Job Number: 00249068
Reference: WS061/12JP
Date Posted: 23 July 2012
Location: North West
Salary/Rate: On Application
Sector: Other / Not Classified,
Job Type: Permanent
EE Position: No
Closing Date: 31 July 2012
Recruiters may expire jobs at any time.
Job Description:

Foreman Mechanical Surface Job No.:
WS061/12JP

Division:
Anglo American Platinum (South Africa)

Site:
Waterval Smelter Complex ACP

Department:
Engineering & Projects

Work type:
Full Time Permanent

Location:
North West Province

FOREMAN MECHANICAL SURFACE C5 ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM, WATERVAL SMELTER AND ACP – NORTH WEST, INTERNAL & EXTERNAL VACANCY

Role Description:

The Mechanical Foreman is responsible to ensure a safe, efficient and productive engineering maintenance through the supervision of a team of artisans on the Shaft.

This must be done according to regulations and all laws relevant to the tasks

Technical Work Responsibilities

Thorough knowledge of equipment under his control
Core Work Outputs

Process remains fully opeartional
Good employee relations
Effective administration of systems
Work Output Tasks

Assist the operation management team in developing an operational plan for the year to support the shaft in achieving throughput objectives
Undertake to plan, up to 1 year ahead and assists with 5 year planning, the budget requirements according to the planned maintenance schedules verses operational targets and budgets
Undertake to plan the spares requirements according to the planned maintenance schedule and ensure their availability
Liaise with the operation management team regarding daily, weekly and monthly progress to plan, budget and employee resources
Oversee that all work practices are executed in compliance with legal requirements
Regularly communicate progress of section against operational targets and objectives via a design communication and supervisory forum to subordinates
Evaluate, monitor and provide continuous feedback to the section regarding the performance efficiencies, standards of the section labour, equipment, budget and process targets.
Oversee the quality of workmanship and conduct regular inspections around the section and the operation
Required abilities:

Trade certificate
Five years post trade qualified experience
Supervisory experience would be advantageous
Valid driving license code 08
Basic computer literacy (Word/Excel/Outlook, Sap)
English literate
Physical Requirements

Certificate of Fitness
Additional Information:

Anglo American Platinum shall apply the Employment Equity principles as set out in Anglo Platinum’s Employment Equity Policy.
Incomplete CV’s and /or applications will not be considered.
Application will not be considered without a valid copy of the qualification and/or the license required for this role
If you do not hear from the Company within 21 days after the closing of the advert, please consider your application to be unsuccessful.
Interested candidates can apply online via http://intranet.angloplat.net/angloplatinum/index.aspx
or http://www.angloplatinum.co.za (External Candidates)

You can also apply using the SMS functionality by sending an sms with the job reference number to 35641.
Ensure that you register for the SMS functionality on the Anglo American website.

Advertised:
16 May 2012 South Africa Standard Time

Closing date:
31 Jul 2012 11:55pm South Africa Standard Time

Job Description:

Foreman Mechanical Surface Job No.:
WS061/12JP

Division:
Anglo American Platinum (South Africa)

Site:
Waterval Smelter Complex ACP

Department:
Engineering & Projects

Work type:
Full Time Permanent

Location:
North West Province

FOREMAN MECHANICAL SURFACE C5 ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM, WATERVAL SMELTER AND ACP – NORTH WEST, INTERNAL & EXTERNAL VACANCY

Role Description:

The Mechanical Foreman is responsible to ensure a safe, efficient and productive engineering maintenance through the supervision of a team of artisans on the Shaft.

This must be done according to regulations and all laws relevant to the tasks

Technical Work Responsibilities

Thorough knowledge of equipment under his control
Core Work Outputs

Process remains fully opeartional
Good employee relations
Effective administration of systems
Work Output Tasks

Assist the operation management team in developing an operational plan for the year to support the shaft in achieving throughput objectives
Undertake to plan, up to 1 year ahead and assists with 5 year planning, the budget requirements according to the planned maintenance schedules verses operational targets and budgets
Undertake to plan the spares requirements according to the planned maintenance schedule and ensure their availability
Liaise with the operation management team regarding daily, weekly and monthly progress to plan, budget and employee resources
Oversee that all work practices are executed in compliance with legal requirements
Regularly communicate progress of section against operational targets and objectives via a design communication and supervisory forum to subordinates
Evaluate, monitor and provide continuous feedback to the section regarding the performance efficiencies, standards of the section labour, equipment, budget and process targets.
Oversee the quality of workmanship and conduct regular inspections around the section and the operation
Required abilities:

