An urban legend has been told about a certain Japanese hotel that decided to get with the Christmas spirit A few Decembers ago a Japanese department store, desperate to appear westernised and with-it, mounted an extravagant Christmas display, featuring a life-sized Santa Claus, crucified upon a cross. The Economist. "Santa Christ." 25 December 1993 (p. […]
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Malema sells newspapers. The press love him – and they want his blood. I'm not too sure what he did to City Press, but they really hate him. I think part of this must be Ferial Haffajee – who is their new editor. City Press alleges that SGL Engineering's tax issues are not in order
Two different articles came up today Business Day – Advocates raise the bar on transformation ADVOCATES in Johannesburg aspiring to attain the highest status in their profession — that of senior counsel or “silk” — will from now on have to display a “demonstrable commitment to transformation” to qualify for selection. This is froma a
In case you've never listened to Patto, the title of this post is one of the songs off their most powerful album – Hold your Fire. I've done a bit of work with the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, as it is correctly known. One of the issues they face is dealing with the
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Government will revise procurement legislation, regulations and practices to enable the designation of large, strategic and repeat or ‘fleet' procurements in a range of sectors. This will aim to sequentially increase competitive local procurement and supplier development opportunities, minimise ‘leakages' from the domestic economy, and support meaningful Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) in all
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This blog's job is to be the new aggregator. As I mentioned in a few posts ago, you get different perspectives of events from different publications and when you put the lot together you can form a clearer view of what actually happened. I have set myself this task. The reports about yesterday's meeting are
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This is a notice that the CIDB sent out last week. The cidb has commenced the process of reflecting B-BBEE Charter ratings on the cidb Register of Contactors. Please note that this is an optional requirement at this stage and your registration with the cidb will not be affected in any way. You are invited
The ANC's controversial investment vehicle, Chancellor House, was the lead story on 702 yesterday morning. The story goes that Phosa promised that the ANC would sell its share in Chancellor House two years ago. 702 reported that ANC secretary general, Gwede Mantashe believes that the ANC has a right to own such investment vehicles and
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Public Private Partnerships are without doubt the most effective tool that the government has to achieve its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), RDP and other empowerment related goals. Yet this method of procurement is not making the most of these opportunities. The problem seems to be that the transaction advisors that are used in the early
