Initially he was known as Dinogwed. I had to think about the best type of dinosaur that would suit our mining minister. He couldn’t be a T-Rex. He was best suited as a lumbering herbivore, my first choice was an ankylosaurus. But it I don’t know where to fit the Gwed into the name – […]
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The country's construction sector needs massive transformation, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi said on Thursday. "The industry has to transform and include black professionals. Engineers, surveyors and all sorts of artisans in the sector are male and white," he told delegates at the National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM) central executive committee meeting in Johannesburg. via
The board at State-owned company (SoC) Transnet will complete a wide-ranging review of the group’s procurement policies by the end of March and the new policy, which will have a strong transformation underpinning, will have implications for the procurement approach pursued during the implementation of the group’s R300-billion, seven-year investment programme. via www.engineeringnews.co.za What would
Two articles caught my eye on the mining charter. Tim Cohen wrote a piece yesterday on the mining charter and how the industry has descended into a corrupt mine field. In the new South African mining strategy , the industry managed to include the notion of “sustainable growth” along with the requirement of “meaningful transformation”,
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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
I just got a call from Mzwandile Jacks telling me about the BEE Advisory Council that's just been announced. This is what it looks like Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies. Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel Minister of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities. Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya. Professor Mohammed
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This is from the fantasitc Getting to Excellent blog. Coming back to my Lord Kelvin Tweet a few days ago The reality is that unless you measure and evaluate what you are doing, you will not know what works and what does not. It may be that you have to try a variety of different
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Zuma's ANC letter beautifully precised by Moneyweb as "ANC president responds to the concerns raised by the BMF over Eskom and other SOE's". A few features/quotes One of the key focus areas of the ANC government is economic transformation. We emphasise that the creation of decent work will be at the centre of our economic
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The question that begs to be asked about the Forum of Black Journalists' (FBJ) decision to host a function that excluded whites is; is it racist? I think it is. And seeing that this is largely a BEE blog, I'll answer that question in terms of the B-BBEE Act and other supporting legislation. This is
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"Ahem…. further to my prior post on transformation and compliance" . I happened upon an article in the Business Report on how Woolworths has not replaced their outgoing chairman (Buddy Hawton) with a black chairman. It’s not jungle jim doing the moaning this time – but his deputy Nomhle Nkumbi-Ndopu. I’m not going to go
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