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Time for a land reform re-think

15 October 2010

I’ve spent the last couple of hours reading through articles covering government’s long-awaited 129-page green paper on rural development and land reform and I can’t say I’m left with a positive vibe. It’s as if government is totally oblivious to the cris

Is the youth league doing Mugabe’s bidding?

01 October 2010

What do you do if you’re one of the poorest countries in Africa? In the case of South Africa’s northern neighbour, Zimbabwe, you tell foreign investors to go to hell. That’s effectively what President Robert Mugabe is doing in telling foreign firms who do

Now that’s how you impress an audience

10 September 2010

Week in, week out I attend presentations, conferences, seminars and media releases to get the low down on what’s happening in the financial services industry. Trust me when I tell you the experience becomes pedestrian at times. One can only soak up so man

Service please South Africa

27 August 2010

Do I complain too much, I wondered, as I hung-up on the assistant at my accountant’s office. Or am I simply expecting too much from the people I interact with on a daily basis? The way things are going I’ll be forever compartmentalised as a “whingeing” So

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Would you willingly give up your medical scheme membership under a fully implemented NHI?

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