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ANC transgresses key policy beliefs – Rob is a pawn because he’s a nasty commie

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies on Friday somewhat backed down, announcing a task team to spend 30 days reconsidering. It is clear what decisions they should arrive at. via www.bdlive.co.za Rob...

Something very sinister is happening here

At face value it appears to be some sort of black industrialist assertiveness. Dig my man the Zunguriser Sandile Zungu, a vice-president of the Black Business Council and an economic adviser to...

BEE code change inept and cynical. Rob as usual

The only consolation is that Mr Davies’ intervention may not even be legal, with some commenting that it has ultra vires written all over it. Expect high-profile court action if the matter is not...

BEE code change shocks industry

Chief director of the Department of Trade and Industry Takalani Tambani said the idea behind the change was to ensure that ownership by black individuals was given greater priority by the business...

Broad shoulders on a narrow base and it’s not the Zungus of the world that have to bear this weight

Let's say that you are the boss of the dti. You are informed by a small group of very politically connected people who purport to be businessmen but are either rent boys or professional blacks...

May the 1st approaches and Rob’s not ready

Not that this should come as a surprise. He's not been ready ever, a feature of an incompetent person who as a result of political patronage gets put in charge of the one ministry that he is least...

Perfectly put

Party control of all centres of power to reverse the effects of colonialism as epitomised by Rhodes is one of the overriding policy objectives of the ANC and the South African Communist Party. But if...

Why new BEE codes will pull the rug from under business – it’s not just the BEE codes, it’s everything

More than a few business leaders quietly report that they will simply walk away from the new BEE regulations. Some of them indicate that, if they are compelled to do so, they will take instructions...

Regional and national EAP targets must be used – Labour Court of Appeal (Solidarity content)

Cape Town – Regional and not just national demographics should be taken into account for employment equity targets. ADVERTISEMENT That was the ruling on Friday by the Labour Appeal Court, in a...