t-naslerethe

black like you ka perm,the interview he had on E tv with justice was out of dis world
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maneater

PURE ORIGINAL GANGSTER I TELLYOU. HE STARTED FROM SCRATCH IN THE DARK APARTHEID DAYS NO TENDER OR NOTHING JUST PURE HARD WORK. I TAKE OUT MY HAT TO YOU SIR. O BOSSO!!
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DjEp

It was one of the most selling brand of our time back then, competing with the likes of Score,Dan Hands and OK. well done Mr Mashaba, they turned your workshop in Mabopane industrial site to be a social welfare department, previously it was horror affairs, but thanks to you Sir.
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MicaParis

A true businessman who never got a Government tender or fat post to be where he is. I can afford to listen to a realist like Mashaba not some big mouth Comrades what what who stole from Government coffers for self enrichment. The Labour Relations Act will need to be amended to cater for the suggestions Mr Mashaba has raised. It must be noted however that in order for that to happen will it not amount to unfair labour practice, which means we need to amend the Constitution first to allow that change to happen, because giving employers a leverage to hire and fire on the basis of failure of business or incapacity might be suicide to black masses. The problem is that, how do we close a gap of opening a can of abuse especially from Private Companies? I cannot trust that no abuse will happen seeing what is happening in our Mining, Textile and Fishing industry let alone what is happening to domestic workers despite having those legislation Mr Mashaba is crying foul of. A quick solution will be a development of many SMME as possible to cater for a back log of thousands of Graduates who are on the street. Let the Government run those SMME together with lots of graduates who are having good qualifications in Economics and Business Management precicely on a 50/50 basis, I see lots of CV with Masters in those fields and think if these people can be grouped together and be given a certain big Government project to run will they really fail? If we do not support this Graduates they will never go any where because they do not have enough funds to start their own businesses. Our good Lord will be with them to succeed , there is no use to ignore the situation, let us use the unemployed youth who are on the street! NYDA should be stripped of its huge budget because they only help ANCYL connected comrades so they will never take us any where. Please let our Government invest too much on Agriculture to strengthen our tax base for SME development, there is nobody who is not eating all over the world so Agric Products will always sell. Let us trust in our Youth Graduates with very experienced people like Mr Mashaba next to them as mentors I do not think these people will fail, they are rich in theory which must be put to use in practice!.
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ZUMAMUSTGO

A true Enterpreneur with the likes of Maponya these are legends, however Mr. Mashaba needs to do a course on labour relations listening to him yesterday on Etv i was not impressed, after all you cannot know each and everything.
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Zwanga

I am definately going to buy his book, the man is an inspiration to many. He has a story to tell, from the humble beginnings to where he is today.......As a business man, I fully concur with Herman, to open a business in South Africa, you must go through a lengthy process, that is, DTI, CIPRO. After that, you must register with Department of Labour, UIF. Register with the industry statutory bodies, then SARS, by the time you finish............your employees are on strike for salary increase.........you face COSATU, CCMA, ShopStewards, etc. Whatever product you are selling, Consumer Commission is on your case...........Labour brokers? No, they are not wanted........Youth Wage Subsidy? Nobody knows..............I personally believe that President Zuma should at least say in his State of the Nation address:"we are going to produce 1 000 000 entrepreneurs" instead of promising people jobs
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TKay

So...where do we start Mr Mashaba
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Sepoko21

Now bra Herman, that's what i call comradeship. not this nonentities who have friends in the govt & get tenders through unholly ways, then they think they are entrprenuers. We've been dilebarating on the issue for quite sometime, but the "comrades" in govt seem to hear nothing maybe because they are not business inclined. What they know is bribe,nepotism & calling people "chiefs". They are not helping @ all. Zwanga I like that. Let's create entreprenuers, that way we'll create jobs. SO "COMRADES", SCRAP OFF THE RED TAPES. We want 2 build our economy.
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JANEL

Herman I so agree with you. There's no prtection for the businesses, only for the employee. As a business owner you are guilty until proven innocent under Labour Law. When staff are absent without permission, no one thinks of the business that suffers due to work not done. They do everything possible to protect the staff. With this said and done I admit that I think twice, thrice before adding to staff. Labour Law = Far Less Jobs.
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cornelius

Bravo Mr Mashaba - I wish you could talk some sense into the koppe of people like Vavi, Ehrenreich, Nzimande, and the whole SACP and COSATU crowd about how to create employment. Government cannot reaaly create jobs - that is not the core function of a government - its jobs is to create the right environment for the economy to grow. First step is to relax these labour laws which are the most onerous ( on employers) in the world.
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