THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION and ITO MBOWENI’s PREDICAMENT by Gerhard Papenfus The ANC’s National Democratic Revolution (NDR), among others, deals with the ‘strategy’ and ‘tactics’ of the ruling party in order to achieve its social- and economic goals. That...
Dear employer The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition recently published draft regulations on the protection of SMMEs against abusive buying- (in agro-processing, grocery retail and online intermediation services) and pricing practices (in all sectors) for...
STATE ACTS AGAINST ABUSIVE PRACTICES BUT DOES NOT WALK-THE-WALK by Gerhard Papenfus The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dti) recently invited public comment on draft regulations aimed at protecting small business against abusive practices by either...
SOUTH AFRICA – in trying times HONESTY AND DIRECTION FROM THE TOP by Gerhard Papenfus Yesterday morning I received a message titled “From the desk of the President”. Since I find the message encouraging, within the context of current overwhelming uncertainty and...
UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 29%: ARE WE INSANE? by Gerhard Papenfus? StatsSA announced this morning that the official unemployment rate is now 29% – up by 1.4% in one quarter. The expanded (unofficial) unemployment rate is now 38.5%. Although this is shocking, it is not...
4 Julie 2019 Die Ouditeur Generaal het ‘n donker prentjie van die finansiële wanbestuur in die land se 257 munisipaliteite geskilder en gesê dat verantwoordbaarheid steeds afneem terwyl ongemagtigde uitgawes hoog bly. Staatskaping het ‘n vernietigende invloed op alle...
