Consulting

What can you expect from a BEE consultant and how do they differ from a verification agency

A post that I might have written in the past.   My stats tell me that this is post is number 1293, which is not that much if you consider that the blog is almost 20 years old, I started it in August 2006.  There are multiple players in the black economic empowerment world.  1) There […]

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Consulting, opinions and speaking engagements and a few other topics that I know quite a lot about

If you are looking for a realistic perspective of empowerment in South Africa and southern Africa (including Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana), I am able to provide that perspective at your AGM or any other presentation. It's relatively clear from this blog that I know what I'm talking about. Over the last 20 years I've

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Not the NABC content – but they would do well to pay attention to this post

Some people can verify BEE stuff, I can't. I cannot stand the roteness of that job – I find it staid, mundane, invasive and actually offensive. So I choose to consult – horses for courses they say. This is an article I wrote a few months' ago about the BEE consulting world.   What you

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Pravin and the PPPFA (not quite Peter and the Wolf, but there is a jungle element in it somewhere)

In municipalities and government agencies, similarly, spending on unnecessary travel and entertainment, unfocused consultant contracts, procurement supplies at uncompetitive prices and layers of administrative paperwork that interfere with getting the job done, will be cut.
Pravin Gordhan – Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (27 October 2009)

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