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Malusi and bankrupting the state by 2020 (set-aside content)

If there is one consistent feature of Zoomer's cabinet it is that he appoints people who should not allowed to maintain a scholar patrol let alone a cabinet position. Think Tina, Dina, Rob...

BDFM or Business Day is going to charge for online access – but the price is a ripoff

This is fair enough and I would be prepared to pay for this access.  However Business Day seem to think (and Peter Bruce warned us early this week) that R11/day for online access is a realistic...

No, I'm not going to comment on Rob and his useless Licensing of Businesses Bill. What I will say is that Rob is single-handedly drowning South Africa in his sea of incompetence. Take a look at...

So you want to be black by birth or descent, well then read on

We all know that the easiest definition of black is an African, Coloured or Indian who is a South African by birth or descent. But what we don't know is how to test that. As it turns out this is...

Is that a hole in your umbrella dear Cyril, dear Cyril?

-From: Admin Sent: 19 April 2013 03:44 PM To: paul@227.co.za Subject: Application to access blackpages website declined Dear Paul, We regret to inform you that you have not complied with our...

Gleason suggests we need a new trade and industry minister

And the place for President Jacob Zuma to start is at the Department of Trade and Industry. On Wednesday this newspaper reported on the latest survey conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor...

Capital adequacy ratio explained. This is why we have direct and indirect ownership in the FSC

What really, is going to break the camel’s back as far as the banks are concerned, is the main issue of capital adequacy ratios or capital requirements. Capital adequacy ratio is a measure of banks’...

Mining Charter and beneficiaries

A journalist called me last night to ask me about the mining charter. I am quite familiar with it but it did require a little bit of touch-up research. The BEE codes of good practice are badly...

What the law says — and means — on transformation: Paul Hoffman

It is perhaps significant that neither race nor gender is mentioned by Parliament. The quest for a nonracial and nonsexist order in South Africa calls for a transformation of mindset, not a counting...