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This blog represents personal reflections arising from my upbringing, training, skills, faith and experiences. It is not, in anyway, intended to be used as professional advice but rather should be viewed as a collection of personal views and opinions. Where professional advice is required, my firm, Northern Consulting Services (Pvt) Ltd can be contacted on email: jshoniwa@nppsrecruit.com

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February 17, 2015

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November 11, 2014

Spiritual Warfare

October 06, 2014

I share this piece, which is an extract from two powerful sermons at our church, Borrowdale Community Church (BCC), which is part of Faith Ministries. The motivation, in sharing this, is to assist the afflicted understand the nature of their struggle which according to Ephesians 6:12 "is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms". Man is made up of the body, soul and spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:23 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ). Dr Magumise , BCC (2014), preaches "a human being is a triune being; consisting of body, soul and spirit. The body is sense conscious and interacts with the environment through the five senses; seeing, smelling, hearing, feeling and tasting. The soul is self-conscious, it relates wi...

Companies performance reviews: Bitter pill required

March 27, 2015

As the listed companies financial reporting season comes to an end, allow me to reflect on the companies results. We have seen the good, the bad and the ugly. The environment remains difficult for most companies. The main issues being power supply, lack of credit funding and lack of demand due to low FDI, low public and private spending. This is exacerbated by the high wage rate environment. There are two things companies should do. First is an objective evaluation of managemt performance, isolating environment issues and performance issues. Dare I say appropriate remedial action being taken. Secondly, companies must streamline operations by discontinuing non viable SBUs, mothballing or disposing unproductive assets and reducing headcount and salaries. The perks of yesteryear are not affordable. This sounds harsh but the reality is that if the current environment continues for another three years (and all signs are that it will), then companies will not be able to sustain the cur...

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Johnathan Shoniwa: Johnathan Shoniwa is the founder and CEO of Northern Consulting Group. The Group has interests in micro-finance lending, human resources consultancy, recruitment, corporate services and management consultancy. He holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Sunderland. He is both a Chartered Secretary and a Chartered Management Accountant. Johnathan holds an MBA from University of Bradford. He is the immediate past Chairman of Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe, a company he has also served as Finance Director, Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director. Johnathan has also worked at various levels including at executive level for multinational companies such as Ernst & Young, Longman Publishers, Kimberly Clark and Sara Lee.

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