Ms Terry Volkwyn, and the discussion will be facilitated by Ms Karabo Mogashoa, chair of the Economics and Management Sciences Student Committee (EBSK).
Programme:
- Welcome by the Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Prof Ingrid Woolard
- Introductory remarks by the facilitator, Ms Karabo Mogashoa
- Introductory remarks by Prof Rachel Jafta
- Introductory remarks by Ms Terry Volkwyn
- Conversation with Q & A
- Closing by the Dean
More information about the speakers and the facilitator is below. A link to the online event will be published here in due course.
More about Prof Rachel Jafta
Rachel Jafta is a Professor in Economics at Stellenbosch University, specializing in Economics of Technological Change. She studied at the Universities of the Western Cape, UNISA and Stellenbosch in South Africa, Università degli Studi Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy, Harvard Business School and EUropass Language Academy in Florence, Italy.
She is a director of companies, Chair of Media24 and NaspersLabs, founder of the Media24 Rachel's Angels Mentorship Programme, the Cape Town Carnival and WeCode24, aimed at helping children in socio-economic hardship gain from digital technologies.
She serves on the Governance Committee of the Bureau for Economic Research, Naspers Foundry Advisory Board and the International Advisory Council, Fundação Dom Cabral Business School, Brazil.
More about Ms Terry Volkwyn
Winner of the Woman of the Decade in the Media Award, Terry Volkwyn is the CEO of Primedia Broadcasting and the leading force behind Lead SA, an initiative that seeks to mobilise an active civil society.
Primedia Broadcasting owns four of South Africa's leading commercial stations: 947, 702, CapeTalk and KFM.
Under her leadership, the company integrated Eyewitness News (EWN), a relevant and leading news brand that serves all four stations and has an extensive digital footprint across South Africa. PrimeTalent, an internal talent management agency and Crime Line, the anonymous tip-off service, were also founded during her tenure.
Terry currently serves on the Primedia Group executive committee and accepted an appointment to Kaya FM's board in 2009.
She is a previous recipient of the coveted Boss of the Year Award and is regarded as one of the most influential and powerful women in the media today.
More about Ms Karabo Mogashoa
Karabo Mogashoa is a 5th year BAccLLB student and is the Chairperson of the Economics and Management Student Committee (EBSK) for 2021/2022. Curiosity is in her nature and she describes herself as a puzzle-solver by trade. To her, a challenge is but a test – something to apply herself to as best as possible, with rigour, skill and critical thought. Alongside being chairperson of the EBSK, she also serves on the Executive Committee of the Academic Affairs Council and is an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Candidate Fellow. She is a passionate leader who seeks to leverage communities by being inspirational, intentional and interesting.
