Naspers staff protest Zanu print

[sox63]

Props to the Chairman of Caxton, taking a stand and putting his money where his mouth is. Not many would do likewise if they were looking R 3mil worth of business.

What I dont understand is that people are taking on Paarl Web, but Barcleys/ABSA are left alone.

 

[icyrus]

guys business is business

if you get a 3m for something u do it, because if you dont someone else will

Death, destruction and torture are only business for a few. Aiding and abetting such makes you no better than the people committing it.

 

[milomak]

Props to the Chairman of Caxton, taking a stand and putting his money where his mouth is. Not many would do likewise if they were looking R 3mil worth of business.

What I dont understand is that people are taking on Paarl Web, but Barcleys/ABSA are left alone.

What has Barclays/Absa done? Have they funded Zanu-PF?

 

[sox63]

What has Barclays/Absa done? Have they funded Zanu-PF?

http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-25_2341006

 

[Devill]

Damn this is sad

 

[milomak]

http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-25_2341006

those events do seem somewhat strange

 

[Kokop]

those events do seem somewhat strange

Indeed, just gets more twisted.

This really does reinforce the fact that banks are evil

 

[Albereth]

What has Barclays/Absa done? Have they funded Zanu-PF?

Barclays own part of ABSA, as they do Barclays Zim. If Barclays did fund Ugly Bob as is claimed they'd be running foul of an EU embargo. But then again, it was probably the local bank. And I am fairly sure that there were some questionable decision being made.

I think to draw a parallel with the Naspers thing you'd have to say that Naspers should have turned down the job as Barclays Zimbabwe should have declined a loan to Ugly Bob. Napsers shouldn't stop doing business with Zimbabwean clients as neither should Barclays pull out of Zim. They should be careful in who they deal with.

I suppose that Barclays, or Stanbic, or any of the other banks risk having their banking licenses pulled by the regime if they refuse. This is clearly not a threat that Naspers faced so there are differences that influence the decision making process.

What really galls is the denial by the Napsers people. That really showed that they were in for the money and damn the ethics.

 

[TBFK]

Blood Money

The only way corporates will begin to take notice is when consumers begin to take action. One way is to boycott their products. Continuing to subscribe to DStv is a perpetuation of Naspers' support for Mugabe.

 

[milomak]

The only way corporates will begin to take notice is when consumers begin to take action. One way is to boycott their products. Continuing to subscribe to DStv is a perpetuation of Naspers' support for Mugabe.

Can I wait till Euro2008 ends

 

[daveza]

Zanu-PF print job done 'by mistake'

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20080625113524798C640827

Zanu-PF print job done 'by mistake'
By Murray Williams

The Paarl Media Group has announced it will make a donation of R300 000 towards relief efforts in Zimbabwe after it inadvertently concluded a print contract for the ruling Zanu-PF party.

It is understood that the work in question was a pamphlet outlining Zanu-PF's contribution to Zimbabwe.

Hein Brand, group managing director of Media24, which owns Paarl Web, said in a statement on Wednesday that "one of our regular South African clients placed work with Paarl Web Gauteng".

He said the South African client "placed the order for the work, provided the material, took delivery of the printed output and paid for the work. At no stage was Paarl Web Gauteng aware the work was done on behalf of Zanu-PF".

"I am told that the management of Paarl Media regrets not having had the opportunity to review the printing of this material through full disclosure by the client."

He said Media24 management would have advised against accepting this work if they had known about it before.

The matter surfaced when the company's management received a petition.

"Essentially staff was under the impression that there was a conscious management decision to do the printing and hence they felt there was an error in judgment."

Brand said there was no such "discreet" decision.

"The management of Paarl Web Gauteng assures me that neither the Zimbabwean Government nor Zanu-PF are clients, nor has Paarl Media accepted payment from them."

Brand said the company estimated that the profit on the R2,6-million contract was R300 000, which would be donated "to relief efforts in Zimbabwe

Nice try Naspers, but not good enough.

It is incomprehensible that a million copies were made for Bob and nobody knew a thing - especially at a time when Zim has been in the headlines.

No applause for the ' generous' offer of R 300 G - you are only paying that because you were caught.

Seeing as Naspers have just released results showing a profit of R 4.6 bilion they can do a lot better if they are really repentant.

 

[milomak]

What i would like to know as a layman is who are the people who would have dealt with this client from the time he walked in to the time the order was completed? And what would these people have seen? What are their levels of authority?

 

[Alchemist]

I know nothing about the printing process. Will this quality control person have the power to make decisions on what can and can’t be printed? Is quality control checking to see that what is printed looks like the proof?

Having dealt with many South Africans in different companies, it is not surprising to me that someone would not use their initiative when faced with such an issue. Especially when the order is from a long standing client.

My experience of most staff on the ground is that they do not like to deviate from scenarios and criteria they have been given. Which is why for the moment I am giving Naspers the benefit of the doubt. Maybe in addition to pornography, Naspers should say that all political material is referred to management.

They use a digital printing process where the layout is either sent through via internet or on disk. Someone then loads the contents of the layout into the system, so that person would have been able to see the contents of the printing, and would be able to bring it to someone higher's attention, the same for the quality control officer. He doesn't have the authority to stop the print process, be he can bring it to someones attention that does.