Pissed Nomonde off – good she needs to hear certain realities. My argument is that BEE will not survive these codes. They are not implementable. Her counter argument is that government is the biggest purchaser in the economy and they issue licences and hence people will comply because of that. There is little merit to […]
Yes that was me on 702 Read More »
Not everyone thinks that EmpowerDex should be called names rude or otherwise and so with cap in hand I apologise. I did speak to the drafter of that email that I referred to in that post. He was very sympathetic to my plight but I knew there was nothing he could do about it –
SANAS Insanity – perhaps indifference Read More »
The DTI have posted a presentation that Lionel, Nomonde and others delivered to the portfolio committee on trade and industry on the 20th of Feb, 2013. This presentation is a rehash of the codes that were proposed in October last year – the same codes that have been roundly rejected by large corporates and
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This was sent to me this morning – but not by the DTI or Creative Space Media. It seems as though the DTI is choosing to speak to people that agreed with them – otherwise they would have asked me to contribute. I've left the contact details in the invitation in case you wish to
The DTI received more than 550 submissions from public comments by the December 5 deadline last year. The department has now begun a process of technical analysis of the data received. This entails going through the submissions to consider what the key issues are. Thereafter, the DTI will set up work streams that are going
What has happened to Rob’s proposed codes? Read More »
Happy new year to all those who are back at work. 2012 ended as the damp squib (yes that is the correct word) that we expected it to be. The most incompetent leader South Africa has had since Union (which was in 1910) is still in charge but has attempted to gain a modicum
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Differences of opinion must be expected. There are those of us who think that the proposed codes are dangerous and nonsense and must be rejected with a similar amount of contempt that jungle jim has for white people and then there are those who love the codes. Here are two different submissions. The first was
Two different submissions to the DTI Read More »
Or use the whole thing. BUT PLEASE JUST SUBMIT – Tuesday is the deadline ———————————————- To whom it may concern Please accept these comments regarding the Minister's latest draft. Our comments are based on the amendments to gazette number 29617. We have noted that there are sharp contradictions between those aspects of 29617 that have
Submission to the DTI about the revised codes – feel free to cut and paste from this Read More »
What would South Africa look like if the nonprofit sector was destroyed or was drastically weakened? Before even considering the social development and welfare contributions, policy makers in both government and business should be considering that the sector is a huge employer — according to the latest available research, it is second only to the
New BBBEE codes will harm the poor and marginalised – COLLEEN DU TOIT Read More »
The Revised BEE Codes of Good Practice are not Intended to make things difficult 2012-11-16 The draft codes have elicited widespread support but the department has received feedback expressing alarm that some charitable organisations and beneficiaries will lose benefits associated with the current version of the BEE Codes. This is not true. The proposed
Oops – have we ruffled the DTI’s feathers a little. Read More »
