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Getting a handle on the threshold

The rumours circulate and the press speculates as to the EME threshold.  I wrote about the Beeld and the R5million on the 15th of November.  The Herald Online has also picked up on the...

All you need is learning

The Reserve Bank published its Labour Market Frontiers report this week.  The Business Day reported today that the report found that "the higher the level of skills, the higher the monthly...

What defines an EME?

It now seems to be common cause that the turnover threshold in determining an EME will be raised from the current R300k/annum (staff complement will in all likelihood be removed).  Speculation is...

Phuthuma not so nasty

It was bound to happen.   A re-visitation of BEE deals as soon the rumour of "once empowered, always empowered" hit the headlines.  We speculated about this in our Standard...

Skweyiya calls for basic income grant for poor

Zola Skweyiya, social development minister, expressed support for the idea of a basic income grant to assist the estimated 23-million people living in desperate poverty in the country.  So the...

Codes, Codes, wherefore art thou Codes

It’s great having insiders in every corner.  Kim and Rienzo forwarded me a little more information on the new codes.  Rienzo and I were going to attend an AmCham conference on the new...

Fidentia Top Empowerment Awards 2006

Caird was invited to the Fidentia Top Empowerment Awards at the Xtreme Lifestyle Centre in Fourways (JHB).  It was a lavish affair – big sponsors, no expense spared.   There is a...

Mining its own business

The Chamber of Mines has reported back on its AGM.  The industry is forfeiting R5-10billion a year in fixed investment because companies could not invest in projects without legal title.  20...

Empower(DEX) firms do better

A front page story in today’s Business Day.  EmpowerDEX conducted a survey of 99 listed companies and found that "companies with the highest empowerment ratings dramatically...