Safrican becomes Silver Partner at 2024 HR Indaba

Employee financial wellbeing is becoming increasingly difficult to separate from mental wellbeing, productivity and the wider employee experience. That was one of the key messages from Discovery Corporate employee benefits expert Jay Babshet during a recent CHRO webinar, where he unpacked Discovery’s Debt Reset Benefit and how it aims to help employees manage short-term debt without sacrificing their long-term retirement savings.

Holly Lufele has joined Santam as executive head of human capital.

Jasmin Pillay has joined Seriti Green as chief people officer.

Humbulani Tshivhase has started a new role as chief director for HR management and development at the Gauteng Office of the Premier.

A room full of women would once have been unthinkable. Nonkululeko Gobodo, pioneering business leader, entrepreneur, author, CEO of Awakened Global and Chancellor of Walter Sisulu University, reflected on just how much that picture has changed during her keynote at the 2026 Executive Communities Women’s Dinner.

Nerisha Charlton has been appointed people and organisation director for the international division at Royal Canin, expanding her leadership remit to support the pet nutrition company's operations across 115 markets in Latin America, Eurasia, the Middle East and Africa.