Cape Town – Cosatu has launched a television boycott of Generations asking all South African viewers to stop watching the soapie on the SABC1 TV channel for a week starting on Monday 15 September.
Generations is set to run out of available recorded episodes with the actors in two weeks’s time following the firing of the soap’s entire principal cast last month by the SABC and Mfundi Vundla’s MMSV Productions after they went on strike.
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Johannesburg – A scam by a man who claims to distribute computers donated by the office of the Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has hit schools in the province, the provincial education department said on Wednesday.
“The culprit who goes by the name of Mr Balfour, claims to be distributing a consignment of 25 computers per school which are a donation by the premier’s office,” the department said in a statement.
“These computers can only be delivered once a school deposits a lump sum of money allegedly for insurance purposes. The department wishes to place on record that this is nothing else but a blatant lie and a scam to milk monies from our schools.”
The department said the scam had hit Butterworth in Centane and Queenstown districts. It was not clear how much money was lost to the scam.
“The Eastern Cape government would like to assure all schools that the administration is working overtime with law enforcement agencies to apprehend the criminal.”
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Anglo American in Kumba Iron Ore – Thabazimbi Mine is offering a number of Artisan Learnerships. If you are residing in Limpopo and is in need of an Engineering Learnership this is your chance.
ENGINEERING LEARNERSHIPS, FUNCTIONAL TRAINING, KUMBA IRON ORE, THABAZIMBI MINE, LIMPOPO.
Artisan following fields:
· Plater/Welder and/or Boilermaker.
· Fitter.
· Diesel Mechanic.
· Millwright.
· Electrician.
Requirements:
· Grade 12 with 4x N2 subjects for Plater/Welder, Boilermaker, Fitter, and Diesel Mechanic.
· Grade 12 with 5x N2 subjects for Millwright with fitter and electrical theory as prerequisite.
· Code 08 Drivers’ Licence.
· Medical Fitness Certificate.
The preferred N2 subjects are:
· Trade Theory for Fitter, Diesel Mechanic, Electrical, Plater/Welder.
· Mathematics.
· Science.
· Engineering/Technical Drawing.
· Structural Drawing for Plater.
· Industrial Electronics.
Closing Date:19 September 2014
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Anglo American in Kumba Iron Ore – Thabazimbi Mine is offering a number of Artisan Learnerships. If you are residing in Limpopo and is in need of an Engineering Learnership this is your chance.
ENGINEERING LEARNERSHIPS, FUNCTIONAL TRAINING, KUMBA IRON ORE, THABAZIMBI MINE, LIMPOPO.
Artisan following fields:
· Plater/Welder and/or Boilermaker.
· Fitter.
· Diesel Mechanic.
· Millwright.
· Electrician.
Requirements:
· Grade 12 with 4x N2 subjects for Plater/Welder, Boilermaker, Fitter, and Diesel Mechanic.
· Grade 12 with 5x N2 subjects for Millwright with fitter and electrical theory as prerequisite.
· Code 08 Drivers’ Licence.
· Medical Fitness Certificate.
The preferred N2 subjects are:
· Trade Theory for Fitter, Diesel Mechanic, Electrical, Plater/Welder.
· Mathematics.
· Science.
· Engineering/Technical Drawing.
· Structural Drawing for Plater.
· Industrial Electronics.
Closing Date:19 September 2014
http://www.careersportal.co.za/learnerships/3942-anglo-american-engineering-learnerships.html#
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Johannesburg- E-tags and bills will be burnt during the protest, Cosatu provincial secretary Dumisani Dakile said today.
For more http://www.citypress.co.za
Johannesburg- E-tags and bills will be burnt during the protest, Cosatu provincial secretary Dumisani Dakile said today.
For more http://www.citypress.co.za
Pretoria – Classes were suspended at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on Tuesday following a student protest, the university said.
“Groups of students started protesting this morning at the TUT main campus. Very early in the morning a bus was burned down,” spokesperson Willa de Ruyter said.
“All academic activities have been suspended for the day.”
She could not provide further details about the bus.
