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Join us on Thursday, May 10th at the JSE for the first of the FinWeek ETP Information Seminars. The programme is as follows: Using ETFs in Portfolios for Investment Club (Stokvels) and Individuals Speaker Topic Time Mike Brown – etfSA.co.za • Setting up Investor Clubs/Stokvels• Why use ETPs in Clubs/Stokvels 20 mins Nerina Visser – …
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This talk will address: A culture of entitlement and its effects on society Your mind and your development Be your biggest fan – Leadership through inspiration Our youth lack drive and vision and it is pivotal to the growth of our country that a reversal into the positive mind space should be encouraged and …
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WBS Business Clinic (Free) Wits Business School will be hosting, for the first time in its history, a WBS Business Clinic (free of charge), targeted to staff, and individuals from the public and community, who would normally be unable to afford costs of tuition and programme fees at WBS. The WBS ‘Business Clinic’ Concept simply refers to a structured day of lectures or …
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Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS. Our plan for the seminar is to have a Speaker from the Private Sector and another from an academic institution to address the Youth. Each speaker will be afforded Thirty Minutes. The balance of time will be spent on twenty roundtable discussions to run concurrently, …
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“Love yourself and live for what you believe in.” – Thurston Sebotsane. “Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.“ Quote by John Kotter (Harvard …
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I was watching an advertisement on television about a specific comapany. A gentleman, in a bar, is speaking about company products and how best they can serve all clients. In the background the bar attendant (or should I say mixologist; for that is what they prefer to be called these days) is busy serving drinks. …
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According to reseach conducted by UNISA, South African Students spend about R28.5 billion per anum. In this research, they UNISA idetified ‘15 Things you didnt know about student spending‘. The highest ranking one of these, in my opinion, deals with the perception that students are not equal. According to the research; ‘There is no such …
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I had just launched an initiative which I hoped will help inspire learners to think deeply about the future and their role in it. I aptly termed it ‘THE POWER OF ONE’ (I will not take credit for this phrase as it is not original; it has been used a lot on television and other …
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‘No problem can be bigger than your determination to succeed’ — Thurston Sebotsane A week before the launch of my tour on the 27th of September 2009; I got invited to a meeting in Sandton where I met Mr Collen Tshepiso Molefe who introduced himself as CEO of ‘Multimedia Communications’. He displayed excitement about THE …
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I am concerned about the level of failure of the majority of South African small businesses and also of professionals. I have travelled around the country and I have seen many instances where Government and private funders have invested money in aid of ‘good ideas’ and to date these companies are failing where others could …
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