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Would the leader of the Republic please step forward?

17 October 2011

I begin today’s Stokes’ Stage with a definition of leadership. Instead of reciting from my trusted Oxford Dictionary I turn to a quote attributed to Lao Tzu, a philosopher of ancient China and the person traditionally recognised as the founder of Taoism.

The premier league of world economies

03 October 2011

Clem Sunter – futurist, scenario planner and author of more than 14 books since 1987 – features regularly on the corporate presentation circuit. One of the themes he often trundles out is that of South Africa’s global economic competitiveness. And there’s

How to waste other people’s money

19 September 2011

South Africa is going to build nuclear power plants – again. This morning, while trawling the web for an offensive story to get Stokes’ Stage underway, I stumbled upon a Reuters’ press release in which energy minister Dipuo Peters admitted signing off on

The trouble with job creation

05 September 2011

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

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