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| The draft Immigration Regulations, which were published for comment on 14 February 2014, mean that employers will now also be faced with further amendments to the legal landscape in relation to expatriate employees. Read more >>
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| Issued by CareerJunction 2014's job-hunting season is in full swing, and while retrenchment and unemployment seems to be a hot topic at the moment, many companies are continuing to search for and employ new staff. This raises the issue of payroll inflation for 2014 and has many HR professionals, as well as job seekers, looking for guidance. Read more >>
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| Homecoming Revolution's London Expo will take place place from 15-16 March 2014 and will feature a variety of exhibitors, guest speakers, workshops and case studies aiming to encourage Africans to return home. Read more >>
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| PRETORIA: The Small Business Finance Agency (Sefa) has invested approved funding of over R1-billion, Economic Development Minster Ebrahim Patel said on Friday, 21 February 2014. Read more >>
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| The inaugural Maverick Awards, to be hosted by Under 35 Mavericks on Thursday, 29 May 2014, aims to recognise entrepreneurial excellence amongst South Africa's youth. Read more >>
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| Members of the public are invited to submit their nominations for the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa, Cape Town Branch's (BWACT) 2014 Regional Business Achiever Awards. These awards acknowledge and applaud businesswomen who are making a difference to their communities and helping to grow South Africa's economy. Read more >>
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| Queenie Bates The first goal when setting out on a new business venture is to penetrate a market and create a desire for your product. The second and often more challenging goal is to maintain that desire in your clients. Read more >>
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| The vast number of online job portals has made job hunting easier and more accessible for job seekers. Unfortunately this increased accessibility has also opened the door for fraudulent ads and scammers hoping to exploit candidates. However, there are numerous safeguards one can follow to stay safe online. Read more >>
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| Zeenat Moorad Edcon will start retrench staff at its core Edgars chain in May‚ in a bid to reduce operating costs. Read more >>
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| Issued by CareerJunction Kris Jarzebowski, the current CEO of Interactive Junction Holdings, will be retiring in June 2015. Read more >>
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| Jacques van Wyk, Andre van Heerden and Unesu Moyo Can an employee who has a genuine cultural belief that she should attend a training course unrelated to her work or suffer illness, even death, be dismissed for misconduct if her application for leave was rejected by her employer and she refused a direct instruction to return to work? Read more >>
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| Glenda Nevill The Master of the High Court in Cape Town has authorised a warrant for the arrest of Anthony (Tony) Vaughan, director of Media Nova and various other publishing companies. Read more >>
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| Nick Hedley PPC's chief executive Ketso Gordhan took a R1m pay cut and his top 60 managers' remuneration was frozen in order to hike the wages of the cement manufacturer's 1‚200 lowest earners. Read more >>
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| Max Gebhardt Cas Coovadia‚ the managing director of the Banking Association of South Africa‚ has been appointed the caretaker chief executive of Business Unity South Africa (Busa) while the organisation looks for a new incumbent. Read more >>
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| Lyndsey Moorhouse South African organisations are struggling to close the chasm between the skills of most of the people who make up their workforces, and the competencies these employees need to use complex enterprise business applications to their full potential. Read more >>
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| Issued by Corporate Games On Thursday, 27 February, Corporate Games South Africa will welcome a high-profiled audience of regional-based corporate and governmental leaders, at the official launch of the third annual Cape Town Corporate Games. Read more >>
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| The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has requested that Telkom's chief executive, Sipho Maseko attend a corporate governance and a director duties course after the commission ruled that the company contravened some sections of the Company's Act by awarding a R6m loan to suspended chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte. Read more >>
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| The Pan South African Language Board owes South African Revenue Service, (SARS) R3.3m, mainly in PAYE tax deducted from employees. It also owes its suppliers more than R13m. Read more >>
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| The Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development, Qedani Mahlangu, says there is a need to develop policies that address issues of energy security, social equity and environmental sustainability. Read more >>
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| President Jacob Zuma has decribed Government's Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) as a success story which has benefitted more than 3.5m people since it was introduced in 2004. Read more >>
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| South Africa will for the next five years enter a new "radical phase" where policies will have to focus more on economic transformation to address poverty, unemployment and inequality, claims President Jacob Zuma. Read more >>
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| Franny Rabkin Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula acted in bad faith when she dismissed Armscor chairman Maomela Motau and his deputy Refiloe Mokoena‚ said Armscor's counsel in the Constitutional Court on Monday. Read more >>
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