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Friday, October 18, 2013
First Rule of Business. Never lie to a customer because you WILL eventually be found out.Second Rule of Business.Never have sex with a customer because it will all go wrong and you'll both be FIRED.Third Rule of Business.Never say rude things to your customers about your competitors because it makes you look like an IDIOT.
Those were the rules I was taught when I joined a company I worked for many years ago. I admit that the order of these rules did vary slightly, but that depended on who had just transgressed and was about to be fired. Nevertheless they were strictly enforced, for good reason.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...