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2 15 September 2016<br />
Majuba<br />
31 Augustus 2017<br />
31 August 2017<br />
INSIDE:<br />
PERISCOPE<br />
METRO<br />
DR MATHEWS PHOSA. AHI,<br />
Chamber for Small Business, SME Indaba<br />
Cape Town<br />
Smiles in Africa<br />
Your Business News Leader<br />
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Uitgawe <strong>22</strong><br />
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ENTREPRENEUR<br />
Setting Your Foundations<br />
Brainstorm a great idea. Most businesses start<br />
with one compelling idea — whether it’s a service<br />
people need, a product that would make<br />
life easier, or something that combines both.<br />
The business world is full of great ideas (and<br />
many not-so-great ones). What will set yours<br />
apart is whether you can find a niche need to<br />
fill.<br />
You don’t necessarily have to do something<br />
revolutionary or brand-new to be successful.<br />
You just have to be better at something than<br />
your competitors.<br />
You will likely be more successful if you do<br />
something you know and love. Going into<br />
computer programming might make your<br />
business very marketable, but if your heart’s<br />
not in it you won’t have the energy to keep<br />
yourself going.<br />
If you’re having trouble thinking of an idea,<br />
create a list of things about your target market,<br />
such as places they shop and things they<br />
purchase. Narrow the list down to about three<br />
items, keeping cost, manufacturing time, and<br />
popularity in mind. Find the easiest, most realistic<br />
product you can offer.<br />
Research your market. The key to starting a<br />
business is to know whether there is a demand<br />
for your product or service. Is what you can<br />
offer something that is not being done as well<br />
as it could be? Is it a need that doesn’t have<br />
enough supply to support demand?<br />
There are many sources of free industry information.<br />
Search online for industry and trade<br />
associations in your target market and read<br />
the articles and press releases they post. You<br />
can also get valuable demographic information<br />
from census data.<br />
The U.S. Small Business Administration has a<br />
website with excellent suggestions on how to<br />
come up with venture ideas, conduct market<br />
research, how to write a business plan, and<br />
how to recruit investors. It is an invaluable<br />
source of reliable information if you’re starting<br />
a business.<br />
Talk to potential customers/clients. You can<br />
have the greatest product or service in the<br />
world, but if nobody wants to pay you for it,<br />
your business will crash and burn. Talking to<br />
others will also help you prepare to persuade<br />
investors.<br />
Ask for honest feedback when you talk to potential<br />
customers. Your friends may try to be<br />
nice to you when you propose your idea, but<br />
critical feedback that points out weaknesses<br />
or problems will be much more useful, even<br />
if it isn’t always easy to hear.<br />
Determine what you can risk. Entrepreneurship<br />
is always a game of risk and reward,<br />
but often the risk is greater (especially in the<br />
beginning). Take stock of all your assets and<br />
figure out how much money (and time and<br />
energy) you actually have to invest.<br />
In addition to considering your savings, credit,<br />
and other sources of capital, consider how<br />
long you can afford to go without making a<br />
profit. Small businesses are rarely profitable<br />
immediately; can you afford to not draw a<br />
salary for perhaps several months or even a<br />
few years?<br />
Understand the idea of “acceptable loss.”<br />
According to ‘’Forbes’’, “acceptable loss” is the<br />
idea that you should first determine the possible<br />
downside of your business venture and<br />
then invest only what you can actually afford<br />
to lose should your business turn out differently<br />
than you’d hoped. This limits the scale<br />
of failure if your venture doesn’t work out.<br />
Commit to a goal, not a plan. One of the<br />
most important things in becoming an entrepreneur<br />
is flexibility. You can’t control<br />
everything about your business, and adaptation<br />
is vital to survival. If you’re overly committed<br />
to a plan, you may sabotage yourself.<br />
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Smiles in Africa<br />
In a restaurant in Zambia:”Open seven days a week and<br />
weekends.”<br />
On a window of a Nigerian shop:”Why go elsewhere to be<br />
cheated when you can come here?.<br />
On a poster in Ghana:”Are you an adult who cannot read?<br />
If so, we can help.”<br />
In a Malawi hotel:”It is forbidden to steal towels please. If you are<br />
not a person to do such a thing, please don’t read this notice.”<br />
Municipal workers<br />
There were two guys working for the city. One would dig a hole, the other would follow<br />
behind him and fill the hole in. They worked furiously all day without rest, one guy digging<br />
a hole, the other guy filling it in again.<br />
An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand what they were doing.<br />
So he asked the hole digger, "I appreciate the effort you are putting into your work, but<br />
what's the story? You dig a hole and your partner follows behind and fills it up again."<br />
The hole digger wiped his brow and sighed, "Eish, normally we are a three-man team, but<br />
the guy who plants the trees, he is sick today!"
