The POPI Act (POPIA) is YOUR Problem... Start Solving it Tonight!

The Protection of Personal Information Act. AKA the POPI Act, or POPIA, goes live at midnight on June 30, 2021. That is very soon.

If you don't yet know what this means to your business, we can offer three free options to get you up to speed fast:

• A short online course. Click here to take the Free POPI Training for Small Business Owners.
• A 90-minute live online webinar TONIGHT and each Wednesday at 8 PM. Click here to reserve your seat.
• Or email us for a link to watch the video from last week.

If you want to get compliant fast, join our online Five Day Fast Compliance series. Invest one hour each day for a week. Then, invest another hour each day in working through the instructions in the context of your firm. By the end of the week, you will be more compliant with this new law than 90% of businesses in South Africa.

You don't have to attend the live sessions. All are recorded so you can access them whenever you want. The videos are often better because you can rewind and replay.

There is no other practical compliance solution at any price for small business owners.
You'll also get free coupons to train up to 15 employees. (The Act demands that you educate them on privacy.) You save R6,000 in training fees if you can find another option.

Get all of the policies, contracts, and procedures to satisfy the Information Regulator. You save R10,000 on other offers of the paperwork alone.

Nobody else in SA offers practical training which shows you exactly what to do and how to do it.
You get a 30-day no-questions-asked guarantee.

Got any questions? Reply to this email and ask.

Remember: If you would prefer a live webinar –gratis– Click here to join TONIGHT's POPI Compliance Webinar by small business expert Peter Carruthers.  It's online on Wednesdays, at 8 pm SA Time. You will understand what you need to do to comply –within 60 minutes. It's simpler than it seems.

Odd Jobs

Then there were the singers who named their daughter Heidi.

("High D") [groan]

New on the Block, Movers and Shakers  Back to top

• Barberazzi has moved from Entrance 1 to Entrance 3, opposite Pizza Perfect (Shop 04), Lower Level in Morning Glen Mall – Barber shop, Men's Grooming. Men's and boys haircuts, Shave & funky beard styling; head shave, threading.
• JM Beautify, Shop 19, Lower Level in Morning Glen Mall – Cosmetics shop. Scented soaps, bath crystals, scrub masks, body creams, and exfoliators. Select from our shop and have your products delivered to your door.
• Tsim & Bibi Luxury Cake Shop, Shop 42A, Upper Level in Morning Glen Mall – Cakes, cupcakes, scones for any occasion. Signature treats, including homemade biscuits, slush and toffee apples. Individually made on order. Open, Monday–Friday 09:00-17:30, Saturday 09:00-16:00.
• Motala Perfumes, Shop 27, Lower Level in Morning Glen Mall – Perfumes of all sorts. Opened June 2021. Open Monday–Friday 09:00-17:30, Saturday 09:00-16:00.
• House of Perris, Ground in Thatchers Corner, Bryanston – High end fashion brand for both womenswear and menswear. Minimalist, original, effortless and comfortable outerwear for the fun executive and active goal-getter.
• Stephane Trading Import (Pty_ Ltd, Ground in Thatchers Corner, Bryanston.
• Bunker Arms, Shop C7 Lower, Building C in Woodmead Commercial Park – Firearms and ammunition, but no masks or social distancing. Trading Hours: Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00, Sat 09:00-15:00, Sun 09:00-13:00.
• Mfanelo Steel Works, Ground in Thatchers Corner, Bryanston – Steel cutting and welding.

Would You Rather be in the Coffin than Giving the Eulogy?

It is said that most people's number one fear in life is speaking in public.

Ahead of any other fear, including death.

Think about it:

That means that, at any given funeral, most people would rather be in the coffin than alive and giving the eulogy.

Are you one of them?

If you are afraid, or even seriously nervous, about speaking in front of a group, it's bad news for your career.

Bad news for your future income.

Bad news for your relationships: Are you going to elope rather than give a wedding speech?

How are you going to ask your future spouse's parents, even?

It needn't be like that.  Just as nobody is born able to speak, Nobody is born a good public speaker.

It takes practice, and a willingness to tackle your fear.  One baby step at a time.

You can do this in a supportive, friendly, fun environment.  Amongst people who empathise because they have been on the same journey.

Where?

Mariswe Toastmasters Club: We meet online via Zoom every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 17:45 for 18:00. Next week, 22 June 2021 is the next meeting.  Come free of charge as a guest and be inspired for your new life!

