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Balancing Power

 

Volume 18, Issue 08

Editor's Pulpit

South Africans are optimists

South Africans have seen four interest rate hikes, petrol prices have recorded huge upward movements and there are signs that inflation is starting to rise substantially, food prices soar, traffic jams and electricity blackout rollouts become part of one's daily life - and yet, South Africans remain optimists, positive about the future of the economy, and that they will have a regular income in the foreseeable future.  more...

Regulars

Global View

» Ban Ki-moon: "Market leadership and sustainability leadership go hand in hand”

Finance Update

» Blacklisting amnesty drawing to close

Legal Update

» Corporate law reform in South Africa – one step closer (part II)

Labour Law

» The need to register with the Compensation Commission (part II final)
» What is unfair?

Company Strategy

» Henry Mintzberg (part II)

Science & Technology

» Cities eating up resources and habitat

Human Resources Update

» Hiring employees for the ‘write’ stuff: graphology in the workplace (part I)

Leadership Update

» The 13 habits of highly effective leaders (part II)

Management Update

» Corporate damage control – can you manage the impact of spin?

Parliamentary Update

» The new National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (part III final)

Provinces & Countries - Gauteng Update

» Mega cities

Provinces & Countries - Western Cape Update

» Western Cape access the Destination Workshop 2007

Provinces & Countries - Free State Update

» Mutual co-operation to embrace international experience

Provinces & Countries - KZN Update

» District information sessions sharpens young people

Provinces & Countries – Namibia

» Second mobile phone company signs deal

Zimbabwe Update

» Zimbabwe: the root cause of the crisis (part I)

ICT Update

» Securing your data while mobile
» The next evolution of a competitive telecoms market

Marketing Update

» SA black middle class booming
» The ultimate sales force (part I)

HIV/AIDS Update

» What to do when a staff member is HIV-positive

Executive Wellness

» The question is: what’s in it for me?

Books

» The effective executive
» The leadership challenge in Africa

 

 

Profiles

Exhibition Venues - Profile - Johannesburg Expo Centre

» A bit of TLC goes a long way
“Logistics, accessibility and size, backed by a dynamic team with almost 50 years’ experience in the industry…” 

Fleet Management Companies - Profile - FleetAfrica

» FleetAfrica in focus
FleetAfrica, a subsidiary of Super Group Ltd, is an outsourced specialist fleet management service provider.

Gauteng - Advertorial - Montecasino

» Montecasino chalks up three new awards
An entertainment and lifestyle brand whose marketing innovations continue to set it apart from its competitors, Montecasino is Gauteng’s most visited leisure destination, attracting in excess of eight million people per annum.

Gauteng - Profile - Department of Economic Development

» Growing Gauteng’s economy
Gauteng province is the heartland of South Africa’s economy and the provincial government is determined to see it grow.

Gauteng - Profile - Mail & Guardian

» Mail & Guardian: a responsible corporate citizen
The Mail & Guardian began 22 years ago, in 1985, during the Apartheid era – as the Weekly Mail.

Mpumalanga - Profile - SPAR

» SPAR
With the 1960’s emergence of grocery chains in South Africa, a group of 8 wholesalers was given the exclusive rights to the SPAR name in 1963, to service 500 small retailers.

Profile - Gauteng Tourism Authority

» Taking Gauteng to the world
In keeping with a highly progressive nation where leadership positions, including deputy presidency, continue to be occupied by women – Gauteng as a business tourism destination also has a woman and advocate at its helm.

Profile - Msukaligwa Municipality - Mpumalanga

» Sustainability through resources utilisation
The Msukaligwa Municipality’s vision is to deliver the best municipal service, while continually bettering itself through transformation and the development of its systems in order to meet the challenges of sustainable development.

Profile - Swaziland Development and Savings Bank

» Driving the nation’s economy
How do you turn a lame duck into a swan? This was the question facing new managing director of the Swaziland development and Savings bank, Stanley Matsebula, in 2000. 

Swaziland - Profile - Du-Van Developers

» Expansion through delivery
Deep in the Lubombo Mountain Range in the heart of Swaziland, there is a company that has excelled in the construction business.

Research Survey Overviews

Research Survey Overview – Gauteng Province

» Vibrant engine room for SA
PMR.Research has completed its annual survey on Gauteng Province and on companies doing most in their respective sectors to contribute to the economic growth and development of the province as well as most admired individuals in industry and government in the province.

Research Survey Overview - Pension Fund Administrators

» Balancing massive investments
PMR.africa has conducted its annual survey assessing pension fund administrators and consultants in South Africa as perceived by their top corporate clients and trade unions.

Research Survey Overview - Exhibition Venues

» Growing trade needs growing venues
PMR.Research has conducted a new survey assessing exhibition venues in South Africa.

Research Survey Overview - Fleet Management Companies

» Keeping tabs on moving costs
PMR.research has conducted its annual survey assessing fleet management companies specific to passenger vehicles and fleet cards.

Research Survey Overview - Swaziland

» Royal region celebrates excellence
PMR.africa has conducted a new study on Swaziland’s economic and social profile. 

Research Survey Overview - Mpumalanga

» Mpumalanga: important trade corridor
PMR.africa has completed its annual survey on Mpumalanga Province and on companies and institutions...

 

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