Our basic education system might be, what many people reckon, somewhat of a shipwreck, but there are centres of excellence of which we can be very proud. In this case it is UCT's Graduate School of Business that is one of them - it has held its ground in two
global MBA ratings.
There's always someone, isn't there... So beware of any messages you get from "SARS", the genuine one of which has issued a
scam warning to taxpayers. SARS (the genuine one) says taxpayers should be wary of a scam using the SA Revenue Service (SARS) logo to defraud people.
"Members of the public are randomly emailed with spoof emails made to look as if these come from SARS, but are in fact fraudulent emails aimed at enticing unsuspecting taxpayers to part with personal information, such as bank account details," SARS spokesman, Marika Muller said.
It was pretty obvious, wasn't it... When you add more than 50% to a wage bill, something has got to give, and in this case, it was farmers giving... retrenchment notices...
So farmworkers are losing their jobs after the wage hike.
Agriculture has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs since minimum wages were first implemented in 2000 and analysts warn that thousands more will be lost when the new wage, increased by 50% by Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant, comes into effect on 1 March 2013.
But to rub salt into the wound, the Department of Labour has
cautioned non-compliant farmers and says action will be taken against employers who do not comply with the new sectoral determination for farmworkers.
Finally, our very own champion, motoring editor Henrie Geyser, reckons the new
Golf 7 has champion stamped all over it.
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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa announced on Monday (11 February) that its Vanderbijlpark plant had been shut down owing to extensive damage caused by a fire on Saturday (9 February). 
Nampak said Friday (8 February) that it will spend R1.6bn on two projects to strengthen its position in both the beverage can and glass sectors in South Africa. 
Denel will strengthen its marketing campaign in the Middle East and Africa through a strong presence at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, later this month. 
BEIJING, CHINA: French car manufacturer Renault has begun recalling more than 60,000 cars exported to China over problems with their fuel gauge sensors, China's consumer quality watchdog said, according to state media. 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Troubled smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry will not launch its new models in Japan, effectively withdrawing from Japan's booming smartphone market where BlackBerry sales have virtually collapsed. 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese car company Mazda on Wednesday (6 February) said it swung back to a profit for the nine month period to December as it boosted its full-year earnings forecast. 
WASHINGTON, USA: More than a third of all computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a tablet, according to a survey released Wednesday (6 February). 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Toyota said on Tuesday (5 February) that its net profit quadrupled for the nine months to December as the Japanese vehicle manufacturer revised its full-year profit and sales forecast. 
NEW YORK, USA: Dell unveiled plans on Tuesday (5 February) to delist the company in a private buyout worth US$24.4bn that is being led company founder Michael Dell. 
NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft announced on Tuesday (5 February) that it had teamed up with Chinese manufacturer Huawei to launch an affordable smartphone across Africa. 
The launch of digital terrestrial transmission (DTT) will create an opportunity for the local content industry to flourish, Communications Minister Dina Pule claimed on Monday (11 February). 
The manufacturing sector was disappointing on a year-on-year basis in December‚ but improved quarter-on-quarter results meant that the sector contributed positively to gross domestic product in the final quarter of 2012. 
The government, business and labour must implement development policies to stop the loss of jobs in the economy, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday (5 February). 
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Tuesday (5 February) that she was confident the tensions between the state and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) would be resolved. 