Trade certificate
Five years post trade qualified experience
Supervisory experience would be advantageous
Valid driving license code 08
Basic computer literacy (Word/Excel/Outlook, Sap)
English literate
Physical Requirements

Certificate of Fitness
Additional Information:

Anglo American Platinum shall apply the Employment Equity principles as set out in Anglo Platinum’s Employment Equity Policy.
Incomplete CV’s and /or applications will not be considered.
Application will not be considered without a valid copy of the qualification and/or the license required for this role
If you do not hear from the Company within 21 days after the closing of the advert, please consider your application to be unsuccessful.
Interested candidates can apply online via http://intranet.angloplat.net/angloplatinum/index.aspx
or http://www.angloplatinum.co.za (External Candidates)

You can also apply using the SMS functionality by sending an sms with the job reference number to 35641.
Ensure that you register for the SMS functionality on the Anglo American website.

Advertised:
16 May 2012 South Africa Standard Time

Closing date:
31 Jul 2012 11:55pm South Africa Standard Time

Background – The 2010 FIFA World Cup

In the run-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, SAFA enlisted the support of FIFA to strengthen our national team to ensure a reasonable degree of success in a competition of the world’s best football nations. More than R100 million was spent on an intensive preparation programme to prepare Bafana Bafana for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The whole world agreed that the 2010 FIFA World Cup was the best World Cup ever and was flawlessly hosted by our country. However, we also know that the level of investment in the team could not be sustained over a protracted period of time and that the Association had to refocus its energies on strengthening its grassroots and other development programmes.

The Association therefore embarked on a 6-step strategic repositioning programme to ensure its future success and to adjust to the new demands of both a serious economic downturn and the new demands of an improved long-term development programme.

Step 1 – The 2011 Football Indaba
SAFA therefore embarked on a strategic planning process starting with the successful Football Indaba of 26 August 2011 in Kempton Park where more than 600 of the country’s football leaders gathered to debate how to strengthen our structures and development programmes. This was the largest ever gathering of football leaders in this country where the National Development Framework was presented along with the plans for the SAFA-FIFA Legacy Trust, the IT system, the talent identification system and the status of the national teams.

Step 2 – The Technical Symposium
However, after the failure of our men’s national team to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, the Association initiated a process of reassessing the strengths of our development system and hosted the largest ever gathering of coaches this country has ever seen in January 2012. The development of a clearly identifiable South African football philosophy and world class training and development initiatives for South African football was considered a priority. In the 6 months that followed, a series of robust debates were hosted at SAFA House and the drafting of a comprehensive Technical Master Plan completed. This Technical Master Plan will be presented to the nation within the next two months to enlist its support. The plan will help us sharpen our focus on development in this country and will set standards for performance that will equal that of the best football nations in the world but with a distinct South African flavour.

Step 3 – Creating a Strong Governance Structure
In March 2012, the NEC considered the latest submission of the CEO and also appointed an ad hoc committee to assist the CEO to achieve the objective of building a world-class football administration.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Association also added additional functions to strengthen the functioning of the SAFA provincial structures, mandated the adoption of a world-class financial management model that saw the appointment of Ernst & Young to do for the Association what they have been doing for FIFA for many years and did successfully for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and many other places where this financial management model has been adopted.The NEC also mandated the ad hoc committee to investigate the streamlining of the Association’s governance structures, with a particular emphasis on reducing the number of oversight committees through a clustering approach in order to maximize the efficiency of its governance structures.

Step 4 – Creating a World-Class Administrative Structure to Deliver on the New Mandates
With this in mind, the NEC mandated its CEO, Dr Robin Petersen, to also create a world-class administrative structure that could deliver on the mandates that resulted from these seminal planning processes. The re-examination of the organizational structure kicked off in December 2011 when the CEO presented the first draft of a proposed organogram for the NEC’s consideration. The NEC then mandated him to continue working on this process and to refine the structure.
The CEO and the ad hoc committee collaborated very closely on the development of the structure and presented their findings to the NEC at its June/July 2012 meeting. Pleased with the work performed by the committee and the CEO to date, the NEC congratulated the ad hoc committee and the CEO for a job well done and requested that they continue with the task of developing a proposal for a new structure for the Association.

