The Army Gymnasium in Heidelberg was graced with two special people in 1986, MC Snyman and an Adrian Molalike known as Fourie. MC Snyman is an institution but little is known about Fourie so I'll talk about him. Fourie was an avid fan of Eugene Terreblanche and the AWB. The wonderful contradiction was that he […]
African Mole and the Constitution – open Sesame Read More »
Yesterday's post looked at the total cost of skills development for 9 companies. This table shows how much less money Nene (and SARS) is going to receive. For those MPs who are numerically challenged, the total amount is 2.29 Nkandlas. The going rate for a Nkandla is R246m. Company Target spend (6%) Additional spend required
What Nene will not receive, measured in Nkandlas Read More »
The dti'S BROADEDING PARTICIPATION DIVISION have issued the attached notice. It's not very clear when the first certificates will be issued under the new codes because they write English as well as Hlaudi spokes it. My friends at BEE Matrix reckon business will just get on with it and try and improve their score over
Skills training are coming – but how much of cost Read More »
Thank goodness for Keith Levenstein. Those in the industry know that he knows not what he speaks of, and so he is a blogger's dream. In fact I reckon Hlaudi has already issued him with the very first journalist's licence. His latest press release, which was published by Engineering News , has certainly got tongues
Junk status, BEE and Levenstuck Read More »
The document below was drafted by Arno van Vuuren and Johnny Klopper (and AN Other – who wishes to remain anonymous). Arno is a Pretoria-based attorney and Johnny an advocate (AN Other is also an attorney). This is a frightening read, a long frightening read. It methodically demonstrates the flagrant disregard for procedure, process and
This is an email from the procurement department of a big company that was sent to me. I forwarded it onto Gerhardus Burger, IRBA's BEE guy, because the company wanted SANAS-accredited certificates and not IRBA ones. The italicised paragraphs are Gerhardus' responses. Please be informed that as one of OUR supplier (sic), I request you
Less than R10m turnover and an EME, I don’t think so Read More »
[Korporasies en genoteerde maatskappye] wil nie daarvan beskuldig word dat hulle nie transformasie steun nie, hoewel hulle moontlik die meeste by ’n hofuitspraak kan baat vind. Paul Janisch, ’n swartbemagtigingskonsultant Pretoria. – Die departement van handel en nywerheid kan voor die konstitusionele hof gesleep word as genoeg geld daarvoor ingesamel kan word. Paul Janisch, ’n
It certainly isn't black. These are the requirements for becoming an empowering supplier The definition is long winded and is best understood in bullet point form A B-BBEE compliant entity A good citizen A South African entity Comply with all regulatory requirements of the country A large enterprise needs to meet at least three of
What race needs to be prioritised when you are retrenching or downsizing? Read More »
In my opinion black economic empowerment as a policy has about three years to live from April 2015. It will survive in certain areas but as far as the general business population is concerned it will be a non-event. Yes there is a great concern about the policy that Rob Davies has published – but
We are here today to bury ……………. Read More »
Many see empowerment only in terms of redress — "healing the ills of apartheid". If you approach it using that negative narrative, naturally you’ll have people rebelling. We need to couch the public discourse on transformation and BEE in positive terms so that those who must participate in it will receive it sympathetically, not as
SA must move beyond seeing BEE only in terms of redress – Zungu Read More »
