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Balancing Power

 

Vol 19, Issue 03

Editor's Pulpit

Democratisation making slow progress

The German Bertelsmann Foundation Transformation Index, a comparative investigation of 125 transformation states, shows that East and Southern Africa are stagnating in their development. more...

Regulars

Company Strategy

» Prahalad and Hamel (part III)

Corporate Coach

» Building teams

Executive Wellness

» Allow feelings! The Sedona Method

Finance

» Ever-widening gap between prime and cap rates

Global Management

» China’s involvement in Africa – opportunity or threat? (part I)

Global View

» Business leaders met with heads of government in Kampala

Human Resources

» Even top execs battle with CV writing
» Sloppy internal recruitment processes impact negatively on the company brand

ICT

» Good ICT governance helps companies keep their ‘balls’ in the air
» SA warms to 3G and mobile data usage

Inside the Business Schools

» The holy grails of sustainable competitiveness

Labour Law

» Employers should have disciplinary codes
» Initiating a disciplinary hearing (part II)

Leader’s Voice

» Research becomes core function

Legal

» Law review project
» Protecting data and privacy

Management

» If you haven’t got it – you’re going to need to very soon!

Marketing

» 2007 SABRE results – the big movers and shakers
» Get to the point (part I)

Medical Update

» Deaf to the needs of people?

New Books

» Essays on the law of Botswana
» The Invisible Customer

Provinces & Countries – Free State Update

» Moving forward towards economic and service excellence

Provinces & Countries – Gauteng Update

» New rates policy

Provinces & Countries – KZN Update

» Ithala focuses on youth development (part I)

Provinces & Countries – Namibia

» Namport plans N$1bn expansion

Provinces & Countries – Western Cape Update

» Scrap tax on electricity?

SA Scenario

» Non-threatening America

Tax

» Regulation costing South African business millions

 

 

Profiles

Botswana – Profile – Bokomo

» Service is the rent you pay for your room on earth
The hallmarks of Bokomo Botswana are etched deep into company culture and performance: quality, service excellence and competitiveness.

Eastern Cape - Profile - Department of Housing

» Fast tracking housing delivery in the Eastern Cape
Acknowledging the past challenges that hampered speedy and qualitative housing delivery in the Province, the Department, in line with Section 26 of the Constitution (Act 108 of 1996) has sought to take all reasonable legislative and other measures to ensure the progressive realisation of the right of access to adequate housing by the people of the Province.

Eastern Cape – Profile – Buffalo City

» Proactive, progressive, productive – pro-people
Growth, economic development, job creation, local and foreign investment – all are generated by people. 

Eastern Cape – Profile – Department of Social Development

» Pushing back the frontiers of poverty
The socio-economic dynamics faced by communities – and the need to create a comprehensive social security system as one of the transformation agenda priorities – challenged the Department to develop programmes that will not only focus on welfare, but also on integrated sustainable development of communities.

Eastern Cape – Profile – Spar

» Getting goods to the people
SPAR Eastern Cape is the leading retailer in that region with a market share of 35.9%.

Metropolitan Structures – Profile – eThekwini Municipality

» Durban’s Super 7 are the seven key reasons Durban is attractive to business & leisure visitors
Award winning Municipality. We have the best run and financially strongest local government on the continent.

Research Survey Overviews

Research Survey Overview - Metropolitan Structures

» Metropolitan structures pulling up their socks
PMR.africa has completed its annual, national survey on Metropolitan Structures as rated by respondents representing Government and the private sector.

Research Survey Overview – Eastern Cape

» A phoenix in the making
PMR.africa has completed its annual survey on the Eastern Cape Province. 

Research Survey Overview - Botswana

» A gem of a country
PMR.africa has completed its annual, national survey on Botswana.

 

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