Phone or WhatsApp Rick on 082 389 3482 or email us

Thought for the Day:

"It's incredulous!"

No, "incredulous" means "(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something". You are incredulous when you find it incredible. They don't mean the same.
 

In the Coffin, Not Giving the Eulogy:  Back to top

• Woodlands Beauty in Woodlands Office Park – Beauty therapist. Services : Threading, Waxing, Facials.
• RoomFive Function Venue (Suite 5) in Rivonia Village – Private Event/Function/banqueting/cocktail Venue for Corporate clients, private clients and Weddings. Seated from 80 to 800. Catering included. Was 1st Floor.
• Salsa Mexican Grill, Shop F02A in Rivonia Village – Corner Rivonia Blvd & Mutual Rd. Alleged "authentic Mexican food using traditional cooking methods, with a modern, inspired twist".
• St Elmo's Head Office in Rivonia Village – Admin offices.
• Empire Burger Company in The Wedge, Morningside – Hamburgers from R36, Greenwood (vegetarian) mushroom & cheese burger. Chips, cheese fries, veggie chilli fries, coffee, ice tea, milkshakes, soft drinks. Breakfast muffins and waffles.
• Property.CoZa, Shop FF03A in Rivonia Village – Real Estate Agents. Were on 1st Floor.
• Sensational Blinds & Flooring, Shop 14 in Morning Glen Mall – Opposite the west escalators. Carpets, under-carpet heating, canvas awnings roller blinds, canopies, laminated flooring, blinds: Vertical, wooden, bamboo, venetian, pleated, roman, honeycomb.
• Versus Paint Specialists, Shop 14 in Morning Glen Mall – Inside Sensational Blinds & Flooring. Free colour consultations and paint advice (by appointment only).
• Dr Saskia Schwabe, DBS (Wits) (Suite 6) in Rivonia Village – Rivonia Family Dentists. General Dentistry, Teeth whitening, Paediatric Dentistry, Cosmetic Dentistry. Alive but no longer practicing in South Africa.

Funny Language, English...

Funny how WhatsApp thinks "WhatsApp" is a spelling error (try it!).

You Just Have To Accept It

From Daily Stoic:

When the pandemic hit —as with all sudden or unexpected life events— people responded in myriad different ways. Some people denied it. Some people hoped to be exempted from it. Other people cowered in fear of it. As you likely saw among your own peer group, none of these responses were particularly effective.

When we talked to Jocko Willink on the Daily Stoic podcast a few months ago, he described the only type of people among his client base of businesses and nonprofits and military leaders who had managed to thrive during these unusual times. They were the ones who accepted the reality of the situation immediately. Unflinchingly.

They didn’t deny. They didn’t run. They didn’t expect magical thinking to rescue them. No, they got to work. Remember the imperative of the Stockdale Paradox—influenced as it was by Epictetus: You accept with complete honesty the perils of the obstacle in front of you. You remain convinced that if it is possible to survive, not only will you, but you will also turn this into the best thing that ever happened to you.

It’s essential that we do not mistake this realism, this fatalism, for passivity. Because it is not. However, there is no progress without first accepting the particulars of the circumstances in which you find yourself. Lying, denying, pretending, hoping that something —anything— will save you beside yourself is a fool’s errand.

You have to face it. You have to see the reality. Then you get to work.

Kouga, a South African Success Story

No matter how bad things are in many parts of South Africa, the story of Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape shows us that things can turn around swiftly with the right leadership.

Kouga is home to some 200,000 people living in Jeffrey's Bay, Humansdorp, St Francis Bay and the surrounding areas. When they gave the DA an outright majority in the 2016 local government elections, we inherited an indebted municipality collapsing under years of ANC neglect and corruption. To make matters worse, it was also the start of a prolonged drought.

Five years on, Kouga is a place of hope and progress, where the promise of “a better life for all” is real for people. The difference between 2016 and 2021 is striking. Consider the progress made in the following (read more here).

The story of Kouga shows that the first step to building a successful South Africa is to vote DA. In the local government elections on 27 October 2021, a vote for the DA will be a vote for success because the DA gets things done.

Overheard Near the Checkout

"They say they're a non-Life Insurer?"
"Sounds like the right place to go if one doesn't have a life!"