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The country that missed the resources train

05 September 2011 | Straight Talk

South Africa has the richest mineral resources endowment in the world, but has underperformed other resource-rich countries over the past decade! This was the view expressed by Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) resources specialist, Barend Ritter, at a m

The trouble with job creation

05 September 2011 | The Stage

South Africa has a New Growth Path document. It was released by economic development minister, Ebrahim Patel, on 23 November 2010. Although the document is chockfull of strange ideas (executive salary capping comes to mind) we cannot recall any economic c

The trouble with living in a police state...

19 August 2011 | The Stage

South Africa is not a police state, yet. But in recent months we’ve witnessed some alarming developments. It started with the re-militarisation of police ranks and the immediate transition of our National Police Commissioner into a General… Why the change

Rather the devil you know... South Africa is not ready for this grand design!

18 August 2011 | Straight Talk

National Health Insurance (NHI) is coming. Despite serious concerns over infrastructure, human resources and affordability, government is pushing ahead with a “financing system that will make sure that all citizens of South Africa (and legal long-term res

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What do you believe will be the biggest challenge when the COFI framework is finally implemented?

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The cost and complexity of relicensing Demonstrating customer outcomes through data and reporting Embedding a customer-first culture across the business Aligning existing compliance frameworks with COFI requirements

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