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Press Release: State acts against abusive practices but does not walk-the-walk
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...
SA, in trying times: Honesty and Direction from the top:
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
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...
MENINGSTUK: MUNISIPALITEITE: WAAKSAME GEMEENSKAPPE NOODSAAKLIK
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...
OPINION PIECE: MUNICIPALITIES: VIGILANT COMMUNITIES ESSENTIAL
The Auditor General has painted a grim picture of financial mismanagement in the country’s 257 municipalities, saying accountability continued to deteriorate while irregular expenditure remained high. State capture has had, and is still having, a devastating effect...
President sets the bar high but execution will be a challenge
Press statement by Gerhard Papenfus following last night’s State of the Nation Address by President Ramaphosa PRESIDENT SETS BAR HIGH BUT EXECUTION WILL BE A CHALLENGE The National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA) has described President Cyril...
It depends on ‘us’ not ‘them’
IT DEPENDS ON ‘US’ NOT ‘THEM’ by Gerhard Papenfus Many South Africans are waiting for some sort of extraordinary intervention to save us from our national predicament. Who will lead us to a better place, they wonder - while they sit and wait. The ANC won the election...
Opinion Piece: It depends on ‘us’ not ‘them’
11 June 2019 Many South Africans are waiting for some sort of extraordinary intervention to save us from our national predicament. Who will lead us to a better place, they wonder - while they sit and wait. The ANC won the election comfortably, but what does it...
MENINGSTUK: DIE 2019-VERKIESING IS AGTER DIE RUG; NOU IS DIT SKOUER AAN DIE WIE
14 Mei 2019 Ek glo die President wanneer hy sê dat hy die land wil herstel; ek betwyfel nie sy opregtheid nie. Die uitdagings wat die President in die gesig staar, ten einde te bereik wat hy in die vooruitsig stel, moenie onderskat word nie. Binne die konteks van die...
LOAD SHEDDING AND PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES
LOAD SHEDDING AND PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES Contact your Regional NEASA office for assistance. Dear NEASA employer The latest spate of load shedding has caused havoc for employers and the issue is seemingly going to be prevalent for the foreseeable future. One of the major...