Get the inside track on the learning and development strategy for your people and business

October is a big month on the HR calendar. SA Business School will be exhibiting at two of South Africa’s leading HR and L&D events, and we would like to invite you to visit our stand at both.

Whether you are wrestling with your B-BBEE skills development targets before financial year-end, or trying to work out where learnerships and skills programmes fit into your people strategy for 2026, or how SED fits into your planning, our team will be on hand to talk it through.

Future of HR 2026 | 14 and 15 October 2026

The programme is packed with panel discussions tackling the issues keeping HR leaders up at night. SA Business School’s Chief Operating Officer, Anton Visser, will be speaking on 15 October at 09h30, as part of a panel titled “Skills Can’t Wait: Rethinking the Public-Private Partnership”.

He will be joined by Londiwe Mncube, Chief Human Resources Officer at the Competition Commission South Africa; Thandeka Nkambule, Chief Transformation Officer at Sanlam; and Dr Thobile Mhlongo, Director of Municipal Learning and Development at SALGA. Together, they will unpack why closing South Africa’s skills gap needs real collaboration between government, business and education, and how that collaboration can expand work-integrated learning and open sustainable pathways into employment.

Get more info and the full delegate pack here: https://lp.topco.co.za/future-of-hr-mf/

HR Indaba 2026 | 20 October 2026, Sandton Convention Centre

From here, we head to HR Indaba, where more than 3 000 HR leaders come together to challenge ideas and sharpen strategy on everything from leadership evolution to the AI-talent shift. We will have a stand here too, so come find us.

More info about HR Indaba 2026: https://hr-indaba.co.za/

Pop in and our team will walk you through:

  • Learnerships and skills programmes: what each one actually involves, and how to decide which is right for a specific skills gap or talent pipeline goal in your business.
  • Maximising your B-BBEE skills development scorecard before financial year-end. Skills development carries up to 25 points on the scorecard, and it is one of the easiest elements to fall short on if your programmes are not properly structured and SETA-registered.
  • What is shaping L&D strategy, from AI-powered and skills-based learning models to the pressure on CHROs to link training directly to youth employment and transformation outcomes.
  • How employed and unemployed learnerships and skills programmes can build the capability your business needs, while strengthening your B-BBEE scorecard at the same time.

Come and see us

SA Business School is an accredited learning and development partner. We are known for our professional and customised alignment of Skills Development offerings with clients’ business strategy and people development objectives.

 

Pop in at the SA Business School stand at Future of HR 2026 on 14 and 15 October at the Indaba Hotel and Conference Centre, and at HR Indaba 2026 on 20 October at the Sandton Convention Centre. No appointment needed, simply stop by.

 

Can’t make it to either event? Connect directly with our team:

 

Chane Deneys – chaned@alefbetlearning.com

Aliecia van Rensburg – alieciar@alefbetlearning.com

Lululo Mbangeni – lululom@alefbetlearning.com

Thabang Mashego – ThabangM@alefbetlearning.com

 

Talk to SA Business School to ensure that your L&D investment has the maximum impact.

 

Visit www.sabusinessschool.com to find out more.