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Wake up South Africa! You don’t have it that bad…

19 February 2010 | Featured Story

The recession has left its mark on consumers and businesses alike. South Africa Inc shed more than a million jobs through 2009 as companies went into survival mode. Motor manufacturers and home builders have traded through an unprecedented slowdown and ar

More questions than answers as Zuma addresses nation

Another year, another budget

19 February 2010 | Straight Talk

Budget speech 2010 has come and gone. On Wednesday, 17 February 2010, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his 30-page prepared speech to Parliament. Gordhan’s opening paragraphs suggested his budget would be an upbeat one. He acknowledged the “inimi

South Africa Inc laments skills shortage

05 February 2010 | Straight Talk

While our global peers worry about dwindling order books and a severe slowdown in economic activity, South Africa’s private sector executives singled out skills as the biggest obstacle to business growth. This fact emerged from the Grant Thornton Internat

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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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