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The Daily Maverick (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 is always …
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Zimbabwe suffered its biggest cash-in-transit heist recently – US$2,5 million. Apparently, the driver and his two companions gave a lift to six passengers – six! In return for the generosity …
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Usually in HR we say that employees are not machines to be switched on and left to run. But there are parallels between an employee and expensive machinery: we buy them (we call it ‘hiring’, of …
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The company that prints our local newspaper The Witness, made a colossal mistake today (3 April 2020). They reprinted the inner four pages from yesterday. Turns out it wasn’t a delayed April Fool’s …
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I often hear complaints from managers that employees just don’t ‘get’ it. They don’t understand the challenges the organisation faces, the industry we find ourselves in or the basics of cash …
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Change is constant they say. We often assume employees realise this and should be ready for any changes thrown at them. But employees are not averse to change itself but to how change affects them on …
The following is an article I contributed to Formfactory, who asked various experts in labour relations and labour law, “What are the biggest mistakes employers make when firing employees?” Please …
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The Marikana massacre four years ago, was a watershed moment in South African labour relations. The Farlam Commission into the tragedy pointed out multiple failures on all sides. For employers, the …
I’m taking a risk here. I’m likely to lose readers on this one either because the advice is so ridiculously obvious you’ll be bored or because it is so radical you’ll disown me. But humour me, please. …
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It may not cause many accidents on the road, but the failure of drivers to indicate is a cause of great frustration to other drivers. I think that the problem is primarily a lack of awareness of …
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