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New acting CEO for Gert Sibande TVET College<br />
Ms Portia Radinwane was appointed by the Department of Higher Education and Training<br />
(DHET) as the acting CEO and Principal of Gert Sibande TVET College. Ms Radingwane,<br />
was the Deputy CEO for Academic Affairs at the college. She will begin in her new position<br />
on 1 September 2017.<br />
Ms Radingwane holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and has been at Gert<br />
Sibande College since 2008. Mr Nick Balkrishen, the current CEO has been appointed by<br />
the DHET to act as the Regional Manager of TVET and CET Colleges in the provinces of<br />
Mpumalanga and North West. Mr Balkrishen, who has served Gert Sibande TVET College<br />
with distinction since 2003 will begin in his new position on 1 September 2017. As the Regional<br />
Manager, he will be responsible for all twelve TVET and CET colleges in Mpumalanga<br />
and North West provinces.<br />
Photo Caption:<br />
Ms Portia Radingwane, The Acting CEO of Gert Sibande TVET College (left) and Mr Nick<br />
Balkrishen, the outgoing CEO of Gert Sibande TVET College.<br />
Issued by the College’s Communication and Marketing Section. For more information, contact<br />
the Communication Officer, Mr. Thokozani Ndhlovu or the Assistant Director: Communication,<br />
Ms Jabulile Mhlabane on the following details:<br />
Tel: (017) 712 9040<br />
Cell: 078 315 1511/ 082 088 8369<br />
Email: ndhlovut@gscollege.co.za or Jmhlabane@gsc4u.com
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PERISCOPE<br />
Volksrust Seme Business Chamber<br />
DR MATHEWS PHOSA. AHI,<br />
Chamber for Small Business, SME Indaba Cape Town<br />
Baie dankie vir die voorreg om vandag hier tussen<br />
sulke uitgelese lede van die Afrikaanse Handelinstituut<br />
met u te kan praat.<br />
As ń oud President van u organisasie is dit ń groep<br />
mense wat my na aan die hart lê. Daarby deel ons ń<br />
voertaal, Afrikaans, sekerlik een van die tale in die<br />
wereld waarin mens jou die beste kan uitdruk. Ek<br />
voel regtig welkom hier.<br />
Let me start with that phrase that the Guptas paid<br />
for and that Bell Pottinger cynically created: radical<br />
economic transformation. Before I go there, just one<br />
remark. Those two are ideal bedmates who belong<br />
together, just not in South Africa. They can take their<br />
deeply divisive racist phrases and money elsewhere.<br />
I, for one, would be happy to see them go at the first<br />
opportunity.<br />
There is no such thing as radical economic transformation.<br />
Many countries and politicians have tried to<br />
change the natural dynamics of the economy; all of<br />
them have failed.<br />
What we do need is to create non-divisive interventions<br />
by government, in partnership with business<br />
and labour, that addresses the exclusion of black<br />
businessmen and women from the mainstream economy.<br />
The policies created under the so-called “BEE”<br />
policies was one such instrument and has met with<br />
some success; albeit not enough.<br />
I support any initiative that seeks consensus between<br />
all the stakeholders in the economy to address the<br />
shocking imbalances of our imperfect past. To replace<br />
that with an imperfect present, as is currently the<br />
case, however, will not work. An apartheid economy<br />
cannot be replaced with an imperfect theoretical<br />
economy where a growing number of corrupt politicians<br />
and illegal immigrants collude to destroy our<br />
resource rich economy.<br />
It is for that reason that I am opposed to the revised<br />
Mining Charter that was thrown into our laps without<br />
the necessary, legally prescribed consultative process.<br />
It could, of course, be that that so-called Charter<br />
was written in Dubai, and on a fully sponsored visit.<br />
My own view is that we should speak of an economy<br />
that I prefer to call the one economy. An economy<br />
that follows a vision of growth, entrepreneurship,<br />
dramatically intensified economic education at<br />
schools and universities, funds available for business<br />
expansion for those previously excluded but, most<br />
importantly, an economy that belongs to all who live<br />
in South Africa.<br />
Attacking banking institutions and individuals who<br />
have made massive contributions to our countries’<br />
growth, jobs and tax base will only push us backwards<br />
at a time when we need business leaders and<br />
entrepreneurs whose vision and actions will pull all<br />
of us into the future. We, in the process kill the goose<br />
that lays the golden egg.<br />
We should rather encourage and incentivize them<br />
to create more jobs, new ventures, and more opportunities<br />
for partnerships between white and black.<br />
In very simple terms: An enforced system where<br />
companies are forced to give away shareholding that<br />
they worked very hard for will only result in flight<br />
of capital and foreign investment , something we<br />
can ill-afford with the projected growth rate of zero<br />
comma five percent (0.5%), as announced last week<br />
by the Reserve Bank governor.<br />
In this challenging growth environment where debt<br />
equals half of our GDP, we need political leadership<br />
that looks actively and openly to create opportunities<br />
for big companies to grow even bigger, and for small<br />
businesses to be given the training and resources to<br />
grow without burocratic red tape inhibiting them<br />
from doing so.<br />
In a one economy scenario a President and cabinet<br />
ministers will stop making populist announcements<br />
that are unrealistic and rather work hand in hand<br />
with their economic partners, black and white, to<br />
unlock the chains which currently block expansion.<br />
Such leaders would also throw in jail those politicians<br />
and businessmen and women who steal and<br />
plunder government tenders and corrupt leaders of<br />
state owned enterprises.
