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Foreign workers’ work permits to be doubled

If JIPSA (joint initiative on priority skills acquisition) is to succeed we need to bring in foreign skills to train up our people.  This seems to be an accepted fact, unless you are Cosatu...

Standard Bank BEE qualifiers finalised

Google the heading of this post and count the number of sites carrying this article – it must be news then.  I chose to read the article on (surprise, surprise) Business Day.  Standard...

Lots of posts

I went to Cape Town this weekend and read a lot on the plane.  There is a lot to blog about – I’ll try keep them brief...

The corporate way

Government procurement is a complex beast – full of regulations and accountabilities and the like.  Private procurement is different.  This tender notice is in this morning’s...

Third umpire

Page 14 of the Business Day today.  Buyelwa Sonjica, minerals and energy minister is given a red light for her department taking so long in awarding mineral rights.  And I quote. Whether or...

Once empowered, always empowered

The rumours of the codes coming out soon are rife.  This morning’s Business Day has dropped a few hints –  New rules let BEE investors cash in stakes.  The article speaks of...

Tawana may fire local workers

So says the Business Day today.  Tawana Resources may dismiss (fire is a harsh word) South African workers at the end of this month because of the delay in getting their mining permit. ...

Code comfort

Kim Marr sent me an email today with some news on the codes.  Happarently, happarently the BEE codes went before the Cabinet committee on the 26th of October.  The next move is to present...

Testing the regulations

The Johannesburg labour court has found that the Employment Equity Act does not impose an obligation on an employer embarking on a retrenchment exercise to retrench its white rather than black...