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Piketty’s fix for inequality in sync with development plan, Prof Raymond Parsons ON AUGUST 16 2012, the South African police intervened in a labour conflict between workers at the Marikana platinum mine near Rustenburg and the mine owners — the stockholders of Lonmin Inc based in London. Police fired on the strikers with live ammunition. Thirty-five miners were killed …. This episode reminds us that the…, XENOPHOBIA - BUSINESS MUST ACT, Prof Raymond Parsons The seriousness with which the political leadership across the board is now taking the worrying outbreak of xenophobia in SA is welcome. There needs to be decisive and principled action to deal with the problem from all key stakeholders in the economy, bearing in mind that it occurred previously in 2008...read more , Buck stops here and not with the dollar, Prof Raymond Parsons A period of self-flagellation inevitably lies ahead for the South African economy, which is not in a good space, thanks to the twin fiscal and trade deficits, energy insecurity, labour conflict, policy uncertainty, weak investor confidence and the strong dollar, among other things. Red lights have been flashing for a while,…, A banker who can see the big picture, Prof Raymond Parsons COAL mines in the past employed canaries as sentinels that alerted miners to the presence of poisonous gases. Being more sensitive to gas than humans, the birds got distressed before the gases reached levels dangerous to humans, giving the miners time to evacuate the mine. When at the top of their game, central banks in…, Daylight saving may be key to security of power supply, Prof Raymond Parsons IT IS often said that South Africa should be more prepared to "think outside the box" in tackling some of its challenges. Energy conservation is clearly one of them and already a range of innovative measures are available to save energy. Yet, with Eskom again facing an emergency in power supply, and having to impose cuts on…, Kleinsake: Mentors het gróót voordele, Prof Tommy du Plessis Daar is een ding wat die eienaar van ’n kleinsakeonderneming maar alte goed besef – hy het meestal nie al die wysheid om die onderneming 100% reg te bestuur nie. Foute word gemaak en probleme word soms net so gelaat. Daar is deurlopend uitdagings, soos om die beste bemarkingstegniek vir jou onderneming te identifiseer, jou…, Sakekamers kan klein ondernemings help, Prof Tommy du Plessis Almal op die AHi-kongres in Potchefstroom verlede week was dit eens dat wat Suid-Afrika nodig het, duisende nuwe kleinsakeondernemings is – ’n syfer van minstens 1 miljoen voor 2030 is genoem. Kortweg kom dit daarop neer dat hoe meer klein- en middelslag-ondernemings (KMO’s) gevestig en suksesvol bedryf kan word, hoe meer…https://commerce.nwu.ac.za/business/community
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Community, Overview The NWU Business School realises that an organisation cannot operate in isolation of its environment. Therefore, we strive to help uplift our community by providing courses on current issues such as HIV and AIDS for our business leaders. Furthermore, we implement our expertise in local businesses through our MBA syndicate groups to help…https://commerce.nwu.ac.za/business/useful-information
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