31 August 2017<br />
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PERISCOPE FROM PAGE 6<br />
The ANC has a chance in December this year to<br />
part with a leadership that has forgotten who elected<br />
them and that their job is to fight poverty through<br />
the mechanism of a vibrant and strong economy.<br />
Those who set the table of opportunity have become<br />
less and less, instead of more.<br />
We cannot call our policies a success when unemployment<br />
grows, the economy shrinks, and foreign<br />
investors look elsewhere to place their funds. We<br />
cannot have Ministers who wipe off billions of our<br />
stock market with ill-timed, ill-considered populist<br />
Charter announcements.<br />
So, unfortunately, political leadership and economic<br />
growth go hand in hand. I unashamedly call on my<br />
party to elect leaders who do not stuff their pockets<br />
full of dirty money, but those-and they are still there<br />
in our party-who understand that we should be<br />
servants of those who look to us for bread on their<br />
table and a roof over their heads.<br />
Our current leadership has criminally neglected<br />
their duty to uplift the living standards of the poorest<br />
of the poor and to liberate those regulations,<br />
institutions and instruments that will enhance and<br />
promote faster economic growth. Democracy must<br />
now do what it does best, and that is to evict those<br />
who have outstayed their welcome, and elect new,<br />
honest incumbents of our countries’ highest offices.<br />
The shocking state in which our party finds itself<br />
in is illustrated by the fact that the party leadership,<br />
and the parliamentary caucus, is fighting tooth and<br />
nail to ensure that ANC members of parliament do<br />
NOT vote their conscience. We are very far down<br />
the slippery slope of militarism if that is our best<br />
response to a no-confidence proposal.<br />
Muzzling members and stifling free speech is the<br />
original political sin and far, far removed from ANC<br />
culture. It is a sure way to deepen the divisions in<br />
the party and pave the way for future split.<br />
We have, unfortunately, since the wonderful events<br />
of 1994, increasingly lost the value of a “good address”<br />
in the global investment context.<br />
Although I fear that it will be debated to death before<br />
anything happens I support some of the recently<br />
announced guidelines by the Minister of Finance.<br />
Any shares, however, sold in the state owned companies<br />
should be substantial so that shareholders, as is<br />
the case with Telkom, could have a real say in their<br />
running and combatting corruption.<br />
I would go further than the carefully worded announcement.<br />
I would also ensure that the current<br />
precedent is changed and that the Chairman of the<br />
PIC should not, as is currently the case, be a politician.<br />
Business is best left to businessmen and women<br />
and politics best left to politicians.<br />
Unfortunately, the short-sighted hate speech campaigns<br />
of the Guptas and Bell Pottingers’ of this world<br />
also finds its way into business as certain unsavoury<br />
elements view commercial racism as a perfect vehicle<br />
to get rich without lifting a finger. Such an approach<br />
can never work in the long term. We need to take colour<br />
out of business, and sacrifice whatever necessary<br />
to ensure that every single action we take promotes<br />
business partnerships that accelerates growth.<br />
The Question is, “What is to be done?”<br />
I propose we do the following going forward:<br />
• Sweep out our current leadership, together with<br />
their Saxonwold puppet masters.<br />
• Elect a new, accountable leadership with no ties to<br />
