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IT IS every person’s civic and moral duty to ask himself whether the government that has power over him is just and fair. He may not have elected the government, and in a democracy it is proper to be resigned to the power that the majority’s bidding has over him. But sometimes the government is […]

It is important that business and other powerful players as well as citizens from all walks of life find a way of acting together, not only to remove Zuma but also to set in place a system of clean governance in accordance with the requirements of constitutionalism and democratic rule. While some or most of

I am tempted to argue the retail sector is one of the most untransformed sectors in SA, perhaps due to the fact that it does not need government business to survive via www.bdlive.co.za They don't need government or corporate business to survive. The argument behind the inflated loan for Luminance is that black people spend

The new codes allow all but the biggest companies to score themselves on pain of penalties for misrepresenting their scores, but Deputy Minister says that he intends to take this function in-house at the DTI. This is another bad idea: the DTI certainly does not remotely have the capability to monitor BEE compliance across the

In political discourses throughout the nation it seems common cause that Zuma’s controversial leadership and his repeated failure to take responsibility have become so entrenched that it can no longer change. Instead, it will continue to infect the style of governance, strengthen the paradigm of corruption and unaccountability that has befallen South Africa, and further

President Jacob Zuma said some security features at Nkandla encroached on his enjoyment of his home in a response to the Speaker of Parliament. via www.news24.com He's a liar. A reprehensible, useless, pathetic liar.

Die hersiene kodes van goeie praktyk vir breë swartbemagtiging (BSEB) wat op 30 April 2015 in werking tree, gaan ’n ernstige impak hê op ondernemings wat kontraktueel daartoe verbind is om ’n sekere SEB-vlak te hê om ’n lisensie, ’n openbare-private-vennootskap of ’n konsessie te behou. Paul Janisch, ’n BSEB-konsultant van Caird, sê die meeste

Projects aiming to reach financial close in the third round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) in November 2014 will be affected by the amended Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice (Amended B-BBEE Codes) following amendments to the Implementation Agreement. Some of the most significant changes to the Implementation

Boards are important. They might not do the day to day work of company building but they set the tone at the top. The group that the CEO reports to has a big impact on the CEO’s mindset which trickles down. If you raise capital for your business you are likely to get investors on

I was talking to a person involved in a deal I’m working on right now. He said “you guys are being awfully nice here.” For much of the rest of the day, I was thinking “are we being too nice?” I don’t want to talk about this specific deal. Too much information. But I do want