MOST African governments are squeezed between poor citizens and big financial holes in public coffers. It is a reality that depending on aid or hand-outs alone will not do the trick, and politicians across Africa are asking more from their tax collectors. (more…)

A DIRECTOR can be classified as a non-executive directors (“NED”) or executive director. An executive director is a full-time employee of the company with day-to-day responsibilities. On the other hand, a NED is a member of a company's board of directors who is not part of the executive…

ANY manufacturer that isn’t represented in the compact SUV segment simply isn’t going to get the cash tills ringing as a traffic jam builds up with all the model choice now available to buyers at the lower end of the price scale. I use the description “lower” as…

IT is one thing to have a law that lays out clear procedures and guidelines on development and maintenance of road infrastructure, and another where leaders, administrators and managers take little interest in making use of the law to create internationally-competitive road infrastructure. (more…)

IN this article, we present results from a research study using productivity measurement models to determine the sustainability of profits at a local company. (more…)

ON September 20 this year, the High Court handed down a judgment touching on a crucial aspect of labour law and it is only expedient that this judgment be brought to the attention of the reading public. (more…)

TEAMS are required when people need to work together towards a common goal. For teamwork to have any meaningful impact, the work must be interdependent. Organisations invest a lot of money in team building. (more…)

MOST of us car buffs tend to take note of what we’re sharing road space with because it’s all part of the web of intrigue that surrounds purchasing decisions in the automotive world. It therefore stands to reason that we’ll all be more than familiar with a multitude…

HUMAN resources (HR) analytics refers to the process of getting business insights from HR data. This is new to most HR people in the sense that they have not fully embraced analytics. (more…)

SOME discussions are just worth repeating because some readers appear not too keen on the advice that this column gives, and yet mistakes that I have warned against continue happening. In early 2006, I warned readers about the inherent dangers that one may face when negotiating an agreement…