Mashaba incensed as SACTWU intimidates FMF court challenge supporters

Things are starting to get really nasty in the court challenge by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) to Section 32 of the Labour Relations Act. This week clothing and textile union SACTWU put the court case firmly onto the agenda in its wage negotiations. It insist employers in the sector distance themselves, in writing, from … Read more

Richemont

My Business Day column about OpenView vs Multichoice that stirred elephantine emotions

My UNDICTATED column in Business Day this week stirred some very powerful pots. And reminded me that everyone is entitled to change their mind. Especially elephants. And especially about stuff said in, erm, convivial surroundings. Richemont chairman Johann Rupert says my take on his relationship with Naspers’s Koos Bekker is “devoid of any truth”. Bekker … Read more