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Thoughts on BEE

It is important to remind ourselves of what (the dti) stated when it laid out its strategy on Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) that; "Apartheid systematically and purposefully restricted the majority of South Africans from meaningful participation in the economy. Assets of millions of people were directly and indirectly destroyed and access to skills and self employment was racially restricted. The accumulation process under apartheid confined the creation of wealth to a racial minority and imposed underdevelopment on black communities. The result is an economic structure that excludes the vast majority of South Africans
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This article appears in anc.org.za

Warning! Virus

I got a copy of the following massage in my inbox, might benefit you but  use own judgement as to the content matter.

HUGE VIRUS COMING ! PLEASE READ & FORWARD !
This has been checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! and also checked Snopes, and it is for real. Get this E-mail message sent around to all your contacts ASAP.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an attachment entitled 'POSTCARD FROM HALLMARK,'regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C drive of your computer.
This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address on his/her contact list. That is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it!
If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even if it is sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your computer immediately. This is the worst virus announced by CNN.
It has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.

Sowetobusiness' suggestion is if you receive the above massage in your inbox do not send to all, rather copy and paste as a new massage and remove all links or attachments. You have to wonder who is the fool when dealing with cyber attacks.

Fifa countdown, small business unusual. Get some of the proceeds.

South African group Freshly Ground FIFA and Control Room, a producer of global music events, today announced the final line-up of African and South African artists for the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert. Five-time South African Music Award (SAMA) winners Freshlyground, legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela, the Soweto-based Mzansi Youth Choir, two-time Grammy Award winners Soweto Gospel Choir, as well as African hip hop artist K’NAAN, will take to the stage at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg on the eve of the opening match of the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

All net proceeds from the concert will be donated to “20 Centres for 2010”, the official campaign of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, whose aim is to achieve positive social change through football by building 20 centres across Africa offering education and healthcare services as well as football training to disadvantaged communities.
Is your small business prepared for an opportunitty were net proceeds stays in your pockets or your business bank account.

SAB KickStart Enterprise Development Competition 2010

SAB launched its KickStart programme in 1995 as a poverty alleviation programme but it has subsequently become a platform to stimulate sustainable enterprise development. Specifically, KickStart promotes business awareness through training, supplying grants as start-up capital and providing post-training mentorship and assistance during the setting-up phase of the business. Aimed at 18 to 35 year-olds from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.

The results speak for themselves. 64% of grant winners from 2001 to 2005 are still in business, with 87% of those who received grants in 2004 and 2005 still operating. No fewer than 83% of SAB KickStart participants have reported that their businesses are growing and the turnover of KickStart businesses has increased by an average of 375%.
Almost one third supply goods and services to SAB. Many of these enterprises have grown into multi-million Rand organisations, employing a significant amount of people.

Registration Now Open until 25 June 2010 - go to the soweto SAB branch for your application form.