Erasibo

We have dedicated this blog to put up a number of thought pieces on the franchised restaurant industry in South Africa...

Take the example of Zimbabweans. When they arrive here they simply outperform their South African counterparts on many fronts. This reflects the superior education they receive. (Vavi. Z. COSATU. 2009) Can it really be that bad...

Yesterday was June 16th, Youth Day in South Africa. It’s the day in which we commemorate the contribution made by young people to liberation of the country...

On the 12 June 2009 the tenth presidential elections were held in Iran. After Iran’s official news agency the Islamic Republic News Agency, announced that the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the election...

3 June 2009 Honourable Speaker; Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Kgalema Motlanthe...

Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world...

Embedded below is a interesting presentation given by Tino Kreutzer. The presentations is on Internet and Online Media Usage on Mobile Phones among Low-Income Urban Youth in Cape Town, South Africa. The results are interesting. View more OpenOffice presentations from Tino Kreutzer.

We were invited by International Idea to give a presentation on how ICT can be used to enhance civic participation in governance and democracy. Embedded below is the presentation that was given.

We have been contracted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to assist with their research in to the National Science and Technology Week and the Science and Technology Camps hosted by the Department of Science and Technology...

Since late 2007 we have been engaged with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitian Municipality (EMM) in first verifying and assessing its indigent policy and indigent progamme and now we are working on developing an indigent register for the EMM...

This is the complete unedited article written by Ravi Naidoo. Ravi is Group Executive for Research & Information at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. He writes in his personal capacity. A edited version was printed in the Sunday Times a few weeks back...

Fellow South Africans, I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive Committee of the ANC with regard to the position of the President of the Republic...

Erasibo has in the past two month undergone a radical transformation. We are no longer a pure play management consulting firm...

The following statement was issued by the National Executive Committee of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party after its decision to recall President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday 20 September, 2008...

There is something new and exciting coming up in Erasibo within the next three weeks. Keep watching this space

“About 60% of municipalities cannot give evidence to account for the revenue they received...

Pictures: HALDEN KROG Pictures speak a thousand words. What does this picture tell you? Starting in Alexandra township last weekend attacks on African foreigners has spread like a highly infectious disease to other townships and areas around Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni...

For some reason the chaps at ESKOM and NERSA have forgotten that ESKOM is owned by the citizens of South Africa. What that means is that they are accountable to us. Well actually that’s not true, especially if one looks at ESKOMS recent misdeeds behaviour. ESKOM does what it wants, when it wants...

I’d like to thank Darren at Commentary South Africa for pointing this out. I’ve copied and pasted his copy directly from his blog. This is an old news story but I think it holds up given our new political climate...

The Education department wants all South African school children to recite a pledge. The pledge goes: We the youth of South Africa Recognising the injustices of our past, Honour those who suffered and sacrificed for justice and freedom...