Burning issues…
Local government elections are to take place on the 18th May 2011 and this single event will probably dominate the debates we face in the media. Service delivery issues will be under the spotlight and political parties will seek to capitalise on their successes and exploit their oppositions perceived failures. Read more
Going forward
Our nation was greatly concerned when news of ex President Mandela’s hospitalisation became known. Not so much the printed media, as the radio and the electronic media, became saturated with people expressing views on the issue and I think we all held ex President Mandela in our prayers at the time. Read more
Where does our value lie?
I heard such an interesting story recently. This true story talks about a fundamental part of each of our businesses. Read more
Time to reflect or time to act?
Incredibly for most of us the year is all but over. Plans are being made for factory shut downs even if it is later for some than for others. Read more
Keeping Up
I love the way that nouns sometime evolve into verbs. In the case of big brands it really is the ultimate compliment. When I was growing up it was common to refer to vacuuming a carpet as hoovering the carpet. Read more
The power is in the idea…
Yawning is such an innocuous act. It’s something we all do and yet yawning is contagious. Some of you will yawn in the next few minutes just because you have read the words yawning in this opinion. And for some of you reading this in a coffee shop or open office others may have seen or heard you yawn and they may yawn as well. So in a very short time a whole lot of people will yawn. Read more
