Tag: south Africa
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Cry beloved black business, wake up, and move forward into progress
A quick browse in the townships, you will notice a lot of small businesses i.e. spaza-shops, driving schools, internet/printing cafes, pharmacies. Their state of branding
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Mandela did not sell out; De Klerk and company were pulling
I’m sure most of you saw an article on Mandela’s birthday; titled “Mandela sold blacks out” via News24. I could feel the pain the fella was spilling into the post. Either you sympathized with it; were disgusted by it or felt neutral. Nonetheless it pointed out real points that have a fundamental bearing on the…
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What maybe government officials don’t know
What makes a country go round and bigger or smaller. The government is those folks that get to spend what citizen pay as tax: call it VAT, payee, company tax etc. They spend what we voluntarily or rather involuntarily pay. Sometimes they take it from your employers; sometimes when you buy something at the shops.…
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Explaining the concept de-colonization to spark prosperity for Africa (ECONOMICS FOR AFRICA) (part 2 of 2)
This is a continuation of the previous article titled “Colonialism/Apartheid – a high interest, long term and lucrative investment for the west”. Why do you think South Africa is a developing country? Why do you think we do not have our own Nike, Iphone, Mercedes etc? Why don’t we have mighty brands like these walking…
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Colonialism/Apartheid – a high interest, long term and lucrative investment for the west (part 1 of 2)
Over next the few paragraphs I will highlight and as well explain why colonialism was a long term investment for the colonisers (the west). And a good one I must say. The interests still show; of course any investor will protect their investment. FYI: the mighty west did try to invest in Asia though colonialism…
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Understanding the economics of ebooks in South Africa
The Chrystal ball stashed in your grandma’s bedroom, brush it a bit with your right hand, then it will tell you that among Oprah’s favourite things for 2013 will be this book: ‘Forget The Business Plan Use This Short Model’, which I published this year. I heard a rumour that traditional publishers take something to…
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Evidently brotherhood breads success
‘Damn those Nigerians; Indians; Chinese; Zimbabweans etc. making money in our country’. These are the usual words echoed by natives referring to foreign business people. Irrespective of where in the world, natives tend to always moan about foreign businessmen in their homeland. If I were to migrate to another country,