Your career needs a fresh start?
Right, you got your bonus in December so that's under the bridge and now you are feeling sort of...you know...restless. So rather than the devil you know, you are coming around to the thought that this could be a good time to make a change.
Well before you do, Juliette Attwell has some words of advice for you, on
making a fresh start and she also clarifies what constitutes valid reasons for leaving your present job.
Still on careers, it seems managers at Telkom might be wise to dust of their CVs and update them because it appears that
up to 1,000 managers may face the axe. Some cuts were apparently expected, but Telkom's chief executive, Sipho Maseko's comments to the Bloomberg news agency suggest deeper and more far-reaching cuts than many had imagined.
Planning a trip to Limpopo? Make sure you get your anti-malaria medication beforehand and make sure you are aware of the symptoms. Why? Because the Limpopo authorities have
issued a travel warning, following a malaria outbreak.
Finally...some good news, and let's hope it stays that way and doesn't degenerate into the 'tragic-comic' farce of last year...It is reported that...wait for it...
the delivery of school textbooks is on track for 2014.
It is common knowledge that supplying textbooks to learners countrywide is fraught with
challenges. Let's make sure what happened last year never happens again.
Our school children deserve every chance they can get.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | With the 2014 school year beginning tomorrow, Brand South Africa has urged all teachers to deliver quality education for the growth and development of the country. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith The problem with road deaths in SA is that no one knows how many people are actually killed in car accidents. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Telkom (TKG) CEO Sipho Maseko has moved to calm a storm over his comments on Friday that up to 1‚000 managers face the axe at the company‚ although he confirmed that its staff numbers would be reduced in wide-ranging changes to cut costs. Read more >>
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 | Jacques van Wyk The Supreme Court of Appeal, in rejecting the decision of the Labour Appeal Court, found that the employee in this case had been unfairly discriminated against by being denied an opportunity for promotion where no other suitable candidate, aside from herself, was present for the position. Read more >>
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 | Bekezela Phakathi SA runs the risk of becoming "dangerously elitist" and of "throwing away" half of its young people that fail to get at least 50% in matric examinations‚ Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Two global energy and electrical engineering companies‚ Siemens and John Wood Group‚ want to form a joint venture and are asking for the approval of the South African competition authorities to press ahead with the deal. Read more >>
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 | Mpumalanga's luxurious Mala Mala private game reserve will get new owners when President Jacob Zuma hands over the 13,184ha of land and title deeds to the community on Friday (10 January). Read more >>
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 | A shortage of textbooks for blind pupils and lack of enough teachers for deaf pupils has been cited as one of the reasons for the low pass rate at a special needs school. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith Toll roads chief Nazir Alli has briefed the top leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) on the highly divisive e-toll system‚ which is set to be a burning issue in the run-up to elections later this year. Read more >>
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 | Jacqueline Mackenzie The rate of growth in SA's manufacturing production slowed to 0.3% year on year (y/y) in November after a revised increase of 1.7% (1.5%) y/y in October 2013‚ data released by Statistics SA on Thursday (9 January 2014) showed. Read more >>
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 | Fewer road accidents and deaths were recorded in Mpumalanga over December. Read more >>
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 | Karl Gernetzky‚ Bekezela Phakathi and Sue Blaine As pupils and schools celebrated a record 78.2% matric pass rate‚ data from the Department of Basic Education underlined the grim fact that almost three-quarters of those who qualified for university study did not meet the minimum requirements for the degrees that meet scarce skills. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith The cash-strapped Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has approached unnamed donor agencies for financial support as it continues to battle to have the road toll programme scrapped. Read more >>
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 | Organisation is highly critical of blatant disregard for finance minister's call to curtail spending. Read more >>
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 | The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) have announced their collaboration to register South Africans living outside of the country as voters for the very first time. Read more >>
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 | Sydney Masinga North West youths had up until Friday (10 January 2014) to apply for 71 bursaries worth about R21m to study skills that are scarce in the province. Read more >>
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 | Olebogeng Molatlhwa Joburg's council employees are likely to take plenty of flak for what is expected to be yet another dismal audit outcome for the city. Read more >>
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 | Business owners will rely on the public protector's scathing report on the Mpumalanga municipality of Pilgrim's Rest to back their claims that they were wrongfully served eviction notices in June 2012 to make way for people who were illegally given shop leases. Read more >>
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 | Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on public servants to use 2014 as the year of excellence within the public service as the country marks the 20th anniversary of democracy. Read more >>
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 | The umbrella body for schools governing bodies says the announcement of the 2013 National Senior Certificate results is an indication that the quality of the education system is "stabilising". Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, US: The US National Security Agency is making strides toward building a "quantum computer" that could break nearly any kind of encryption, The Washington Post has reported. Read more >>
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 | Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called for calm in Brits, North West, where violent protests took place, resulting in the death of two people on Monday. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith Despite more than 840 road blocks and 3,800 arrests for traffic infringements during the end-of-year holiday season, the death toll on SA's roads were little changed from a year ago, with 1,357 people losing their lives between 1 December and 7 January. Read more >>
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 | Nashira Davids Big companies in narcotics trafficking are shifting their focus to the illicit tobacco trade - with about 30% of all cigarettes consumed in this country come from illicit deals - causing the government to lose billions of rands in taxes every year. Read more >>
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 | Ian Ollis MP, DA Shadow Minister of Transport, says that Minister Dipuo Peters release of number of festive season road deaths (1,376) is premature. Read more >>
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 | The SA National Roads Agency (SANRAL) says that people who have received a huge e-toll bill have failed to comply with the timeframes stipulated in the enforcement of e-toll violations. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Ipsos According to Ipsos South Africa's recent Pulse of the People study the ruling party is currently less popular with eligible voters than in November 2008. Read more >>
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