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Fronting and equity equivalents

If you read the published codes you might have noticed that the fronting code, or more correctly "statement" (002) was missing.  This is no longer the case.  I was having a little...

Jobs’ your aunty

The Business Day reported on the fifth South African Employment Report this morning.  The report compiled by Mike Schussler, estimates total formal-sector jobs, excluding ones in agriculture, at...

Can’t be easy being Australian

Ok – so we didn’t make it through to the finals.  Kath says we don’t deserve to be in semis.  She’s right, but there were enough brilliant moments to be a proud South...

Tenders and the high water mark

I was asked by Sandy Pullinger of nFold to sit on a panel discussing procurement.   I had the privilege of meeting some very fine people, Steve Fitzpatrick from Inathi and Terry White of...

Trevor’s FT’s not in his mouth.

Trevor Manuel has made the press recently, I must be the last person to talk about it.  The original transcript is here.  He was interviewed by the Financial Times (of the FTSE fame). ...

This one’s for Jacques

I found this in Finweek (29th of March, 2007).  It says THE TSWANE MUNICIPALITY is actually named after General De la Rey’s nephew General Tswanepoel. So now there needn’t be any more...

DTIme to go?

The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has come under some very severe criticism this week.  It’s harshest critic has been the Business Day, who for some or other reason insists in...

It’s hard

Who says transformation is easy.  To be honest no-one I have ever met has ever suggested that it’s easy.  There are always schlenters and get-arounds. Someone postulated that many...

Charters vs the codes

I received an email from Sakkie O’Neil from Nedbank regarding the necessity for sectoral charters.  Sakkie is a recognised expert on the Financial Sector Charter (FSC) (and no slouch on the...