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Cumulative targets?

I’ll tell you what I know about the art of BEE (as opposed to it being a science, which it clearly isn’t) and that is that every person in the industry interprets each element...

Let’s end this now

I don’t think that the self vs independent assessment debate has anywhere else to go.  Albert sent me an updated email that I think summarises the debate.  I won’t post the email...

Empowerdex/FM top empowerment companies

It’s annual empowerment feature time.  The April 4 (2008) issue of the FM had a special empowerment supplement.   A JV between the FM and Empowerdex, the supplement stands out as...

ABVA Breakfast

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...

BEE seminars and workshops

I gave my first seminar in 2005.  To the best of my knowledge it was the first one that didn’t focus on ownership, but on everything else that you could do to build up a BEE profile. ...

SkweyiyaED

Financial Mail – March 21 2008There are a few interesting articles in the latest FM.  There are two articles in the FM relating to welfare.  An update on SA’s welfare...

In-SANAS-ity – or a reader writes

Anyone who has ever blogged will understand the joy of receiving comments and emails based on your latest post.  I have about 50 subscribers but I do know that every now and then my posts get...

ABVAndalism

Has the battle been won, and if so where is the war going to take us to?  Stephen Timm wrote an article in Business Report last week telling us that "Abva was ‘wrong’ in...

It’s official – Bernie says it is

There is one rule about blogging that no one will ever tell you about – and that is shooting from the hip.  You can create an immense amount of trouble for yourself by shooting your mouth...