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Comments submitted to the DTI on the BEE Amendments (2 May 2018). Please send these to the dti

Here are my comments.  It took about a day to draft them.  The word document is here – please download these comments and make all the changes you want, but most importantly send the...

ICT QSE and Specialised code levels – sorted

Not really my work, I have to thank my friend Feeeeeeeeeeee for pursuing this.  I wrote the last blog post on the subject because a useless verification agency (that I will never use...

Namibia may scrap black ownership requirements for miners

We are just slowing down the (black) empowerment that we want to achieve, says the country’s mines minister. This is a difficult one.  Clinging onto licenses for resources does give a government...

YES, the YES is a priority, but not at the price bolshie bob has set

It seems to have started with this article, although I would like to believe that my play in one act really clinched the deal.  Bruce Whitfield wrote The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...

NEEEF developments

Last year I hosted a conference in Windhoek about the NEEEF. The overriding impression I got was that the government was willing to talk and listen to business.  Something that our dear bolshie...

Rob Davies – Act 1 Scene 1 – the demise of white monopoly capital. A play in one scene

The scene – a room in a prime office in Meintjies Street Pretoria.  A nondescript bearded man in a Mandela shirt is reading the news online whilst he fondles his made-to-scale replica of Marx’s...

Here we have a dominant political party with absolutely no clue how to retain its dominance

This is a short post but it will be followed up by a longer one.  bolshie bob published this document for comment.    A few features No more modified flow through for enhanced...

ICT code levels – QSE and specialised measured out of what?

There was a conversation between me and a person who I had met yet about their BEE scorecard.  They were told by their completely unreasonable clients that they have to be a level 1 or 2. ...

Democratic Dalliance – the pursuit of relevance. Let’s complain about expired gupta BEE certificates

The poor official opposition.  They have suddenly become irrelevant.  With Cyril moving the aNc towards the centre, the DA have found themselves wanting.  julius knows this too...