Student financial aid scheme
De Ruyter said the protest was related to National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) payments. She could not immediately confirm claims that first-year students’ funding applications had been rejected.
“I will have to get more information because there has been a change in the administration of NSFAS funding.”
She said universities and colleges used to administer the funds themselves, but after the change, the NSFAS centralised the funding so it came directly from the scheme.
De Ruyter said students would be updated later.
TUT students protested about the NSFAS in May and in January.
In January the university suspended classes and evicted students from the institution’s residences. It also obtained a court order to stop protests at its campuses.
The Socialist Youth Movement and the Student Representative Council later won an interdict at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria against the unlawful eviction of students. The university was ordered to pay costs.
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Rustenburg- In assuring her department’ strategic support for Tourism business and joining in celebrating excellence beyond the ordinary by Tourism establishments in the province, the North West MEC for Tourism, Desbo Mohono will on Wednesday will deliver the key note address at the Lilizela Tourism Awards which will be held at the Royal Marang Hotel near Phokeng in Rustenburg at 18h00.
Lilizela Tourism Awards are the premier tourism award programme for tourism businesses in South Africa that aim to reward and celebrate excellence across the tourism industry.
These Awards recognize and reward tourism players and businesses who work passionately and with pride to deliver a world class product and service and whose delivery grows South Africa’s global destination competitiveness.
Also expected to attend is His Royal Highness, Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi of Bafokeng Royal Nation and Chairperson of the Lilizela Tourism Awards, Thembi Kunene.
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Rustenburg – In endeavor to solidify her department’s vision of transforming the tourism industry by promoting township and village tourism, North West MEC for Tourism, Desbo Mohono recently met with tour operators at the Devine Boutique Hotel in Geelhout, Rustenburg. MEC Mohono said that in order to truly transform tourism in the province, there is a need for her department and tour operators to form partnerships.
“We need to forge partnerships which will yield much needed improvement within the tourism sector in our province. We need to think outside of the box and create new and endless possibilities. As tour operators who package these tours, we want you to work together with us in showcasing the potential this province has, government can’t do this alone”, she said.
“We need to have our guesthouses and bed and breakfast establishments graded correctly. We need to have a situation whereby major and popular hotels are able to refer their guests to village and township hospitality establishment where these guests can have a totally different tourism experience on how ordinary South Africans live in their township and villages, this is the transformation we want to see”, she said.
In addition, MEC Mohono said that her engagement with these tour operators was just the beginning of their journey together and she alluded that she hopes her department and these tour operators will form a fruitful partnership.
Echoing her words was the Acting Head of Department, Charles Ndabeni who said that his department, under the stewardship of MEC Mohono, wants to change the knowledge infrastructure in the tourism sector.
“The model is going to change, we need your partnership as tour operators to sell these products to the relevant markets. In order to bring about that transformation, we will be traveling across the province meeting with all relevant stakeholders within our tourism industry to ensure that there is proper planning which is aligned to the department’s annual performance plan and strategy”, said Ndabeni.
Chairperson of the North West Tour Operators Association, Kagiso Legobe welcomed MEC’s vision for partnership in transforming the tourism sector. He said that as tour operators they also want to be given an opportunity to make a valuable impact on the transformation within the sector.
“On behalf of the association I would like to thank the MEC for engaging us on her plans for the department, we see that she has good intentions and we are also ready to form these kind of partnerships with government to advance the course of transforming the tourism sector in the province”, he said.
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Marketing Graduate
Submitted by Barbara Spence on Wed, 2014-09-03 11:20
An ideal first job for a recent marketing graduate. Sell advertising across various platforms (online, digital, print, exhibitions, sponsorships) and across varied industries (human resources, cycling, marketing, fire, mining, botanical, science, engineering and more).
Job Requirements:
Computer literate, excellent telephone manner, persuasive sales skills, able to deal professionally with senior corporate executives. Own car essential.
Job Type:
Permanent
Company Location:
Bryanston-Johannesburg
Contact Person:
Barbara
Application Closing Date:
Friday, October 3, 2014
Remuneration:
Basic plus commission
Send CV to:
barbara@avenue.co.za
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