This follows on from the Outcome-based careers for OBE graduates cartoon about the best place to put affirmative action candidates in South African organisations. Really, the sad truth is that the focus of South African corporates seems to be on meeting racially-based quotas rather than developing black skills in core, economincally productive areas. This is […]
The dark truth behind South Africa’s black skills shortgage
May 28th, 2026 (Updated)Outcome-based career planning for OBE graduates
May 28th, 2026 (Updated)Wonkie wonders why HR managers necessarily have to be affirmative action appointments in South Africa. Seriously, a glance at any South African newspaper’s employment pages in the Human Resources section will validate this statement. Why do we never see Mechanical Engineer – Affirmative Action only or Metallurgist – Must speak Zulu adverts? Surely something is […]
We are back!
May 28th, 2026 (Updated)Thanks for the numerous emails and being patient over the last couple of weeks – no we were not abducted by aliens or Grace Mugabe. Wonkie decided to go on a short trip to the Caribbean to experience the carnival festivities out there (and of course the customary week on the beach thereafter to recover […]
I wanna be a BBBEE cartoon
May 28th, 2026 (Updated)After the commentary on the incompetent blacks cartoon which was certainly very apt and heated, it is still interesting to note the number of idiotic race-based HR appointments that are made, further perpetuating the bad taste in the mouths of all race groups in South Africa about the implementation of employment equity programmes. The only […]
Too black, too white: Quarter bunny on the side – Indians in South Africa
May 28th, 2026 (Updated)One area where HR has been particularly useless is in the effective implementation of employment equity programmes in South Africa. When you put people you can’t place anywhere else in the organisation in HR, you also put morons unable to distinguish between form and substance in a position of power. We have seen a number […]