Seeing that I’m not entirely happy with the response time I’m getting on Twitter, and the fact that the website that Standard Bank lists on their Twitter profile has a broken communication page (it is broken in my browser of choice, Chrome), I’ve decided to list a few minor issues I have with my internet banking here. I dare them to respond, and actually fix the issues, because I’m convinced I’m not the only one with these issues. Continue reading Standard Bank Internet Banking problems
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Executive bonuses – Justified?
There’s been a lot of uproar in the media about the extent of the bonuses the executives of large corporates are getting.
My view on this is that if the executive made a significant change to the bottom line of a company, he deserves a percentage. But… Continue reading Executive bonuses – Justified?
An idea for a more effective social grant system
I was just reading a user letter on News24 about the effectiveness of AA, and had this idea. I do not disagree with the fact that previously disadvantaged people need a hand up in life, but I do disagree wholeheartedly with the way it was implemented. My reason for disagreeing…
In the large parastatals, highly skilled people were replaced willy-nilly, without making sure that the replacements could actually do the job that was expected from them, and without making sure that there was some kind of knowledge transfer on exactly what was required in these jobs.
As we all know, this has come back to bite the country in a big way.
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