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Banks and employment equity. They’ll win but they don’t want to fight. Disappointing

These articles are delightfully frustrating to read.  It's behind a paywall but I got the paper yesterday, as shit a read as it is.  The headline is very compelling Banks threatened...

When are you legally obliged to implement a BEE programme? Public sector is

It's not like me to post something that may agree with the BEE Commission.  Here's an article I found that is interesting. I'll post it in its entirety This news may come as a...

Why BEE and public private partnerships could work

Courtesy of Moneyweb.  They published my article   Why BEE and public private partnerships could work While relatively new to South Africa, public-private partnerships have incredible...

Concourt won’t hear the Tourism minister’s appeal

Because it's moot.  That means that the SCA has spoken.  As per the Daily Maverick The Constitutional Court has refused to hear an appeal against a ruling that found that Broad-Based...

Ownershield’s website is live – a shameless plug. Please go and visit

Thanks to Howard and his team at Syncrony Digital. Ownershield is a unique ownership advisory company.  It sticks to these rules Sustainability. Ownership is an emotional topic, but if a company...

These go to 11

If you ask James to quote the title of this post, he'll do it in a passable Nigel Tufnel accent. In fact his general ability to do accents is rather good, cue – g'day mate. It's been a...

End of BEE requirements for state procurement – maybe not so much

Enochonwood got round to gazetting the amended PPPFA regulations after the constitutional court told him that the last ones were shit. I would caution the reader to steer clear of (what's another...

Discheskombobulated

This does need to be discussed. Wait it's not a discussion, it's a monologue. There are two empowerment stories that have made the headlines. The first is Dischem. I don't' want to go...

When courting a potential business partner, doos and donts

Let's say you are a wide boy from Durban who has an auditing qualification and talks up a good story.  You call up a certain BEE consultant with a view to gain all his business.  A...