50 shades of greed : the services SETA : warts and all

Who are the heroes and villains of the Skills Revolution? How have political parties and trade unions benefitted from their association with the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA)? Is a democratic and peaceful transformation possible in the South African and African context? Telling the story of Ivor Blumenthal's experiences as the CEO of the Services SETA, this book seeks to provide the answers to these and other questions. Blumenthal presents a review of his time there and addresses the circumstances of his leaving—and the state of the Services SETA as he left it, forcefully removed from his position in the organization. He provides an untapped internal perspective of the Services SETA and the relationships between government, labor, and business. He discusses the support and hindrance available to the success of an organization like Services SETA with the objective of sharing his internal perspective with the broader community. __50 Shades of Greed__ takes an in-depth look at the Services SETA and its successes, and the wide-scale redevelopment of the Skills Development Framework over the decade in which Blumenthal served as its CEO. After a public legal fight with Blade Nzimande, and losing his job as CEO of Services SETA, Ivor Blumenthal finally writes a book that addresses the circumstances of his leaving, and the state of the Services SETA as he left it. In simple terms, Blumenthal describes the warts that popped up in the system – from racist and gender bias to the inordinate expensive of it, serving only a narrow segment of South African society. Blumenthal concludes that, historically, the industrial framework in this country was established to benefit the few at the expense of the many. Through a blow-by-blow, chronological review of his time at the head of the Services SETA, the book clearly points out the system faults, as well as those of government. 50 Shades of Greed looks at the pre-1994 history of the Services SETA, and why it needed to change drastically. Blumenthal then moves on to discuss the changes implemented – from the new mandate, and how it was carried out, to the key players and new-found successes. Though it deals with all that was wrong with the system, 50 Shades of Greed is also redemptive as it takes an in-depth look at the Services SETA, and the wide-scale re-development of the Skills Development Framework. Finally, 50 Shades of Greed undertakes a post-2010 analysis of what remains of the Services SETA system, how different it is from the original ineffective mandate, and its success rate.

Who are the heroes and villains of the Skills Revolution? How have political parties and trade unions benefitted from their association with the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA)? Is a democratic and peaceful transformation possible in the South African and African context? Telling the story of Ivor Blumenthal’s experiences as the CEO of the Services SETA, this book seeks to provide the answers to these and other questions. Blumenthal presents a review of his time there and addresses the circumstances of his leaving—and the state of the Services SETA as he left it, forcefully removed from his position in the organization. He provides an untapped internal perspective of the Services SETA and the relationships between government, labor, and business. He discusses the support and hindrance available to the success of an organization like Services SETA with the objective of sharing his internal perspective with the broader community. 50 Shades of Greed takes an in-depth look at the Services SETA and its successes, and the wide-scale redevelopment of the Skills Development Framework over the decade in which Blumenthal served as its CEO. "Through a blow-by-blow, chronological review of his time at the head of the Services SETA, this book clearly points out the system faults, as well as those of government. 50 Shades of Greed looks at the pre-1994 history of the services SSETA, and why it needed to change drastically. Blumenthal then moves on to discuss the changes implemented- from the new mandate, and how it was carried out, to the key players, new-found successes and the like. Though it deals with all that was wrong with the system, 50 Shades of Greed is also redemptive, as it takes an indepth look at the Services SETA, and the wide-scale re-development of the Skills Development Framework with regards to different elements." -- Publisher.