Two critical pillars missing from the unemployment discourse. There can be no greater forces for cohesion in a group than having a common purpose and accepting a common fate, and the extent to which these were forged or even could be forged at the jobs summit will ultimately determine its success. To be sure, there were many aspects of the summit that were positive and could indeed create a more employment-friendly environment. But to put a figure to it such as 275 000 jobs a

Let's use our fury to restore business to its true purpose. It may take a while to unravel the wicked web that Steinhoff’s leaders and mercenary executives elsewhere have woven and who have flung another layer of tarnish on free enterprise. But after countless examples of the recent past and present, including the state capture thugs, we should now be very angry at those who play shareholder-value Sudoku for maximum self-gain: at executive remuneration which encourages this b

Why company reporting fails to counter the assault on free enterprise. We all have memories that make us cringe in embarrassment. One of mine is when I had to cut short a talk to a group of about 50 accountants of a large paper company, and in my opening, put the simple question to them: “what contribution do you think your company is making?” I was expecting them to respond with: “producing paper”, or even a visionary “enabling people to record events and share ideas”. That