Step 5 – Obtaining Broader Input into the Development of a New Structure
This process is therefore on-going and, mindful of the legal obligations of the Association, the NEC also mandated the CEO, with the assistance of the ad hoc committee, to formalize the process of consultation with all key role-players, the Association’s staff being key among those to be consulted.
It is with this in mind that the CEO utilized Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act to solicit this input from the staff. It is common cause that, according to the law, should the process affect the status of any employee in the organization, special regard be given to consult with the affected employees.
As noted above, the post-2010 FIFA World Cup period followed a serious economic downturn wherein sport sponsorship in general suffered. It is in this spirit that the Association issued a notice to forewarn its employees of the possible negative effect of the restructuring that had to take into account the changed economic climate that faced the Association in the post-World Cup period.However, it is the sincere objective to do everything possible to avoid any negative impact on staff by looking at other methods to save costs and thereby retain as many jobs as possible.

Step 6 – The Consultation Process Therefore, the Association, having completed its initial drafting of a high-level administrative structure, will present same, as it did to its management staff on 17 July 2012, to its entire staff complement.

In a memorandum to its staff on 26 July 2012, the Association clarified that it will commence with the consultation shortly and foresees this happening with the next 10 days.
The Association therefore emphasizes that the organogram approved by the NEC in March 2011, is still operative and any new structure must be approved by the NEC after consultations with the staff of the Association, through its representatives to ensure that staff have been afforded a fair opportunity to influence such structure.
Conclusion

The Association is therefore confident that this process will deliver a strong football association with the best governance structures and a strong administrative structure that is attuned to the demands of the modern football environment.

It is our firm belief that this will result in sustained international success for our national teams and place us on the path to achieving our objective of remaining consistently in the top 3 football nations on the African continent and consistently remaining in the top 20 of the FIFA World Rankings within the next 10 years

BY Obakeng Maje
A two-day North West Provincial infrastructure development colloquium to unlock economic infrastructure delivery, accelerate growth, development and job creation is to commence at Sun City Resort outside Rustenburg on Monday.

The objectives of the colloquium hosted by the Planning Commission in the Office of Premier Mme Thandi Modise under the theme “Growth and Development Colloquim: Strategies to unlock the economic potential of the North West Province” is to focus on strategic development priorities of water, energy, economic infrastructure and roads identified by Premier Modise is aimed at:

· Establishing an understanding of the significance of infrastructure development to growth and development in the province

· Exploring infrastructure development to accelerate job creation

· Laying the foundation for the development of the provincial long term plan that is aligned to the National Development Plan

· Interacting with other role players in infrastructure development

In announcing the colloquium earlier, Premier Mme Thandi Modise said that it presented the provincial government us with an opportunity to prioritise on development investment as expressed in SIP 4 and 7 of the government strategic integrated projects with a view formulate a comprehensive provincial infrastructure plan that is also aligned to our provincial industrial strategy and Special Economic Zone to maximise impact.

The keynote address by Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters on the opening day of the colloquium hosted in partnership with Development Bank of Southern Africa(DBSA) will focus on the relevance of the energy sector and the importance of energy planning.

In addition to a presentation to be delivered by Mr. Pascal Moloi from the National Planning Commission at the roundtable co-sponsored by DBSA, National Empowerment Fund and First National Bank other presentations by various public and private partners including academia in plenary and commissions will cover:

· Water challenges and the approach towards prioritization(2030 and beyond)-Prof Mike Muller from Wits University

· Water for growth and development :Overcoming the challenges, , -Ms Zandile Mathe (DDG National Water Resources infrastructure in the Department of Water Affairs)

· Renewable energy-Dr William Stafford ( CSIR

· Conventional energy sources-Dr Senzio Myeni(Corporate Specialist, Business Sciences at Eskom)

· towards sustainable energy provision and challenges of climate change-Dr Gary Kendall(Programme for Sustainable Leadership South Africa),

· The benefit of economic Infrastructure to the province’s competitive advantage -Dr. Khathutshelo Sikhitha(Senior Economist Department of Economic Development

· The potential labour absorptive capacity of infrastructure development-Mr Richard Goode(Lead Sector Strategy Specialist :Infrastructure Planning at DBSA)

· Unlocking the challenge of grant funded municipal infrastructure development-Ms Santhurie Naidoo (Executive manager Economic And Infrastructure Development Branch Dept of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs)

· Conceptualising economic infrastructure for rural development-Ms Leona Archary (DDG: Infrastructure and Economic Development from Department of Rural Development)

The keynote speech at the networking dinner to be on Monday evening will be delivered by Acting Premier Louisa Mabe while Premier Modise will address plenary on Tuesday morning.

