LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT Quantas strike disrupts 65 flights[Paddy Hartdegen] As the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand hots up, hundreds of passengers who had booked on Quantas flights have had their travel plans disrupted because of a strike by ground staff at Australian airports. | |
GOVERNMENT Zuma reopens arms deal inquiry[Paddy Hartdegen] In a surprise announcement on Thursday, 15 September 2011, President Jacob Zuma asked Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of corruption involving arms suppliers who sold fighter and trainer jets, planes, helicopters, ships and submarines to South Africa. | |
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT 69 companies certified as Best Employers[Paddy Hartdegen] A total of 69 South African companies were certified as the Best Employers in South Africa this year according to CRF, an independent employer brand research and marketing organisation. | |
GOVERNMENT Four corruption scandals this week[Paddy Hartdegen] Attempts to crack down on rampant corruption in various government departments has led to at least four corruption scandals this week as government officials attempt to "come clean" on what's been going on in their ministries. | |
GOVERNMENT 41% of class time used for teaching - Annual National Assessment[Paddy Hartdegen] Schools in rural areas and townships spend less than 50% of their time teaching pupils and waste the rest of it sitting around in staff rooms according to the Annual National Assessment. | |
RETAIL SA to host 2012 International Small Business Congress[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The global small business fraternity - from America, Europe and other parts of the world - will convene next year at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 15-18 September for the annual International Small Business Congress (ISBC), the organisers announced late last week. | |
FINANCE & INSURANCE SA banks remain strong as bad debts fall[Paddy Hartdegen] The bad debt levels among South Africa's top four banks have fallen by 21,5% in the first six months of this year according to a report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Languages of the heart[Megan Hall] Do you argue about robots? I'm not talking about road rage, but whether, in your version of English, robots are only animated mechanical people or can be traffic lights as well. | |
Roy Page | [ESG & Sustainability] Less than 15 % of South African dog owners regularly vaccinate, de-worm and treat their pets appropriately to prevent ticks and fleas |
MARKETING & MEDIA Why is there so much bad language on social media?[Jo Duxbury] I don't mean four-letter words and the awful vitriol in News24.com's comment section. I mean the multitude of typos, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and disregard for punctuation that pepper Facebook and Twitter. | |
Roy Page | [ESG & Sustainability] Many South Africans are avid pet lovers. SA has one the highest dog to human population ratios in the world. Yet we seem to show very little regard for Responsible Pet Ownership. |
Christelle Pretorius | [Lifestyle & Entertainment] Support Healthy Joint Function.Contains the herb scutellaria for healthy-aging benefits.Excellent source of manganese,selenium &copper to support the body’s natural antioxidant activities. |
MARKETING & MEDIA What does a copywriter do anyway?[Tiffany Markman] I'm asked this question a lot. Usually after I explain that, "No, the copywriter isn't the person who puts the little 'c' into the circle. That's copyright." I'm also often asked the difference between copywriters and editors. So, in case you've ever wondered what we do, or whether you need one of us to assist you, here's some insight for you. | |
Jennifer Duke | [Printing] congrats to all the Loeries Winners!!!! |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Spruced up Fortuner difficult to beat[Henrie Geyser] Toyota very cleverly booked its Fortuner range in for a bit of botox enhancement and a snip and nip of plastic surgery but, other than that, it wisely decided not to tinker too much with the successful formula that has made it South Africa's darling SUV. | |
Ghana Hattingh | [Marketing & Media] All is quiete in the Western Front...Andile Jale made fatal mistake and above all there was one to help him. |
Ghana Hattingh | [Marketing & Media] no one believed me, and happened we all know by now history, nothing much is said by the Seaa Robbers fans now. |
Ghana Hattingh | [Marketing & Media] Morning friends I had a serious headache from Pirates fans,, I told them that Chiefs will redeem itself and |
Ghana Hattingh | [Marketing & Media] On time and Inform you what has been happening it frankly they are all quiete now! that is what is happening. |
Ghana Hattingh | [Marketing & Media] Believed me, well it happened, Morning friends I'm I had headache from Pirates fans.. so I could return-- |