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BEE is for the good times – these AREN’T good times

Well this was the original intention, until bolshie bob was launched upon us. His commie-addled mind could not understand that you can't grow and share if there is no growth. It wasn't a...

A naïve assessment of the virus and what it takes to get your business through it

I am not a marketing person. When I started this blog I knew that I could write and I knew that I could post my thoughts up on a blog (I really have to thank Fred Wilson for this – he is the most...

Preachers need their flocks – even if this is now banned. DigiFaith. The virtual church

"The preacher likes the cold, he knows I'm going to stay". So sang the Mamas and Papas in their 1965 hit "California Dreamin". Religious leaders will tell you that their places...

Third day of quarantine, Cornonavirus explained by Tom King

I think that the biggest problem we face is that we don't really understand how serious this virus is.  The Italians will tell you it's very serious, the Chinese know how serious it...

We need a dti holiday and accredited Verification Agencies (March 2020)

Before I go into the number of VAs (79 of them) there is something else that needs to be discussed. And it's the dti and their BEE codes. The economy is now comfortably in a recession...

SANAS has corona to the party with amended verification regulations. It was all my doing I tell you

This was sent to me by my old friend Obed.  I wonder whether this wasn't as a result of yesterday's post (it probably was). Considering the number of requests and correspondences in...

The first day of isolation – more posts to come

I have decided to be a lot more prolific during the isolation period  (I've broken my first rule about blog posts – rule 1 NEVER START A POST WITH I).  There's a lot to write...

Carry on Corona, will SANAS notice that things are not normal

It's so obvious – every BEE verification agency is going to get massive non-conformances because of the Coronavirus.  I can just see DeeStructive telling their frightened agencies that...

Verification agencies – not all are fascists, the air with Benito is cleared

If you read my diatribe about Benito in the last post,  you would have witnessed a pissed off author who can't spell polyphagous correctly (thanks Harry for pointing this out). There was a...