Members of the media are invited to cover the colloquium. Kindly RSVP with Pat Dooms @ 084 831 4072 for accreditation.

BY Obakeng Maje
Leeudoringstad- A 20 year-old suspect was arrested in connection of
murder after he allegedly stabbed a 19 year-old, Koss Reites to death.

It is alleged that Koos and a suspect was engaged in a quarrel at a
tuck-shop in Borwa street, Leeudoringstad and the argument
precipitated to a fight.

A suspect allegedly took ou a knife and stabbed Reites in a chest and
died instantly.

“The suspect will appear in court soon and was charged with murder”
said Brigadier Thulani Ngubane.

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BY Obakeng Maje
Buffelshoek- The police were summoned to the scene in Lindequesdrift
after a man was killed by group of suspects.

Patrick Sibanda(50) was walking along the street when he was allegedly
approached by three suspects who asked for directions.
The suspects and a victim were engaged in an argument that led to a fight.

It is alleged that Sibanda told the suspects to look for directions
themselves and this did not setle well with three suspects.

“A 21 year-old suspect is due to appear in court for murder charges
and police are hot in the heels of his accomplices who were also part
of the fight” Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said.

The three suspects allegedly started assaulting the victim by hitting
him with bottles and kicked him. Patrick Sibanda was certified death
after suffering fatal injuries.

The suspect will appear before magistrate for murder charges.

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BY Obakeng Maje
Lomanyaneng- A fatal accident claimed a life of a 24 year-old girl who
was driving a Toyota Corrolla on Vryburg/Lichtenburg Road and lost
control.

Letlhogonolo Mokaila,(24) was travelling along the road and allegedly
lost control over her car.

The car veered from the road and hit a tree.
“A 24 year-old woman was confirmed dead when she lost control of her
vehicle. The culpable homicide case was opened and the cause of the
death is unknown” said Captain Adele Myburgh.

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BY Obakeng Maje
Zeerust- Two drivers passed away after a head on collision in Zeerust.
Miss Lambert,(60) was travelling to Zeerust from Gaborone,in Botswana
in her Toyota Tazz(silver)while Mr Riaan Lourens,(31) was driving a
white Polo Vivo and travelling to the opposite direction.
“The two drivers were engaged in a head on collision and miss Lambert
passed away on the scene, while a male driver, Riaan Lourens was taken
to Zeerust Hospital where he laer died” said Captain Adele Myburgh.
Police opened a case of culpable homicide and investigation continue.
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BY Obakeng Maje
Klipgat- A 5 year-old died instantly after hit by a car while crossing the road.
Ntadynkosi Mahlangu,5 was hit by an oncoming car at Klipgat while
trying to cross the road.
It is alleged that the driver was trying to overtake a bus that was
parked at the side of the road and hit young Mahlangu.
“The case of culpable homicide was opened after a driver hit and
killed Mahlangu in Klipgat who was trying to cross the road. The
driver alleges that he was trying to overtake a bus that was parked
next to the road and did not see Mahlangu” said Brigadier Thulani
Ngubane.
The case of cupable homicide was opened and a 38 year-old driver has
not been charged yet.
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London, England – Caster Semenya says the gender testing debacle that dogged her early international career has made her stronger for challenges such as the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Semenya was speaking ahead of the opening ceremony where she will lead out the South African team as the flag bearer.

“I am not going to worry about these gender things, I’m just going to concentrate on my future and look forward,” Semenya said.

She added that it was a great privilege to carry the South African flag, an honour she did not expect to befall upon her.

“It is quite exciting and, for me, when I look back at my career, I didn’t think I was going to make it to the Olympics,” she said
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The National Prosecuting Authority has fabricated charges against suspended prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach, her lawyer said on Friday.

“They are trumped up charges designed to get rid of Glynnis Breytenbach,” Wim Trengove said at her disciplinary hearing in Pretoria.

He was referring in particular to two charges relating to Breytenbach doing work outside the NPA; she allegedly rented out a flat and ran a horse stabling business.

Trengove was cross-examining Hercules Wasserman, acting senior manager of the NPA’s integrity management unit, at the authority’s offices in Silverton.

Trengove pointed out that renting out a flat did not amount to performing remunerative work.

Breytenbach had stabled a horse for a friend’s child which had cost her R2 500 a month, although the friend could only contribute R1000 towards this, he said.

Wasserman said he was not aware of this.

Trengove said this was because Wasserman had not investigated
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