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Rienzo’s radio debut

Rienzo Colpo is the other partner in the Caird Group.  He spent a few years running a business in Zambia and has developed a rather refined view on entrepreneurship in Africa.  He tells me...

New codes coming at the end of October?

Finweek (5 October 2006) reports that it is likely that the codes will be published by the end of October. The interview with Lionel October, conducted by Barrie Terblanche, provides a sneak preview...

EE deadline was the 2nd of October

Hopefully those companies that employ more than 150 employees made the 2 Oct deadline.  The Department of Labour is ramping up its inspectorial activities, a "specialised inspectorate has...

Naspers BEE deals

Naspers has been busy lately with its empowerment deals, Phutuma Nathi for Multichoice and Welkom Yizani for Media 24.  The deal that’s really making the headlines is the Multichoice...

Deals and doing an Mzi

I have been threatening for a while to write something on BEE deals.  Here goes. I don’t like BEE deals. I don’t like BEE deals that are done because they are BEE deals.  I like...

Corporate social investments make good business sense

I wrote this for Real Business.  By the way Kim Marr has also started contributing to Real Business, she has a fantastic overview of CSI and BBBEE.  Her first article can be found here (Get...

Amendment to Act will spur on empowerment

Section 38 of the Companies Act, 1973 prohibits a company from providing financial assistance for the purchase or subscription of its own shares.  To be more specific: 38. No financial assistance...

Procedure, numbers and the EE Act

Alan Hammond, editor of The Skills Portal wrote an interesting comment in his weekly newsletter today, Labour Department gets tough with Employment Equity Act.  The article sheds more light on...

The enterprises strike back

JSE listed companies don’t take to allegations that may impact on their share price lightly.  A number of the companies "named and shamed" on Monday have come back with evidence...