11 Jun 2013

CSI

Fraudsters named and shamed, but...

It's all very well for Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe to tell us that the naming and shaming of a list of convicts shows government's commitment in fighting fraud and corruption. However, there are many of us out there who would like to see a few people higher up, so to speak, not only go to court and answer charges, but also be named and shamed if found guilty.

We have a massive unemployment problem in this country, right? But the ANC is hell-bent on banning labour brokers. Now Busa has warned that if the government goes ahead and bans brokers, unemployment will rise. It's a faint hope, however, that those bent on banning brokers, will listen.

Is your company culture putting you at greater risk of fraud? asks Kevin Phillips. Read this article, take note, and then see where your company might be lacking in prevention measures; it could be the most useful read you have had in some time.

He's big, wild and lovable himself, so he should know... Henrie Geyser, our motoring editor, says that the new Chrysler SRT8 is a big, wild, lovable animal.

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Weekly top stories

BOS Ice Tea - making virtual reforestation a reality
Beverage company BOS Ice Tea has launched a new smartphone app, BOSify YOUR WORLD, that enables virtual transformation of urban environments. Read more >>
Mr SA finalist encourages sweating it out for charity
Put Foot calls on SA to go barefoot for the underprivileged

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McCain donates sweet potatoes to feeding mission
Mission 96, a feeding mission based in Rosettenville, Johannesburg that distributes to various charities across the region, has received 500 cases of sweet potatoes from McCain Foods South Africa. Read more >>


Community Services
Grocery drive launched to assist foster care facility
Capetonians have opened their hearts (and their pantries) to assist a local emergency foster care facility with reducing their mammoth grocery bill. Heaven's Nest, an emergency foster care facility based in Ottery, provides children who have been temporarily or permanently removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect or the death of their parents with a safe home. Read more >>

Microsoft sets up fund for job-seekers
Microsoft launched a campaign on Thursday (6 June) aimed at helping 3,000 graduates find information technology jobs in South Africa, where one-in-four workers is officially unemployed. Read more >>

How Juta is helping TSiBA to change the world one book at a time...
[Issued by Tsiba Education] Juta's commitment to social change through education explains their long-term support of the Tertiary School in Business Education (TSiBA), a not-for-profit higher education institution, donating to TSiBA most of its academic textbooks since 2005. Read more >>  visit press office >>


Corporate Social Investment
Europcar's CEO is Woman of the Year
Europcar's CEO, Dawn Nathan-Jones, was named Woman of the Year recently in Sandton by the SA motivational organisation Women of the World. She received the award at the organisation's annual brunch, with about 500 women guests from the corporate and private sectors. Read more >>

Engen, Raizcorp fund Durban Prosperator
Engen Petroleum has continued its strategy of business-aligned transformation this month with the funding of a Durban South incubation centre in partnership with South African incubator group Raizcorp. The partnership was launched at a ceremony attended by the Minister of Energy, Dipuo Peters. Read more >>

Joburg businesswoman gets on her bike
Participation in Anglo American's Entrepreneur Internship Programme (EIP) has enabled a Joburg businesswoman not only to develop her business considerably, but also to help create meaningful jobs in her local community. Read more >>

Anglo American programme assists Witbank engineer
A local engineer's participation in Anglo American's Entrepreneur Internship Programme (EIP) has bolstered his capacity to create an enterprise that will become sustainable well into the future and, potentially, add long-term value to the Witbank community. Read more >>

Mr SA finalist encourages sweating it out for charity
One of 20 finalists for the Mr South Africa 2013 title, Johannesburg model and businessman Dale Horne is giving back by organising a charity fundraiser to benefit AIDS orphans. Read more >>

WHEAT, local celebs rally support for SA women
Local celebrities, together with M&C Saatchi Abel, are supporting Women's Hope Education and Training (WHEAT). The organisation is promoting safety, human rights, education, training and sustainable income for women. Read more >>

SARU launches Boks for Books campaign
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has embarked on a CSI initiative to supply fully stocked mobile or refurbished libraries to previously disadvantaged schools. Read more >>

Put Foot calls on SA to go barefoot for the underprivileged
The Put Foot Foundation is calling on all South Africans to highlight the plight of underprivileged children and commemorate Youth Month by going barefoot on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 for SA's first National Barefoot Day. Read more >>

Omo Liquid Schools Campaign encourages youth to go green
Over 480 schools in Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have registered to take part in this year's schools challenge, which is part of the national 2013 OMO Liquid Schools Campaign initiated by FMCG giant, Unilever. Read more >>

Dole and Safmarine fund Khensani computer lab, classrooms
Fruit exporter Dole South Africa has partnered with shipping line Safmarine to provide a new computer lab and classroom facilities to the Khensani Primary School in Soshanguve, Gauteng. Read more >>

Local youth to perform in aid of neonatal care
Amina Otto and Groote Schuur Hospital nurses have organised a fundraising winter ball, themed 'Black and White Dinner with the Stars', to raise funds for the hospital's Neonatal Unit which cares for premature babies. The event will take place on Saturday, 15 June 2013, the evening before Youth Day, at the Nico Malan Hall, Anzio Road, Observatory from 6.20pm until late, and will feature local youth bands as part of the entertainment lineup. Read more >>

Tedcor launches Community Contractor of the Year Awards
Tedcor trains and develops people to become entrepreneurs in the area of sustainable waste management services in South Africa's poorest areas. To recognise the very best of these entrepreneurs, the company launched the Community Contractor of the Year Awards in 2010, with the 2013 nationwide awards launching in the Royal Bafokeng region outside Rustenburg. Read more >>

BOS Ice Tea - making virtual reforestation a reality
Beverage company BOS Ice Tea has launched a new smartphone app, BOSify YOUR WORLD, that enables virtual transformation of urban environments. Read more >>

Coco-Cola supports leadership development in SA
Coca-Cola is using its brand power to assist South African non-profit organisations and promote leadership development in SA communities through sponsoring the Africa-America Institute (AAI). Read more >>

AxizWorkgroup helps Mould, Empower and Serve
Mould Empower and Serve (MES), a community development non-profit organisation, recently received hardware and software to the value of over R1 million. The donation was thanks to AxizWorkgroup, a leading IT infrastructure distributor. Read more >>

SABEF and Columinate collaborate to understand up-and-coming township entrepreneurs
[Issued by Columinate] Columinate and the South African Black Entrepreneurs Forum (SABEF) have collaborated to better understand South Africa's township entrepreneurs and small business owners. Read more >>  visit press office >>


International

Some bras banned for exams in China
BEIJING, CHINA: More than nine million students packed exam halls across China for the opening day of the country's university entrance exams --with attempts to stop cheating even leading to bans on metal bra clasps. Read more >>

Women prisoners launch fashion label
ROME, ITALY: Women's prison workshops across Italy are joining up under a new commercial fashion brand they hope will help encourage more detainees to learn the trade and give them hope for a future on the outside. Read more >>


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