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By Mzo Tshaka Let me declare upfront that I hold no brief for either President Jacob Zuma or the Honourable Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ("the nominee"). As a matter of fact, I am not even sure if I would have nominated him if I were the President of the Republic. I am very disappointed with some of the things that have been said about the nominee ever since President Zuma indicated that he preferred the nominee for the position of Chief Justice. The likes of Paul Hoffman have taken their time to do a "Jutastat Search" (a legal information search engine) in order to look at the number is cases that the nominee has been involved in so that they can substantiate their view that the nominee does not have sufficient experience to lead what may soon be the apex Court in SA ( www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=151245 ). Not to be outdone, Prof Pierre de Vos from UCT has also commented on his blog (http://constitutionallyspeaking.co.za) and elsewhere that if the nom...

Prof Isamah Multitasking has become one of the more common buzzwords today and it essentially refers to the apparent simultaneous performance of two or more tasks by an individual in the work situation. Although not restricted to the workplace only, it is my belief that it is in the work environment where multitasking has its greatest potential impact. Consider the following scenario conjured up by Josua Rubenstein: What are you doing right now as you read this article? Ordering supplies for the office from your distribution warehouse? Monitoring a screen for production equipment performance? Getting an e-mail back to your colleagues in the Denver office? Carrying on Instant Message conversations with three co-workers? Writing up a report in Word for the meeting on Wednesday? Eating the lunch you never have time to leave the desk for? Opening and reading traditional mail? Filing an in-house memo to Tech Services because your browser is acting up? Making a list of the clients you...

They say behind every successful man there is a very powerful woman. You strike a woman you strike a rock . These are all powerful lines. These lines are true and we happen to be celebrating women’s month this August. And the best we can do is to extend our love to the glorious women of South Africa, and to the ladies of Entrepreneruship and Business Management Department of this great university. We adore you; we honour you. Keep on being the sweet angels you are. Often women are unappreciated so we say thank you for all you have done and wishing you so much love. “You teach a man you teach an individual, but teach a woman you teach the nation”. Enjoy the month . From the editorial team (Pictures to follow.)