Insights

They call them QSFIs in FSC speak and use the old codes, awdozn’t that sound nice

It's a strange business this BEE business, we all keep our little schlenters to ourselves and...

Is there any ANC left to organise a piss-up in a brewery?

This is an updated version of an earlier post Recently (actually 2011 but the sentiment remains and...

POPI and the SANAS pencil test

The pencil test here refers to the OTHER test (I get sniggers every time I mention the pencil test...

Watch gigaba go big – FSC content

Tougher implementation of transformation in the financial-services sector is on the cards if the...

Delinquent, or absent shareholders and ownership – repost

This post was originally published in April 2013.  Please excuse the indulgence of the repost...

What the brigadier taught me (and what bolshie bob has yet to learn)

Church hasn't been my thing for years.  I went to a church school and when I left I...

NEEEF debate heats up. Don’t do what we did Nam, it’ll cause more unhappiness than you can handle

A plan by Namibia, among the world’s most economically unequal nations, to better distribute wealth...

What if your company is really small but your turnover is ridiculously high?

This is a scenario that we come across all the time.  I have a number of clients that fall...

A reader writes. QSEs are falling by the wayside. Compliance is now out of the question

First Paul writes These emails are very appreciated.  I sense that a largish court case could...