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What We’re Really Hiring For (and How We Get It Wrong)

June 18, 2025 Andre Venter Comments 0 Comment

The Tweet That Launched a Thousand Eye-rolls A little while ago, I came across a tweet that stuck with me, not because it was insightful, but because it was so familiar: “More AI trend-spotting stuff… AI LLM sentence structure, grammar and lack of spelling mistakes can also clearly be spotted. When you read something a human wrote, you can pick up speech and writing patterns that are unique to that individual.” This wasn’t a hiring policy. It wasn’t a debate….

What is the legal situation in a South Africa government of national unity where a budget is passed without majority vote?

March 12, 2025 Andre Venter Comments 0 Comment

National Budget Approval, Majority Votes, and Coalition Governments in South Africa Constitutional Requirements for Passing the National Budget Under South Africa’s Constitution, government spending must be authorized by an Act of Parliament. Specifically, Section 213 of the Constitution provides that money can be withdrawn from the National Revenue Fund only “in accordance with an Act of Parliament” cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com . In practice, this means the annual budget – presented as the Appropriation Bill and other money bills – must be passed…

Company culture defines the degree of success in business.

February 25, 2025 Andre Venter Comments 0 Comment

We’ve all heard about or experienced the effect of company culture on the success of a business. Most of us have worked for businesses where the culture was very clearly a contributing factor or where it has been a detractor. It’s also said that there’s no recipe for good company culture, and that’s true. There is no one recipe which will guarantee success. There are too many factors which are not under the control of leadership for the word “recipe”…