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Paul Janisch

Johannesburg South Africa

BEE compliance consultancy specialising in B-BBEE scorecard maximisation

Interests: The survival of all businesses in South Africa. Black Economic Empowerment; doing business with the SA government; multinationals in South Africa; Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) - both as a transaction advisor and advisor to bidding consortia. Regulatory requirements for licensing purposes.

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Water affairs issues waters licences not DAFF

Thanks for correcting this Andrew. Andrew wrote in the comments Water use licensing is undertaken by DWA. The current demise of DWA is not unlike that of DAFF though....but it is a different minister.... It seems that I am a... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Paul Janisch

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AgriBEE – why would you bother?

A farmers' union has asked me to present a course on the AgriBEE Code. In conducting my research I could not fathom why any entity involved in agricultural would want to pay any attention to the AgriBEE scorecard. It's rather... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at Paul Janisch

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A minister who has to be sent back and it's not Rob

The culture of the state’s major departments — and agriculture, forestry and fisheries — is certainly, like that of major corporations, determined by its minister or chairman. In this case it is Tina Joemat-Pettersson, who is in the running for... Continue reading

Reblogged 6 days ago at Paul Janisch

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Malusi and bankrupting the state by 2020 (set-aside content)

If there is one consistent feature of Zoomer's cabinet it is that he appoints people who should not allowed to maintain a scholar patrol let alone a cabinet position. Think Tina, Dina, Rob, Bloomers Motshekga, Siyabonehead Cwele, Colic Shabane and... Continue reading

Posted 6 days ago at Paul Janisch

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BDFM or Business Day is going to charge for online access - but the price is a ripoff

This is fair enough and I would be prepared to pay for this access. However Business Day seem to think (and Peter Bruce warned us early this week) that R11/day for online access is a realistic price. A year's subscription... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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No, I'm not going to comment on Rob and his...

No, I'm not going to comment on Rob and his useless Licensing of Businesses Bill. What I will say is that Rob is single-handedly drowning South Africa in his sea of incompetence. Take a look at the documentary requirements under... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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So you want to be black by birth or descent, well then read on

We all know that the easiest definition of black is an African, Coloured or Indian who is a South African by birth or descent. But what we don't know is how to test that. As it turns out this is... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Is that a hole in your umbrella dear Cyril, dear Cyril?

-From: Admin [mailto:support@shandukablackpages.co.za] Sent: 19 April 2013 03:44 PM To: paul@227.co.za Subject: Application to access blackpages website declined Dear Paul, We regret to inform you that you have not complied with our requirements to gain access to blackpages website. Therefore... Continue reading

Posted Apr 26, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Gleason suggests we need a new trade and industry minister

And the place for President Jacob Zuma to start is at the Department of Trade and Industry. On Wednesday this newspaper reported on the latest survey conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which found that entrepreneurial activity in South Africa... Continue reading

Reblogged Apr 25, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Capital adequacy ratio explained. This is why we have direct and indirect ownership in the FSC

What really, is going to break the camel’s back as far as the banks are concerned, is the main issue of capital adequacy ratios or capital requirements. Capital adequacy ratio is a measure of banks’ capital expressed as a percentage... Continue reading

Reblogged Apr 23, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Mining Charter and beneficiaries

A journalist called me last night to ask me about the mining charter. I am quite familiar with it but it did require a little bit of touch-up research. The BEE codes of good practice are badly written, to put... Continue reading

Posted Apr 23, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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What the law says — and means — on transformation: Paul Hoffman

It is perhaps significant that neither race nor gender is mentioned by Parliament. The quest for a nonracial and nonsexist order in South Africa calls for a transformation of mindset, not a counting of chromosomes and measuring melanin cells. Perpetuating... Continue reading

Reblogged Apr 15, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Delinquent, or absent shareholders and ownership

The BEE world is really for the good times. Empowerment likes the idea that companies make money and black shareholders get rich. It doesn't do the bad times very well, for instance if a black shareholder is unable to meet... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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The problem with South Africa is that everybody wants to govern

So says Zoomer in today's BDLive via www.bdlive.co.za Bullshit you incompetent nicompoop. We want YOU to fucking govern, right now a two year old could do a better job than you. Continue reading

Reblogged Apr 2, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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See you next Tuesday

Unfortunately we lost Richard Griffiths a few days ago. Most will know him as Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter movies but I remember him as Uncle Monty in the (tie for best movie ever made) Withnail and I. The... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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An overview of African empowerment, indigenisation programmes

It appears that State participation, indigenisation and economic empowerment are still applied in various parts of the continent in a manner distinctive to each region, possibly as a result of the different historical backgrounds of the countries in which they... Continue reading

Reblogged Mar 27, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Free State tender flawed yet they deny it. Just in time for Easter

Mondli Mvambi, the province’s director of media strategy and liaison, says the bid documents and the process followed to evaluate submitted bids complied fully with treasury’s instruction note. “We hope this helps to clarify the matter.” via www.itweb.co.za You have... Continue reading

Reblogged Mar 26, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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BEE snarl-up delays Transnet’s locomotives project

A PROGRAMME by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) to buy 1,064 new locomotives as part of an ambitious seven-year strategy to ramp up capacity is running four months late as Transnet, the Department of Public Enterprises and the Treasury fight over... Continue reading

Reblogged Mar 26, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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What’s wrong with this picture? And we thought the BMF were on the road back to credibility

There should be consequences for companies who do not comply with black economic empowerment, the Black Management Forum said on Wednesday. "These companies should be published in a public register and have meaningful fines imposed on them," the forum's managing... Continue reading

Posted Mar 20, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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PPPFA in a Free (State) world

This post is inspired by that Free State web site tender that appears to be a complete rip-off. Unfortunately I could not get hold of the actual bid document resulting in me speculating here and there as to what might... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Anyone have the Free State website bid document? You know the R40m one

Does anyone have a copy of the tender/bid document for that Free State website. This would make for a very interesting blog post. Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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A few statistics on English and business in Africa

According to research from Common Sense Advisory,72.4% of consumers are more likely to buy a product with information in their own language. But English is spoken as a first language by less than 5% of the world’s population, and by... Continue reading

Reblogged Mar 4, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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BEE and doing business in South Africa (March 2013)

BEE and doing business in South Africa Continue reading

Posted Mar 4, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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It is cos I is black - the final word

Ntsele told the newspaper opposition parties had an agenda against black businessmen and that the website's cost was fair. via www.moneyweb.co.za Oh poor me, they're only picking on me because I'm black. You'll need to read the whole article to... Continue reading

Reblogged Mar 4, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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Fred Wilson on Obama

Obama is acting like chicken little running around the country claiming the sky is falling. he doesn't need to earn points with me or anyone anymore. he's done running for office. it is time to start leading instead of stirring... Continue reading

Reblogged Feb 28, 2013 at Paul Janisch

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