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Well done Michael http://bit.ly/4K22ow . Like paying your TV licence – it is the right thing to do.

And then some

President Zuma appoints members of BBBEE Advisory Council 3 December 2009 President Jacob Zuma has appointed members of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Council, in terms of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Council Act no 53 of 2003.

I forgot to mention on my last post on Cyril that it seems as though Cyril is going to sit on the BEE Council that Zuma confirmed would be set up within the next few months. And the evidence Ramaphosa said the debate around the "once empowered, always empowered" approach was bound to sharpen in

http://bit.ly/1YK3cx Prisons graft probe staggers MPs MPs were shocked yesterday by a report on how top correctional services officials colluded with a major company in tender rigging and accepted millions in “inducements” that saw billions in contracts going to a single group of companies.

There is a new Quick Compose feature on Typepad. I’m trying it out

I haven't read it yet – oops it looks like I'll have to now.  You can download it here.  Business Report ran a  story on it this morning.  I thought this quote from the story might ring true for other "disciplines". King said the term "comply" connoted regulation, but there was no method of enforcing

I was away this week, I went fishing with a bunch of mates and our families.  I actually left on Friday last week so that I could swim the Midmar.  Unfortunately I got whatever Oliver gave me and it took me down for three weeks.  I ended up impressing the Massmart CEO with my extreme

Sometimes, late at night, it is very difficult to come up with an interesting title.  So this one will have to do. I have been doing a little research on the Mining Charter.  The first thing you notice about it is its title " Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry". It's

I'm not sure if I was the first to coin the title but I have said it often.  The codes are so vague that you can be relatively comfortable that you can persuade almost anyone that your opinion is correct. But that's not the subject of today's lesson.  I thought I'd do a little self