those who wanted to sell South Africa to the highest<br />
bidder.<br />
• Strengthen our democracy and, in particular those<br />
non-profit organizations that fight for the rights of the<br />
vulnerable.<br />
• Speak truth to power, whatever the personal cost.<br />
• De-racialize our economic discourse.<br />
• Strengthen those businesses with a proven globally<br />
competitive record<br />
• Unleash small businesses from their regulatory<br />
chains.<br />
• Rethink BEE so that it moves from tokenism to real<br />
participation and value-add.<br />
• Take away politicians from the control of the day to<br />
day running of state owned companies.<br />
• Sell substantial shareholding in state owned entities.<br />
• Rethink and streamline the number of ministries<br />
and departments that deal with the economy.<br />
• Place ambassadors in wealthy countries with sound<br />
knowledge and experience in business.<br />
• Support those innovative companies that offer<br />
supplementary offerings to governments’ bouquet in<br />
education, health, energy and construction.<br />
• Invest in the development of business and political<br />
leaders that view the constraints of the global economy<br />
not as an excuse for their failings, but as an opportunity<br />
to create new products, jobs and wealth.<br />
Ek se vir u dankie vir die wonderlike werk wat u<br />
doen. Hou moed en laat geen steen onaangeraak in u<br />
poging om goeie, bydraende, opbouende Suid-Afrikaners<br />
te wees nie. U sal, en ek herhaal, u sal, in die<br />
einde seevier.<br />
Geen uitdaging is te groot vir hom of haar wie die<br />
selfvertroue en nasietrots het om dit te konfronteer<br />
nie.<br />
I thank you.<br />
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8<br />
How to Braise Meat<br />
Prep time<br />
20 mins<br />
Cook time<br />
4 hours 20 mins<br />
Total time<br />
4 hours 40 mins<br />
This guide can be used with any meat you wish to<br />
braise. *Optional: Add a few ounces of Pancetta to<br />
the pot first, brown, remove the Pancetta, and use the<br />
fat to sear the meat. Add the Pancetta back to the pot<br />
after the vegetables are cooked..<br />
Serves: 4<br />
Ingredients<br />
1 stalk celery<br />
1 carrot<br />
1 shallot<br />
4 garlic cloves<br />
1.5 kg meat (pork butt, shoulder, ribs, beef shank, veal<br />
shank, etc)<br />
2 tablespoons rendered pork fat (or olive oil)<br />
1 cup dry white wine<br />
4 cups chicken stock or broth<br />
1 bay leaf<br />
1 sprig thyme<br />
salt and pepper to taste<br />
Instructions<br />
finely chop the celery, carrot, shallot, and garlic. Or<br />
pulse in a food processor (I used my Vitamix)<br />
season the meat with salt and pepper<br />
heat rendered pork fat/oil on medium-high heat.<br />
Add the meat and cook on all sides until browned.<br />
Don’t move the meat around while it is cooking, just<br />
flip it when it is done browning. If you try to move<br />
the meat and it sticks to the bottom, it means it is<br />
not done browning yet.<br />
remove meat from heat and set aside<br />
add the vegetables to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally,<br />
until browned, 6-7 minutes.<br />
add the wine, bring to a simmer, and cook until<br />
reduced by half, 1-2 minutes.<br />
add the bay leaf and thyme<br />
add the meat back to the pot along with any juices<br />
that may have accumulated<br />
add the chicken stock. It is okay if it doesn’t completely<br />
cover the meat, as long as the meat is about ⅔<br />
to ¾ covered<br />
bring liquid to a boil<br />
reduce heat to low and gently simmer, with the cover<br />
very slightly ajar<br />
simmer for several hours until the meat is falling off<br />
the bone<br />
serve and enjoy your gourmet meal!
