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Are you managing your vehicle fleet properly? - By Ashleigh Young - CEO of the TransAuto Group

With the ever increasing cost of vehicle ownership, for most organisations fleet management is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity. Due to poor fleet management practices, your organisation's fleet may be costing up to 40% more than it should be. Applying the 10 : 1 income to expenses rule of thumb then an organisation will need to generate $10 of sales to cover $1 of expenses. In the current global recession, generating sales is not easy, but if an organisation wishes to improve… Continue

Added by Ashleigh Young on October 29, 2010 at 8:53am — No Comments

Statistics South Africa: Tourism, Migration, Transportation, Food & Beverages

P0351 - Tourism and Migration August 2010



In August 2010, there were 1 044 418 foreign arrivals to South Africa. The arrivals were made up of 18 813 non-visitors and 1 026 105 visitors. The visitors consist of 307 085 same-day visitors and 719 020 overnight visitors (tourists). The breakdown of the tourists by region is as follows: 179 658 from overseas; 521 959 from SADC countries; 15 075 from 'other' African countries and 2 328 unspecified.





P7162 - Land… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on October 28, 2010 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Eastern Cape pledges support for Census 2011

Eastern Cape Premier, Noxolo Kiviet, delivered a keynote address at the launch of Census 2011 held on Thursday in East London. In her address, Kiviet emphasised the importance of census data and said the data will go a long way in reflecting the kind of work that government has done over the years.



“I fully support Census 2011 as it is premised on the significance of the population data in terms of determining the work of various government departments,” Kiviet told… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on October 28, 2010 at 4:43pm — No Comments

African Women in Business Challenge 2010-2011 is now open

The sector competition organised by BiD Network opens in its second edition. Women entrepreneurs from all African countries are invited to submit their plan applications.



The Women in Business Challenge, a business plan competition to support women entrepreneurs in the development of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, is organized… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on October 26, 2010 at 12:54pm — 1 Comment

Is your Personal Brand working for you? By Juliette Jenner

Having just returned from an inspiring trip to New York City, I got thinking about New Yorkers’ capacity to be so generous and friendly. I have come to the conclusion they suffer from deep seated and abundant self-esteem and they express it in everything they say and do! They offer you a smiling and congenial face, not only comfortable in who they are but ready to share their great city with you. They know their worth and celebrate it. They are brilliant at generating the perception they… Continue

Added by Juliette Jenner on October 25, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

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Added by Moola Calls on October 21, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Beware ! Spammers are after your database !

Thursday, October 21, 2010SPAM OR NOT ?

From the desk of John Brandow

Most people with an own domain might find that SPAM are on the increase. There are a lot of so called reputable businesses out there making use of SPAM creators (my definition). What is a spam creator? It is someone making it their business to harvest by any means possible email addresses and then assuring their high profiled clients (like some insurance companies - names available) that everything they do is above… Continue

Added by John Brandow on October 21, 2010 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Riskowitz Capital Set to Launch Maiden Hedge Fund Focused on South Africa

Riskowitz Capital Management, the New York-based value investment management firm, is to launch its maiden hedge fund. The Riskowitz Value Fund is focused on listed South African equity securities.



A concentrated, best-ideas offering, the fund will have between 10 and 12 positions. Sean Riskowitz, who formed the firm in March, said he decided to roll-out the offering to give US investors exposure to South African equities.



“The South African economy is very similar in… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on October 19, 2010 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Riskowitz Capital Set to Launch Maiden Hedge Fund Focused on South Africa (Press Release)

Riskowitz Capital Management, the New York-based value investment management firm, is to launch its maiden hedge fund. The Riskowitz Value Fund is focused on listed South African equity securities.



A concentrated, best-ideas offering, the fund will have between 10 and 12 positions. Sean Riskowitz, who formed the firm in March, said he decided to roll-out the offering to give US investors exposure to South African equities.



“The South African economy is very similar in… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on October 19, 2010 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Sexwale says double-dip recession will be ‘detrimental’ to SA economy

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Friday called for a strong partnership between government, labour, business and civil society to grow the South African economy, saying that a second recession would be "detrimental". Speaking at the yearly meeting of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) in Johannesburg, the Minister noted that some analysts were predicting a W-shaped recovery, instead of the expected U-shaped economic recovery.



"At our current… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on October 18, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Israeli Water Technology Companies Cooperate with Mining Related Companies in SA to address the AMD Challenge

A visit of 16 water technology companies from Israel has been concluded with great success. Participants from both countries believe that the potential for cooperation is vast. The Israeli delegation included companies that offer desalination solutions, filtration, monitoring, pies and joints, tube cleaning systems and more. more than a hundred 1 on 1 meetings happened between the Israeli and South African companies and 5 seminars that emphasized the need for cooperation. for more information,… Continue

Added by Or Pearl on October 16, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Trevor Manuel urges fairer global economic system

Ethics and governance need to be taken much more seriously if a fairer and more equitable global economic system is to be achieved, says Trevor Manuel, Minister in the Presidency in charge of the National Planning Commission.



Speaking on Thursday at a three-day Globalisation and Governance Conference hosted by the Mandela Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand's School of Law, Manuel said the Bretton Woods institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on October 15, 2010 at 6:37pm — No Comments

call centers?

Hi everybody,

could anyone provide me with a link or a list of southafrican callcenters? Does anybody has some experience working with them?

it would be great help!!

thanks

Added by Konstantinos Koutsomitopoulos on October 13, 2010 at 3:06pm — No Comments

How ethical is it to ask a client to push back a deadline just so that I can do another job that pays more, first?

I have posted this question on Inner Circle and have received a very helpful response. Do you have another view on this?



For some reason I was raised with the idea that one has to sort out this kind of issue by oneself, thus not involving anybody else, least of all the client! The same can be said of when one encounters a mistake or issue. I have learned the hard way that keeping quiet about a mistake more often than not, causes bigger and more mistakes!



It seems that… Continue

Added by Roelof Venter on October 13, 2010 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

South African Tourism shatters the global destination marketing mould

SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM is changing the face of global destination marketing forever with an exciting new campaign that launches this month.



A Nigerian couple, Seun and Abimbola (Bimbo) Somolu featured prominently in the campaign. Others are Andrew Smith and Hannah St Paul from the UK, Artie and Carol Rosenblatt from the US, and from India, Gurjap Singh and Radha Brahmbhatt.



It's nothing like any destination, anywhere, has ever done before. South Africa's newest destination… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on October 8, 2010 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Demistifying marketing

On the spur of the moment we developed and presented a practical Marketing course focussing on the electronic media and the 90 day action marketing plan. The response from the 16 attendees at the trial run totally bouled me out. Not one single negative word and various requests to do it again ! I think the need is there to demistify marketing.



The best part of the whole thing is the definition we found for marketing (I really could not remember who the author was - if you find him… Continue

Added by John Brandow on October 7, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

BEWARE BANK ADVERTISEMENTS !

Never ever trust Banks. They do not have your well being at heart. This morning in the Rapport newspaper there was another article where the following came out : "Irrespective of the fact that I was negotiating with the bank (FNB) and during that process they attached and sold my house on auction" Is this an isolated incident? You can bet your life on it that is not. My own experience just last month is another. My bank (ABSA) was in possession of a bank guarantee from a buyer of my property… Continue

Added by John Brandow on October 3, 2010 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

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