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Three kids need a little help – I can swing this from a BEE perspective

This email was sent to me today.  There are three kids who appear to be white based on the...

Independent Directors – AVC (Fred Wilson)

Boards are important. They might not do the day to day work of company building but they set the...

African Mole and the Constitution – open Sesame

The Army Gymnasium in Heidelberg was graced with two special people in 1986, MC Snyman and an Adrian...

What Nene will not receive, measured in Nkandlas

Yesterday's post looked at the total cost of skills development for 9 companies. This table...

Skills training are coming – but how much of cost

The dti'S BROADEDING PARTICIPATION DIVISION have issued the attached notice. It's not very...

Junk status, BEE and Levenstuck

Thank goodness for Keith Levenstein. Those in the industry know that he knows not what he speaks of...

Journalistic licence – head in the Hlauds

"Dr Joseph Goebbels, minister of public enlightenment and propaganda was now systematically...

Construction not transforming: Nxesi. Just add water and you’ll have a fully qualified artisan

The country's construction sector needs massive transformation, Public Works Minister Thulas...

Unintended consequences of over-legislating (we aren’t alone)

The irony of Sarbanes-Oxley was that it was intended to prevent more Enrons and Worldcoms but it...