Showing category "National Pride" (Show all posts)
Posted by Bruce Wade on Wednesday, March 20, 2013,
In :
National Pride
This week we celebrate Human Rights day in South Africa. A
day when we get to look back at the checked past of our country and celebrate
our constitution and the access to human rights as citizens of a free democracy.
Or is it? Jobs and secure employment is still only available
to the elite and well connected. Being employed in a stable job is a privilege
not a right, as is access to clean water, toilets and housing. The majority of
the people in SA are no better off almost 2 decades after t... Continue reading ...
Over the last three months, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Youth has run
a national competition to challenge young entrepreneurs to develop business
plans for small enterprises.National
Youth Director, Aimee Franklin says: “We believe that by encouraging young South Africans to take control of their futures and
become job creators, that we are making a positive contribution to addressing
the escalating youth unemployment crisis.”The competition itself forms part of
a broader campaign being ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Thursday, December 8, 2011,
In :
National Pride
We follow Jon Cherry on his blog Cherryflava to keep up with the inside to marketing and trends. Yesterday on Cape Talk Jon was asked to predict a trend for 2012. His reply got me all excited about next year, read what he said, take from his blog: We made a trend prediction for 2012 on Cape Talk this morning, which is more of a ‘holding thumbs’ prediction than one based on any kind of analysis. The hope is – that as South African consumers, we become less seduced by big brands and their ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Tuesday, November 22, 2011,
In :
National Pride
Posted by Bruce Wade on Monday, November 14, 2011,
In :
National Pride
Yesterday, Sunday 13th, Cape
Town once again hosted the Big Walk. This has to be one of the biggest sporting
events we get to see each year. Over 35 000 people get up early and
equipped with walking shoes of various shapes and colours to challenge
themselves to walk one of ten routes ranging from 5 km to 80 km. The organizing
committee from Rotary and Spartan Harriers get up a lot earlier to marshal,
pour drinks, massage and manage the participants and the event. So much energy goes
into maki... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Thursday, November 3, 2011,
In :
National Pride
I look forward to a day when this blog is
nominated for any sort of award, but until then we must ride the wave of other
successful pioneers that lead the way. I can claim some sort of connection to
one of my fav blogs IDEATE because my writing contributions
have in some small way helped them to grow this site into the business giant it
is today.
So please support me, Ideate and small
business by voting here
for Ideate and contribute to the success of our efforts. Voting closes soon so clic... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Tuesday, November 1, 2011,
In :
National Pride
Today sees the start of Movember, a now worldwide event allowing men
to be boys and play with our bodies in a way that does not offend anyone. Unless
you get too close.
For the duration of the month we get to prove
our ability to grow facial hair and stop shaving our top lips, cultivating what
could be recognized as a moustache of sorts. Just a bit of fun but a chance to
raise funds and awareness for men’s health and prostate cancer.
If you are a man, or able to grow hair on
your upper li... Continue reading ...
Just in case you wondered why we live where we do. This is Cape Town. The Design Capital 2014, World Cup venue for Rugby, Cricket and Soccer. We have 2 oceans, a flat topped mountain, 25 different languages, best wine and coffee and those little cake things and the prettiest girls in the world. And Silicon Cape, Helen and Patricia, UCT and me. Greg Lumley took this pic yesterday of our city.Why would we live any where else? Continue reading ...
This article on the THOM site this morning: Recently voted the world’s best destination in Trip Advisors Travellers choice awards, Cape Town has seen an unprecedented economic migration. There has been an increase in the per capita wealth value of the city, as we see more and more business leaders and entrepreneurs choosing Cape Town as their base, the Mother city has been named the most entrepreneurial city in South Africa with the percentage of Capetonians pursuing business opportunities ... Continue reading ...
We have seen our Africa continent go from
mildly well to sickly and poor over the last 20 years. Noted we have also seen
South Africa relieved of Apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela but civil
war, dictatorship governments, ethnic cleansing, drugs, rape, HIV, AIDS, Malaria
and corruption has taken many African countries from being afloat to circling
the drain. One of the biggest issues around not fixing the problem, apart from
our huge lack of authentic leadership is the use of ‘free gr... Continue reading ...
This is doing the rounds on various blogs and emails and it got me thinking about our country and those we share it with. We are so often swamped with bad news and negativity, so this comes as a refreshing shower. Thanks Jonathan My South Africa
is the working-class man who called from the airport to return my wallet
without a cent missing. It is the white woman who put all three of her domestic
worker's children through the same school that her own child attended. It is
the politician in one ... Continue reading ...
