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ED’S COMMENT

APRIL’S HOLIDAYS

f all the months in the year, April By way of comparison, South Africa has
is the one with the most public 12 public holidays per year, the UK has
Oholidays and while it’s nice to have eight and Canada has five.
them, they play havoc with the flow of
business. There are four public holidays in Our economy has taken a huge knock from
April (including I May), and then of course the years of corruption, stealing from the
many people take additional time off for state, the Covid lockdown, the riots in July
those ‘in between’ days that fall midweek. last year and now the floods in KZN. It’s
In the current economic climate we find time to put our shoulders to the wheel and
ourselves in, can we really afford to do get moving again. As Walt Disney said: “The
this? way to get started is to quit talking and begin
doing.”
I once heard a caller to a radio station I really like this quote from Winston Churchill
suggest that several public holidays It’s therefore appropriate that this issue (referring specifically to the Second World
be combined into one, to make things carries a business feature. Take a look at War, but applicable to anything): “Success is
less disruptive for business. I agree with the article by Bert Weenink entitled Six not final; failure is not final. It is the courage to
him as so often, people are not really Tactics for Building a Resilient Business. continue that counts.”
celebrating the specific purpose of the There’s also an article about how Dave
holiday. It becomes just a nice weekday Kirkby, the founder of Top Turf, started, ran
break to relax and have a braai! Are we and sold his successful landscaping and Karyn Richards
just lazy people - what’s your view? turf business. Editor

EVERGREEN