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YES – but is it a code?

It's time for a bit of a lecture on the hierarchy of law in this country. I did run this past a renowned attorney yesterday (which was a Sunday). This is the way it works – I did have a...

Initially he was known as Dinogwed

Initially he was known as Dinogwed.  I had to think about the best type of dinosaur that would suit our mining minister.  He couldn’t be a T-Rex.  He was best suited as a lumbering...

And the men in the middle were……….put there

Then, of course, there is Black Economic Empowerment. Transnet, the report points out, has “identified the role of middlemen in procurement as a problem. The middlemen increase the cost by taking a...

Back to the DMRE/Mineral’s Council case

A little more on the DMR Minerals Council case It also noted the removal of other provisions which were seen as onerous.  “The judgment also sets aside the provisions around procurement of goods...

A little more on the DMR Minerals Council case

It also noted the removal of other provisions which were seen as onerous.  “The judgment also sets aside the provisions around procurement of goods and services (especially the capital goods...

The government has lost two significant empowerment related cases

This first one is the once-empowered, always empower issue.  To quote the Daily Maverick. “The minister uses the Mining Charter to guide his decision-making and applicants use it to guide their...

The might of the awdoz is felt as far as Nigeria

There's a story I like to tell, unlike some of my stories this one is true. Many years ago before I was as jaded as I am now I went to meet a potential client about something (more on that...

Skills development hacks for BEE scorecards

It's probably about time for me to start offering one on ones discussing the various BEE hacks that I have mastered over the last 18 years. If there is an interest please email me and we can look...

A BEE scorecard does not equal transformation

Does anybody remember this quote With Dr Khoza in the chair, Nedbank is the only bank among the Big 4 that has yet to find a black person or a woman for the role of Chief Executive. It is also under...