Your career needs a fresh start?
Right, you got your bonus in December so that's under the bridge and now you are feeling sort of...you know...restless. So rather than the devil you know, you are coming around to the thought that this could be a good time to make a change.
Well before you do, Juliette Attwell has some words of advice for you, on
making a fresh start and she also clarifies what constitutes valid reasons for leaving your present job.
Still on careers, it seems managers at Telkom might be wise to dust of their CVs and update them because it appears that
up to 1,000 managers may face the axe. Some cuts were apparently expected, but Telkom's chief executive, Sipho Maseko's comments to the Bloomberg news agency suggest deeper and more far-reaching cuts than many had imagined.
Planning a trip to Limpopo? Make sure you get your anti-malaria medication beforehand and make sure you are aware of the symptoms. Why? Because the Limpopo authorities have
issued a travel warning, following a malaria outbreak.
Finally...some good news, and let's hope it stays that way and doesn't degenerate into the 'tragic-comic' farce of last year...It is reported that...wait for it...
the delivery of school textbooks is on track for 2014.
It is common knowledge that supplying textbooks to learners countrywide is fraught with
challenges. Let's make sure what happened last year never happens again.
Our school children deserve every chance they can get.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | Phakamisa Ndzamela Old Mutual, on Monday, 6 January 2014, appointed Zoe Cruz - once known as the highest paid and most powerful woman on Wall Street - and Actis partner Adiba Ighodaro as non-executive directors. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Hollard The Financial Services Board (FSB) has given the green light for the Hollard Group to acquire the outstanding 60% shareholding in Etana insurance business in a move that positions the merged entity among the largest short-term insurers in South Africa. Read more >>
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 | Olebogeng Molatlhwa Joburg's council employees are likely to take plenty of flak for what is expected to be yet another dismal audit outcome for the city. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, US: The 2013 Midas Report rankings have been announced: King James Cape Town #1 in Financial Advertising and Marketing Communications, with The Jupiter Drawing Room at #2. Read more >>
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 | South African sectors created 23‚861 jobs in the last two months of 2013‚ with most of the jobs created in the informal sector‚ according to the latest Adcorp employment index. Read more >>
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 | The Standard Bank's house price index ended 2013 on a more modest note‚ with growth easing to 5.5% in December year on year from 6.6% in November. Read more >>
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 | Mark Allix The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of SA (Seifsa) said it was concerned about a possible relapse in growth in the steel and engineering sector in the final quarter of last year. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Telkom's chief executive Sipho Maseko has moved to calm a storm over his comments last week that up to 1‚000 managers face the axe at the company‚ although he confirmed that its staff numbers would be reduced in wide-ranging efforts to cut costs. Read more >>
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Many shareholders in Pioneer Foods may need to pluck up their courage to participate in the unbundling and separate listing of its poultry and egg business, Quantum Foods, later this year. The poultry industry is not having a good time. Read more >>
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 | The 2008/9 recession has led to four years of high volatility being experienced by both businesses and investors. Pensioners, in particular, have taken the brunt of dubious investment decisions with many struggling just to keep their heads above water. Read more >>
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 | Maarten Mittner Operating conditions in the private sector in South Africa remain positive; however‚ the rebalancing process in reaction to the weaker rand is progressing slowly‚ analysts said. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Large industrial stocks on the JSE‚ considered "a market darling" over the past few years‚ have become expensive‚ some analysts say. Read more >>
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 | FRANKFURT, GERMANY: German software company SAP said that cloud-computing boosted sales and earnings in the fourth quarter of 2013 and the year as a whole. Read more >>
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 | Mpumalanga's luxurious Mala Mala private game reserve will get new owners when President Jacob Zuma hands over the 13,184ha of land and title deeds to the community on Friday (10 January). Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad After a stellar run over a few years, appetite for retail stocks cooled last year as profit growth slowed on strained consumer spending. Read more >>
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 | Nashira Davids Big companies in narcotics trafficking are shifting their focus to the illicit tobacco trade - with about 30% of all cigarettes consumed in this country come from illicit deals - causing the government to lose billions of rands in taxes every year. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Two global energy and electrical engineering companies‚ Siemens and John Wood Group‚ want to form a joint venture and are asking for the approval of the South African competition authorities to press ahead with the deal. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith Toll roads chief Nazir Alli has briefed the top leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) on the highly divisive e-toll system‚ which is set to be a burning issue in the run-up to elections later this year. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith The cash-strapped Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) has approached unnamed donor agencies for financial support as it continues to battle to have the road toll programme scrapped. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google announced that it is buying a smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at US$3.2bn. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: Tesco said that group sales dripped by 3.2% during the all-important Christmas trading period, dealing a fresh blow to Britain's biggest retailer. Read more >>
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 | COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moeller-Maersk said it will sell its supermarket business for a profit of €1.9bn, the second deal in two days that will raise €2.6bn for the company. Read more >>
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 | Tawanda Karombo‚ Zimbabwe has broadened its revenue collection base by effectively regulating mobile money services‚ which are fast gaining popularity in the country‚ with the imposition of a tax of $0.05 on each such transaction. Read more >>
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