3 Sep 2013

Human Resources & Recruitment

King to pawn...

In an expensive "game of chess", Dave King has finally sorted out his tax issues with SARS and will end up paying over R700m to SARS. As he puts it: "When this tax dispute arose many years ago, I took a conscious decision not to cooperate with the authorities. That was a mistake."

Still on the money front, Satawu says SAA can afford the 12% increase the union is demanding, but if you want to get away from it all... the strikes, the demands, the claims and counter-claims, then Mango has come to your rescue with a scheduled service between Johannesburg and Zanzibar.

Talk about a captive audience... but a nice gesture, so one hopes the inmates took the lessons to heart when Ligwalagwala FM set out to motivate the inmates of Middelburg Prison with a live radio show aimed at discouraging criminal elements and activities amongst youths.

Finally, while no show-off himself, and with no hint of a swagger (but still quite the charmer), our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the Renault Clio is a swaggering charmer.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Weekly top stories


Entrepreneurship
Networking activities crucial to SME development and growth
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In the Zone with MWEB Entrepreneur: The best seats in the house...
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[Gerhard Jacobs] The potential for start-ups and established businesses alike lies in the perspective that is to be gained from crowdsourcing. Read more >>


Jobs & Recruitment
The marketing industry's secret weapon: Supplemental staffing
[Matthew Jankelow] How to give your marketing team the skills it needs, when it needs them. Read more >>

Werthschröder changes SA immigration policy
Crucial policy change benefits foreign professionals wishing to extend their work permit status while still in SA. Read more >>

Graylink partners Zao for referral recruiting
Web and mobile recruitment software provider Graylink have partnered with referral recruitment company Zao.com and will be offering their solution in the local market to its corporate clients. Read more >>

Unilever tops employer list for the first time in SA
The country's top employers prove that sound HR makes solid business sense. Read more >>


Labour Law & Unions
August new vehicle sales down 0.3% y/y
Aggregate new vehicle sales of 56‚112 units for August this year reflected a decline of 0.3% or 155 vehicles from the 56‚270 units sold in August last year‚ the latest National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) figures released on Monday (2 September) show. Read more >>

Medical personnel form union to seek better deal
[Andile Makholwa] The South African Medical Association (Sama) has formally established a trade union within itself for health personnel, in a move that takes the fight for better salaries and conditions of service for doctors to a new level. Read more >>

Can an employee be disciplined while on sick leave?
[Jacques van Wyk] If an employee is genuinely sick, an employer must postpone the disciplinary enquiry. This is because it is one of the essential prerequisites of fairness and equity that the employee be afforded an opportunity to state his or her case in response to the allegations brought against him or her. Read more >>

The revised codes are difficult, but what are they trying to achieve?
[Dr Robin Woolley] You might have looked at the Revised Codes of Good Practice (RCoGP) through a business lens, and realised they were so difficult to score on, that they left you wondering what they were trying to achieve, and if this was a step in the right direction or just too large a chasm to leap. Read more >>


Management
South Africa's top employers recognised
Top Employers Institute, which globally certifies excellence in the conditions that employers create for their people, has named South Africa's Top Employers. Read more >>

Creating a new generation of women
[Cristina Teixeira] We can create a generation of young professional employable women for previously male dominated sectors. Read more >>

Talent management and the death of the rigid 'job description'
[Rowan Belchers] High quality people are scarce in South Africa. A number of factors - from emigration and government mandates to poor education - are putting pressure on our talent, making it increasingly important to hold onto that handful of people who are your game changers. Read more >>


Skills Development & Training
Public servants off to government school says Sisulu
All workers employed by the state are required to sign the service charter and to attend the school of government, Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Thursday (29 August). Read more >>

ATNS women graduates flying high after leadership programme
Air Traffic & Navigation Services (ATNS) hosted its inaugural Blueprint Graduation Event on Friday (23 August), at the Hyatt Regency Johannesburg where more than 90 students, mostly women, graduated from one of three specialised leadership courses. Read more >>


Government

Phiyega withdraws Gauteng Commissioner's appointment
National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has withdrawn the appointment of Major General Mondli Zuma as Gauteng Provincial Commissioner. Read more >>

New umbrella body for military veterans
The Department of Military Veterans says it is to establish an umbrella body to unite all military veterans associations. Read more >>


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