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Life through the<br />
back window<br />
9<br />
This morning I woke up with the following<br />
message on my WhatsApp:<br />
Never blame anyone in your life.<br />
Good people give you Happiness.<br />
Bad people give you Experience.<br />
Worst people give you a lesson &<br />
Best people give you memories!<br />
In 5 lines I believe we can find a key to enjoy<br />
this life. Our lives are a tapestry of experiences,<br />
bound together by choices we have<br />
made based on our perceptions, emotions<br />
and the sometimes all important ME, MY-<br />
SELF and I.<br />
However if we can manage how we experience<br />
our experiences, if we can change the<br />
way we see ourselves, through the eyes of<br />
others (perception) then maybe just maybe<br />
there is hope for us.<br />
Yesterday we heard about the downfall of<br />
King Saul of the Israelites. There is basically<br />
two things that he managed to miss in life,<br />
which led directly to his downfall.<br />
One he stopped fearing All Mighty God. He<br />
assumed duties that were not his to complete,<br />
and he did not perform the task that<br />
was assigned to him by God.<br />
Secondly he feared men more than God.<br />
I want to talk about the second one for a<br />
while. Take 5 minutes a think about the<br />
things that you are postponing in life or putting<br />
off to do. Is there a possibility that some<br />
of that might be directly related to what people<br />
might think of you if you do it?<br />
Maybe you are scared to start a new business.<br />
Maybe you are scared to ask someone<br />
for help or advice. Maybe you are scared of<br />
doing something special for your wife/hus-<br />
band. Whatever you are scared of; might it be<br />
related to your perception of what people may<br />
think of you if you do it?<br />
Leonardo Da Vinci was considered by many<br />
people to have lost his mind. Thankfully he<br />
was not scared of people or what they might<br />
think of him. Due to this we are flying today,<br />
we are driving, our cars are even capacitated<br />
with a CVT Gearbox. Can you believe it, the<br />
original design for a CVT Gearbox is almost<br />
500 years old. He was not scared of people or<br />
what they might think.<br />
My plea to you this morning is simple, stop<br />
fearing men or what they might be able to do<br />
to you or even if they may laugh at you.<br />
If Noah was scared of people or what they<br />
may say or think, there would not have been<br />
humans today.<br />
Your success in live depends a lot on how you<br />
see people and how you perceive people see<br />
you. Read the WhatsApp in the beginning<br />
of this letter again, and reconsider how you<br />
experience people.<br />
To make something happening in your life,<br />
book your session now. These sessions is 60<br />
to 90 minutes long once per week and will<br />
assist you to create a dream or revive your<br />
dream.<br />
To book you seat contact;<br />
Willem at 082 415 7725.
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Agri Securitas<br />
Trust Fonds/Trust Fund<br />
Media Release<br />
MOTORCYCLES ROAR AGAINST FARM ATTACKS<br />
10<br />
On 16 September 2017, the area around the Hartbeespoort Dam will resonate with the roar of motorcycles in<br />
protest against farm attacks. “The National Motorcycle Association and its associates will be raising funds to<br />
help protect farmers and farm workers against farm attacks. These funds will be presented to the Agri Securitas<br />
Trust Fund at Agri SA’s congress in October 2017,” said Ben Stander, chair of the organising committee.<br />
“We as motorcycle enthusiasts can no longer sit back and watch farmers and farm workers, who are an asset<br />
to our country, being murdered without doing something about it. For this reason, we have arranged a fun<br />
day at the Hartbeespoort Dam holiday resort to raise funds for the Agri Securitas Trust Fund in an effort to<br />
protect the farming community against farm attacks. We are convinced that the Trust Fund is the correct<br />
vehicle to receive these funds,” said Piet Jooste, a member of the organising committee.<br />
Kiewiet Ferreira, acting chair of the Agri Securitas Trust Fund, said that “the Trust Fund appreciates the<br />
goodwill shown by the motorcycle association towards the farming community in assisting them to address<br />
the crime problem. Recent media reports once again highlighted the violence perpetrated against the farming<br />
community. The trustees are also grateful for the time that professionals and members of the public have<br />
sacrificed to support farmers during this time of crisis.”<br />
Farmers and members of the public are invited to share in the fun that will be on offer during the day and in<br />
the effort to raise funds to protect farmers and farm workers. There will be a lot of entertainment, as well as<br />
food and drinks. Various artists have made their services available free of charge to contribute towards the<br />
fund-raising project. Everyone is welcome and the gates will be open as from 08:00.<br />
In closing, Ben Stander said “it is now time for the public to make a contribution towards supporting our<br />
farmers and farm workers. We can no longer just talk about the problem; everyone can contribute something<br />
and should not miss this event. Remember, it is for our farmers, farm workers and their families to help protect<br />
them against farm violence. We also identify with the objectives of the Agri Securitas Trust Fund and the<br />
work it does to protect the farming community.”<br />
Issued by Agri SA, Directorate: Corporate Liaison<br />
Enquiries<br />
Kiewiet Ferreira, Acting Chairman, Agri Securitas Trust Fund, 083 <strong>22</strong>8 4875<br />
Ben Stander, Chairman of the Organising Committee, 083 659 6233<br />
Piet Jooste, Member of the Organising Committee, 082 416 9589<br />
Kobus Visser, Agri SA, Director: Corporate Liaison, 012-643 3400 or 082 388 0010<br />
Thea Liebenberg<br />
Media Liaison Officer<br />
Inkwazi Office Park Block A | 1249 Embankment Road, Zwartkop X7 South Africa | Private Bag X180 Centurion 0046 South Africa
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