Contributing bloggers to BizNews
The Uganda anti-gay bill has caused the kind of international uproar few of its insular politicians can have expected. Apart from the resistance in expected quarters, there has also been strong condemnation from the White House, the United Nations and even businessmen like Richard Branson who has called on peers to boycott the country. This … Read more
Obscene bonuses and salaries continued to dominate the headlines in 2013. In South Africa, the stark gap between mining workers and company bosses remained in the spotlight after labour disputes got ugly and lives were lost in 2012. Although there’s much anger and astonishment everywhere about how the rich continue to get ever richer on the … Read more
By Caitlin Hogg Last Friday, the 20th December, a social media storm erupted globally, completely unbeknownst to the initiator in what has become another cautionary tale for social network users to watch their words. Justine Sacco, now-former corporate communications director for New York based internet company, InterActiveCorp (IAC – parent company of CollegeHumor.com, OkCupid.com, vimeo.com, … Read more
This year, the great Nelson Mandela died. His death has seen an outpouring of reminiscences and recollections among those who were lucky enough to spend time with our country’s first democratic president. We are all, in effect, trying to reconfigure the world without him. But Christmas was always a special time for Mandela. He treasured … Read more
There’s only one sin worse than not being on social media these days – and that is to engage badly through these modern communications channels. Journalist Mandy Collins reckons there’s much room for improvement out there among South Africa’s professional social media practitioners. Mandy is a social media expert, particularly on Twitter (@CollinsMandy). She’s nice … Read more
Alexx Zarr is one of Biznews.com’s more prolific bloggers with the rare ability to pull together disparate events into something we can learn relate to, can learn from. He has another winner here. Inspired by sport, specifically rugby, he compares the Number One team with the rest and concludes that we can all apply these … Read more
Julius Malema’s misguided take on the economy is delightfully contrasted by this contribution on the threat to the Africa Rising story by Dr Martyn Davies.
Everybody knows they need to be creative and innovative in business, but few people know how to tap into inner resources to come up with ideas that no-one has thought of before. A notable exception is popular South African and international speaker Andrew Horton, who has extraordinary insights into how to do business better. In … Read more
As a special treat for Alec Hogg, Biznews.com’s editor-in-chief and leading South African broadcaster, regular blogger Irvine Green dug around in his archives for mementoes of what business was like 21 years ago. He looked back at the gold price and the business news environment, producing a screenshot of Alec doing some early TV work. … Read more
Where does relationship management start and corruption begin? I applied my mind to the subject in a recent column and found the conclusions a lot more complex than first appears. Alexx Zarr shares his lunch date with a customer. After working through the experience, he draws some rational conclusions on the subject of corruption. We … Read more