Happy new year. There is little doubt that last year was a little bit on the hellish side although it did improve a lot in the last few months (I have to thank Marisa for that). I'm not up for too much of a dissection of last year, but I do need to say […]
Two thousand and whine Read More »
It's just been announced on News24. It's not like me to post a complete article – but they say it best. I think it's the department of labour who have their work cut out for them – they are going to have create a separate column in EE reports for Chinese people. I wonder how
An effective BEE implementation needs a strong legal framework Paul Janisch of Caird, a BEE-compliance consultancy have spent the last year analysing the codes from a legal perspective and are firmly of the opinion that a successful BEE implementation should be backed with the necessary legal support. I am mildly amused at the notion that
About two weeks ago I got a phone call from Kevin Lester telling me about an ABVA breakfast. So I mustered up the courage to cough up R150 and I arrived at the breakfast yesterday. It wasn’t the best attended event but there were a bunch of BEE industry people that I knew or had
I started out this year like everyone else, feeling very optimistic. And I think that this year would have started with an incredible bang had there not been any load-shedding. Load-shedding seems to have been the catalyst that has thrown us all into the deepest doldrums. For every one positive article there are 25 negative
The Nation’s in a state Read More »
I am now settling into the task of parenthood. In spite of the lack of sleep Kath and I cannot imagine life without Oliver (never thought I’d say this). Many thanks to those people who have sent us their best wishes. I have been inundated with calls and messages from friends, associates, clients (who I
Who’s been a busy bEE then? Read More »
Business Day announced this morning that the Property Charter was gazetted last Friday. This must be very secretive because I cannot find the gazetted charter – the last one I saw was this one. It wasn’t on the dti’s site this morning and this evening the dti’s website appears to be AWOL. I can’t say
There was a lot of press about the new Sasol ownership deal that included white employees. One article stated that the dti "rather than praising the deal, the trade and industry department on Friday slammed Sasol’s plan to include white employees in the employee share ownership programme element of the scheme." You can read
Did you see that jungle jim’s appeal to remove white women as beneficiaries from employment equity has not been successful – White women still part of job equity – Mdladlana. This does not mean that you don’t have to submit your latest reports, deadline is October 1, 2007. I was asked by Jimmy and Manny
EE October deadline looms Read More »
The rumours are flying all over the place. ABVA members are telling their clients that they should only accept ABVA certified rating certificates from their suppliers – creating the impression that both ABVA and SANAS are a mafia. Although they may be rumours I have come across one company that will not accept a self-rating
