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| Ed Herbst "The senior management at the SABC couldn't even be bothered to do the numeracy test that was required for a proper skills assessment. The entire senior management of the SABC is in a dire, dire state." Marian Shinn, Parliament 4 February 2005 Read more >>
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| Juliette Attwell This week we advise on what to wear to an interview, as well as how to resign without burning bridges. Read more >>
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| Organisers of the 2014 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition are inviting entrepreneurs who are striving to contribute positively towards South Africa's economy and increase job creation to submit their entries. Read more >>
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| So you want to launch yourself into a career in digital this year... so how are you going to do it, and what do you need to achieve your ambition? Read more >>
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| The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and SABC Education radio campaign, Make Your Rights Work for You, continues live on air on 11 community radio stations. The focus of the campaign is to promote awareness of workplace rights and how best to apply them. Read more >>
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| Ingrid Barbara Lewin: BA (Wits), LLB (Natal) Public Service managers and supervisors must understand service delivery policies, procedures and case law to be effective. Read more >>
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| The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has called on the Health Professions Council to do its job or shut down. Read more >>
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| Auditor General Kimi Makwetu has conceded in parliament that a large number of senior managers in charge of government finances are not competent enough to occupy their positions. Read more >>
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| While audits across national government departments and public entities improved in the 2012/13 financial year there were still billions of rand being wasted or spent irregularly‚ Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, 5 February. Read more >>
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| Stagnant economic growth has led to questions being asked about the affordability of labour, according to the Labour Market Report released on Tuesday (4 February). Read more >>
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| Chris Moerdyk At the risk of being utterly boring once again banging on about the SABC, I feel as though some sort of bizarre sense of duty requires me to comment on the completely predictable findings of a PriceWaterhouseCoopers audit on the national broadcaster... Read more >>
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| Marian Shinn, the DA's Shadow Minister of Communications, says that the SABC does not have the skills to successfully transition to digital broadcasting before the international deadline of June 2015. Read more >>
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| Issued by Corporate Games What is the Cape Town Corporate Games and why should businesses participate? Numerous companies have realised that the only way to truly understand the concept of this unique multi-sports festival is to experience it for themselves. Read more >>
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| STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Swedish truck maker Volvo is cutting 2,400 jobs in addition to 2,000 cuts the group announced in October, in a move aimed at boosting falling profitability. Read more >>
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| TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony warned it would record a US$1.08bn annual loss and cut 5,000 jobs while exiting the stagnant PC market this year as the once-mighty electronics company struggles to reinvent itself in the digital age. Read more >>
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Microsoft's mission to find new glory in the mobile Internet age is now in the hands of long-time company insider Satya Nadella. Read more >>
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Microsoft said that founder Bill Gates was stepping down as chairman to become a technology adviser to the technology company and that Indian-born Satya Nadella would be Microsoft's new chief executive officer. Read more >>
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| Cape Town - As the strike in the platinum sector continues, the Minister of Energy Susan Shabangu calmed fears it would harm the industry and country by pointing out that South Africa had restored the rule of law, peace and stability in the mining sector. Read more >>
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| PRETORIA: President Jacob Zuma has ordered the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) to probe alleged irregularities in the affairs of the South African Post Office (SAPO). Read more >>
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