by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 2, 2020 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Res non verba is the motto of our family crest of arms, which my old man was desperate to perpetuate and I, probably the least suitable in our family (heck, my sister was bigger than I!), am the only surname bearer to produce sons (explained by the 1-sock...
by Daan Steenkamp | Oct 26, 2020 | Business, Practice, Property, Snippet
Business Snippets: A newspaper reported that Transnet had made a mistake in rehiring errant CEO Gama – a mistake! The taxi industry declares itself ready for regulation – amazing! Eskom accepts renewable energy then discovers this that its network cannot handle a...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 15, 2020 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Our economy is starting to pick up and hope springs… There are, however, a few issues which simply will not go away, and few are as urgent as the governance and financial issues in local government. It is pleasant to argue about tax but if you have no water or...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 8, 2020 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics When the Prez, this week past, addressed us on the shortcomings of our public services, he touched on the essence underlying our current dilemma with the implementation of political policy. I grew up with the (British) understanding that the civil service...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 31, 2020 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics You will recall that growing our middle-class was a hot political topic some years back – the thinking was that “we” needed a substantial middle-class to ensure the retention of a democratic capitalist state. This week past there were mutterings of our...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 25, 2020 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics Mr Godongwana debunked the notion of using pension funds to bail out SOEs this week past. This pleased me immensely as, on checking, the only SOE that is making a profit, appears to be SAFCOL ; investing in trees is hardly a great pension move. The idea is...
