Rob Davies and Ebrahim Patel respectively stay at trade and industry and economic development, whilst Mildred Oliphant also stays at labour "meaning the broad brush strokes of microeconomic policy remain the same". via www.fin24.com Related articles Who advised Rob on the codes, I suspect horseplay – a plausible theory Labour laws 'not cause of economic […]
Oh goodie – another five years of nasty incompetent commie Rob Read More »
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 »
Too much BEE has not been known to kill a person yet but it can really raise your bloodpressure to unhealthy levels. I am starting a new venture in the transformation world but this does not require anyone to measure blackness. The only measurement we're interested in is your belt size. If your clothes feel
Weightloss is a form of transformation Read More »
What does a ruling party do when they realise that their definition of black is not working for them? Simple, they use the economically active population (EAP) to create degrees of blackness. Perhaps the gestation of this thinking went along these lines. ANC/government person 1: Soooooooooooooo we’ve got the definition of black in the BEE
Black is black – I want my black back 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 »
It is perhaps significant that neither race nor gender is mentioned by Parliament. The quest for a nonracial and nonsexist order in South Africa calls for a transformation of mindset, not a counting of chromosomes and measuring melanin cells. Perpetuating racism and sexism in the JSC’s processes is not what the law intends. via www.bdlive.co.za
What the law says — and means — on transformation: Paul Hoffman Read More »
Just to add to investor uncertainty is the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill, one clause of which seeks to ensure that "at least 51% of the ownership and control (of private security companies) is exercised by South African citizens," although another subsection allows the police minister to prescribe different percentages of ownership for different
ANC hand caught in the cookie jar | Columnists | BDlive Read More »
The cellular networks were working overtime to inform the cynical blogger about the launch of the codes. Apparently there was a launch this morning but alas I was not invited – in fact I wasn't even aware of it. I was given a running commentary. (Reader) Why do they insist on using Teddy as the
Khena said the platform for black business was not even close to being level and that without active government promotion, society and corporate South Africa is not doing enough to empower emerging black business. via www.fin24.com The critical word here is "PROMOTION". It's not going to be achieved through fiercer regulation. One would hope that
Promotion vs over-regulation – listen up Rob Read More »
A disgusting title – it comes from the Afrikaans saying "die drol in die drinkwater". The drol is matter floating around in the drinking water which renders the drinking water undrinkable. The drol in this case is Rob and the drinkwater is the FSC. Fin24 ran an article this morning on the status of the
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