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What has happened to Rob’s proposed codes?

The DTI received more than 550 submissions from public comments by the December 5 deadline last year. The department has now begun a process of technical analysis of the data received. This entails...

Nzimande says business must boost learnerships for FET graduates | Education | BDlive

Nzimande said while there were 183,893 places for first-year university students this year, the FET college sector had 100,000 places and the Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas) had...

What exactly was FNB’s rationale behind the new campaign?

This theory is not mine, it comes from a reader and regular commenter on this blog.   FNB has been known to court controversy with the government of the day since its early days...

Manyi’s influence still very prominent in the BMF

The BMF further criticised the formula used to calculate the targets for Africans, coloureds and Indians. The formula should be adjusted to address the over-representation of South Africans of Indian...

Mantashe: Anglo, Amplats ‘stole’ our money (and put it into a FNB Account)

Mantashe reportedly said Anglo and its platinum unit Amplats (AMS), “must deal with South Africa as a country with respect,” he said. They shouldn’t “deal with South Africa as a junior partner,”...

Online EE report’s deadline was yesterday. What fun

Admittedly I did leave it to the last minute.  Because of this I did expect the website to have issues.  Surprisingly it actually handled quite well.  But I had problems with parts...

Businesses that back ANC will prosper. Indeed!!!

"It is also a fact that the ANC is the only party in South Africa that has economic-and business-friendly policies. The implication of this reality is that if business wants to prosper in South...

Financial Services Code (FSC) Scorecard

Here is a breakdown of the various elements that make up the gazetted FSC and their scores.  Whilst there are strong similarities to the generic codes the FSC is still very financial sector...

Let’s be positive this year

Yes we have a government of goons but there is hope and I'll try to be positive.  There's the FSC which will do wonders for the banks and insurers etc.  I am sure that Rob's...