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OPINION: State continues to pull the strings
OPINION: The Presidential report relies heavily on the corporate governance requirements introduced by the King III, but indicates that state-owned entities should be treated differently from commercial operations because of their complexity and function as an organ of the state.
SMEs have little confidence in labour laws
When asked how confident SMEs are that their businesses will grow in the next 12 months, they expressed confidence levels of 71%, which is line with confidence levels recorded last quarter. Martin says that it is a positive indication that SMEs continue to be confident, despite the negative sentiment that is widespread in many industries.
Top three financial regrets of the wealthy
57% of wealthy individuals said not devising a reviewable strategy for their personal finances sooner is the greatest regret of their financial lives, while 18% regretted not regularly assessing the performance of their investments. We take a look at the top three regrets of the wealthy.
TED TUESDAY: Why you will fail to have a great career
Throughout his three-decade career at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic wizardry
Why your boss probably wants you to resign
“You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.”
So goes the line from Tyler Durden, the alter ego of the unnamed narrator of the cult movie Fight Club, which of course is based on the book of the same name by American author Chuck Palahniuk.
Mashaba hits back at Cosatu
Herman Mashaba the chairperson of the Free Market Foundation (FMF) has hit back at trade union Cosatu after criticism that the FMF was siding with the Democratic Alliance around labour brokers. The statement from the FMF reads as follows:
Zuma’s attempts at reassurance thwarted
“In the life of a nation, rarely has a leader been so personally responsible for setting into motion a chain of crises as this President is,” Mazibuko said. “Every major crisis of the last year could have been avoided if the President had exercised principled and selfless leadership.”
SMEs have little confidence in labour laws
When asked how confident SMEs are that their businesses will grow in the next 12 months, they expressed confidence levels of 71%, which is line with confidence levels recorded last quarter. Martin says that it is a positive indication that SMEs continue to be confident, despite the negative sentiment that is widespread in many industries.
TED TUESDAY: Why you will fail to have a great career
Throughout his three-decade career at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic wizardry