 One of the off spins of the CPA (Consumer
Protection Act) is the implementation and control of a Do Not Call Me database.
This database lists all the people, phone numbers and email addresses who have
opted out of direct marketing services.
Having your details on this list will mean
that you should never receive calls from those pesky insurance, security and
cell phone call centers again. Sound like the best thing since ice-cream? It
does come with a warning: You may just miss out on that o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Thursday, February 24, 2011,
In :
National Pride
This is the information take off the budget speech summary on the Entrepreneur Mag site. Additional allocations in support of industrial and economic development over the period ahead include:
- R600m for enterprise investment incentives,
- R735m for the Competition Commission and other economic regulatory agencies,
- R250m to the Industrial Development Corporation to support agro-processing businesses,
- R120m for the national tooling initiative,
- R282m for the Micro-finance Apex Fund, and
- R55m for Khula ...
Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Tuesday, February 15, 2011,
In :
National Pride
We received this letter from Absa this week
“We
notice that no deposits have been made to your cheque account for some time. We
would like to know the reason for this and also whether we, from our side, can
assist in rectifying the matter.
Should
we receive no response from you within fourteen (14) days from the date hereof,
and if the lack of activity does not change, we will be obligated to close the
account on your behalf. Any balance payable at that stage will be payable by
yourself.... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Friday, November 19, 2010,
In :
National Pride
The Anchor Challenge is revving its
engine in preparation for their first annual event to take place in Fish Hoek on
11 December. This is not just another sporting event for those fit professional
athletes but has been geared for anyone who is up for the challenge. The full
race comprises of a 25km cycle, 10km surf ski, 1.5km swim and a 12km beach run.
But not all this needs to be done by one person, they are looking for teams of
both men and women and mixed teams, family teams and groups fro... Continue reading ...
The Cape Town Entrepreneurship Week runs
from 15 – 21 November. This now an annual event plans to put Cape Town on the
map as far as entrepreneurship, innovation, collaboration and small business
development. During the week there will be a host of small workshops, seminars,
open days, displays and meetings. These all peak into three main flagship
events at the CTICC, UWC and Khayalitsha. The Entrepreneur Incubator has put together
a series of Panel workshops that will be presented througho... Continue reading ...
Posted by Bruce Wade on Wednesday, September 29, 2010,
In :
National Pride
 The whole of Cape Town took to the streets
on Sunday to witness the 30 seconds of destruction of the cooling towers in
Athlone. Watching something destructive like this has the same attraction as medieval
executions, a real crowd drawer. They estimated that more people watched the
towers than the World Cup Final. Funny how people are?
It did remind me that we all have a set of
towers in our own lives that we have built and treasured for years but offer no
value to either ourselves or others.... Continue reading ...
We thought that in the interest of celebrating
Women’s Day this year we would share some of the workshop titles we have been
asked to run by some our women members over the years. - Dressing Up: Beyond the Wedding and
the Funeral
- Refrigerator Forensics: Identifying
and Removing the dead and beyond repair
- Accepting Loss: If It's Empty, You
Can Throw It Away
- Going to the Supermarket - It's Not Just
for Women Anymore!
- Recycling Skills: Boxes that your
Electronics Came in.
- Bathroom Etiquette: Five ...
Continue reading ...
As the eyes of the world turn towards South
Africa we have begun to see a huge change in attitude of people in our own
country as we welcome visitors from around the world.
We had millions of people out in the
streets celebrating the SA team on Wednesday and again on Friday we have called
all people to take to the streets to blow their vuvuzelas to welcome the world
to the start of the tournament. This Facebook event started just 7 days ago
have amassed a huge following and interest.
Socia... Continue reading ...
On my way to a function yesterday evening in Cape Town, I drove up over the side of Table Mountain to be met with one of the most impressive Sunsets I have seen for ages. I was unable to stop and take a pic and wished that I knew someone with a camera who could capture the beauty show that nature was putting on for us. Then this morning I was pleased to find out that one our own EI Members, Frenske Otzen, who is a professional photographer was on Blouberg Beach and clicking away capturing the... Continue reading ...
|
|
The Entrepreneur Incubator and Academy is a registered company in South Africa with a focus on developing Business Coaches in the Western Cape around Cape Town, but able to assist, coach, mentor and education entrepreneurs the world over |
Subscribe here and we will email You our Blog articles
Read Bruce's personal blog here |
