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It is a tragedy that the ANC and its secretary general get any press at all.  It has been years since the ANC was vaguely relevant.  What is amusing though is the level of Cyril-bashing that we are seeing more regularly in the press.  Vernon Wessels did not spare any niceties in his recent editorial […]

When I was 16 I wanted to be Chuck Berry.  I got to him through the Beatles who recorded a lot of his songs.  A school friend gave me a double cassette of Berry tracks and that was me for life.  I even saw him perform.  You didn't expect much and took what you got. 

It's a question I hear more often now.  Why should we bother with a BEE certificate?   I know of a large company that went out of its way to get to a level 2 last year that is asking whether their clients and customers are at all concerned about a BEE certificate.  I know of

As is the blogger's wont, we love to create improbable scenarios that cover as many possible fronting incidences. South Africa loves racism, the anc loves racism the most because it gives them license to hide behind their own incompetence and malfeasance.   Almost every case that I'm aware of that the BEE Commission has investigated has

This is the second workshop we are hosting.  The one in Cape Town was very well attended.  We had a blast presenting it.  You're in for a treat at the Gauteng event because Rudolf Rautenbach is actually presenting this time, not MC'ing.  And our very good friend Howard Rybko, fresh from his business excursion in

The non-profit sector performs a vital role in the day to life of almost every mammal, fish, fowl or plant on this planet.  However it lives in a very precarious state, it needs donations to survive.  My colleague Rudolf Rautenbach along with his friend John Watson are a running a series of workshops on this

It might be more apt to say it has run out of road.  It’s obviously very topical because News24 invited five opinions on the subject.  Two of them (Gabriel Crause and Moletsi Mbeki) argue that it delivers nothing.  Duma Gqubule delivered his predictable diatribe about how much of the JSE is owned by black people. 

For those who don't know, the correct pronunciation is neanderTALL.  Two articles have come to light.  The first one was written by Gabriel Crouse and was published in the Daily Maverick.  In the article Mr Crouse argues (not incorrectly) that the proposed 20,000 ill-qualified labour inspectors who will inspect, amongst other things, compliance with the Employment

All of us are natural trainers. It’s a talent we were born with. Not all of us are natural trainers when it comes to imparting information in the workplace. This is a learned process. Imparting knowledge is a vital component of our learning existence. We do this at school when we write exams. As leaders

All of us are a product of emulation. We learn to perform almost every function by copying someone. We’ve been doing this since we were infants. By the same token everyone of us are in fact capable of training other people to perform functions that we are competent in. Training each other is one thing,