The big news on the science and technology front is NASA's Curiosity rover, in a scientific and technological tour de force, has
landed successfully on Mars after a journey of about 800 million kilometres. It's also started sending pictures back - and we publish one of the first of them.
So it's all going to be OK then? The Presidency has assured everyone that
education remains a top priority for government. Apparently "The president will not rest until he gets to the bottom of the crisis and finds lasting solutions, working with his cabinet who feel equally strongly about the need to ensure that this does not recur." He's in Jamaica at the moment, by the way...
This should cheer up Cosatu... A
youth study has vindicated SA's labour brokers and researchers also found that, shock and horror..."no evidence that people employed by labour brokers earned wages significantly lower than was typical or were employed in sectors of the economy considered less desirable." Still on the HR front,
local government has warned that unqualified staff cannot be fired. Brilliant... you can be unqualified, unskilled, incompetent, but you're safe. No wonder service delivery is what it is. But on a much brighter note,
Bizcommunity.com has revamped the recruitment business.
Finally,
SANParks has upped their game in the battle to save our rhinos. The first group of 150 new game rangers promised to the Kruger National Park (KNP) to boost efforts against rhino poaching has been deployed.
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While the Cabinet has instructed Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Richard Baloyi to ensure municipalities employ suitably qualified financial officers, organised local government has said councils cannot simply fire unqualified staff. 
As the South African Reward Association (SARA) celebrates its 15th year of operation, its focus still firmly on the promotion, development and empowerment of reward professionals, organisers are well aware of the many issues hovering over human resources and the controversy that surrounds reward management. 
Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the public sector wage settlement reached between government and labour unions last night will ensure stability, proper planning and chart a new way of doing things in government. 
Heavy job losses in the manufacturing and trade sectors of the economy marred news yesterday that unemployment dipped unexpectedly during the second quarter of this year. 
LONDON, UK: PwC's Key Trends in Human Capital 2012 report reveals that productivity levels saw a sharp drop in 2011 following a period of relative stability between 2006 and 2010. The report suggests this drop is driven by an increase in employee costs, which have jumped 16% from 2009 to around US$55 000 in 2011. 
Since its launch in 2001, Bizcommunity has always seen the benefit for our readers of having industry jobs available on the site, as well as the benefit to companies looking for applicants and recruiters and recruitment agencies having a targeted audience pool to search for good quality applicants and CVs. 
The ever-increasing speed of business and the wide diversity of business skills required by the average business owner, entrepreneur, SME, business manager/leader brought about the need for learning without the costs of failure. The Training Shop presents a two-day course with business development simulation training. 
President Jacob Zuma has emphasised the need for skilled officials to run the financial affairs of municipalities following the recent damning report of auditor general Terence Nombembe on how local government systems were failing South Africans. 
