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How will we do business after Covid-19? What will business look like. There is an old story of a man who had recently arrived in the community. He asked one of the residents what the people there …
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Compliance nightmares tempt us into forgetting that Human Resource Management is about humans and not just data. There are Covid-19 protocols, SETAs, Employment Equity, B-BBEE, COIDA, Health and …
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South Africa is still reeling from the shock of the looting and destruction unleashed last week on the roads and in the cities and malls of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng – Pietermaritzburg in …
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The Daily Maverick (Thursday, 25 March 2021), recently quoted Frank Herbert: ‘Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government …
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Around the world the talk is about lockdown and Covid-19 restrictions. Small and informal enterprises, especially, must find new ways of doing business. But if we only think about …
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Well, I’m excited about Christmas. I have always enjoyed this special celebration and what it means on so many different levels. Yes, it is heavily commercialised, but the markets cannot destroy its …
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Christmas is coming. I know! It’s quite soon, And the family is coming! Clear out the spare room! Count up the numbers, aunts, uncles and all, And don’t forget in-laws; they’re awaiting your …
My wife and I have been reading Richard Carlson’s Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. It sounds easy: identify the small stuff in your life and let go. But, no. The real challenge is the subtitle: ... And …
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The 16 days of activism against women-and-children abuse is an important call to stop the violence, but it is rather like trying to improve Matric results without starting in grade one. Violence …
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A Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School learner ranted on WhatsApp recently, using the K-word against her fellow learners. What was she thinking? Did she learn nothing from Penny Sparrow? However, this …
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