Melanie Veness: PCB CEO For many years we had an inter-company relay in Pietermaritzburg that was held in Alexandra Park. It was great fun, because it wasn’t a serious race, and consequently almost everyone ran it. I must just point out that I use the term […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO Margaret Thatcher said: “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides”. Mrs Thatcher was a smart woman. My job often calls for me to play a liaison role between government […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO I have been studying maladjustment in the workplace as part of a course that I am doing and I must say that I find the subject fascinating, especially in relation to culture. Socio-cultural approaches assume that psychological health is determined by the […]
Read MoreMelanie Veness: PCB CEO Normally I come back from the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) National Council Meeting feeling inspired, but I must admit that I left last weeks’ meeting feeling rather somber. It wasn’t the company that caused me to feel this way, […]
Read MoreMelanie 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 […]
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