Melanie Veness: PCB CEO The world education system was originally designed to supply the skills needed for the industrial revolution, so education by virtue of its origins, has tended to focus on academic achievement in the commercial subjects, with the humanities and the arts having taken […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO As a youngster, I waitressed at the same restaurant in the centre of Pietermaritzburg for 9 years, and what valuable experience I gained doing that. I learnt the value of a smile, particularly when customers were being difficult or demanding, and I […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO 2016 started very unpleasantly, thanks to some exceptionally offensive social media posts. What is painfully obvious to me, is that we haven’t done nearly enough to ensure integration. There has been very little intervention in terms of breaking down the structural and […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO This year marks the 24th year that the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign has run. It runs from 25th November to the 10th December every year, and this year the theme for the international campaign is: “From peace in […]
Read MoreThe 2015 Nedbank Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business banquet, in association with The Witness, Daymed Private Hospital and CHC Catering, was yet another roaring success. Its success was due to the unstinting work of the ladies at the chamber, the array of sponsors who came to the […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO This past week the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business hosted Johannesburg-based KMM Review Publishing Company’s KZN launch of the book “Cosatu in Crisis” edited by Vishwas Satgar and Roger Southall. The book is a compilation of chapters penned by various academics with a […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO I love going to new places, but I must say that I don’t particularly enjoy the trip. Especially if I am flying. There’s all the waiting around and standing in queues (patience is not a virtue that I can claim to have) […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO The lead up to elections is always quite a disconcerting time for those of us that simply want to get the job done. People are tetchy and suspicious, motives are questioned and the atmosphere is screeching chalk on blackboard. Cloak and dagger […]
Read MoreThe PCB Entrepreneur Programme 2015, running in its second year as a competition over 3 months, with hands-on training and mentoring for 20 chosen entrepreneurs, culminated in Display Day on 23 October 2015. Showcasing their products and services, in sectors ranging from manufacturing and education to […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO The other day a work colleague was introducing me to the chief executive of a state owned entity at the start of a business engagement, and his introduction went something like this: “this is Melanie, she’s one of our prettiest local ladies”. […]
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