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 | Issued by Institute of People Management The annual IPM Excellence Awards invites you to showcase a culture of excellence, through identifying and nominating excellence where you see it in the workplace... read more>> |
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 | CEOs around the world are increasingly recognising the untapped potential of sub-Saharan Africa. This is driven by Africa's unparalleled demographic edge or demographic dividend. By 2040, Africa is expected to... read more>> |
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 | The American clothing company's first ever Pioneer Nation festival aims at helping young South Africans design a passionate, productive future for their generation... read more>> |
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 | The Entrepreneurs' Organisation (EO), a local business network with a global reach of more than 10,000+ business owners in over 46 countries has announced its plans to expand into the rest of the continent with a focus on West and East Africa. read more>> |
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 | Cape Town's Charlene Curran has been named Tupperware's best performing team leader in South Africa - for the second year running. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Private Property One Africa Media (OAM) CEO Justin Clarke has been nominated as a finalist in the southern Africa chapter of the EY World Entrepreneur Awards for 2014 in the emerging category, paying tribute to a man who co-founded the Private Property brand... read more>> |
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 | The PR-Net is offering a LinkedIn workshop on Tuesday, 9 September 2014 from 2pm until 6pm at Cassia Restaurant, Nitida Wine Estate, Cape Town... read more>> |
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 | Should the new National Disability Policy be approved by parliament, SA businesses will have to become far more innovative and proactive in their approach to employing people with disabilities. read more>> |
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 | Durban-based IT company, 2Cana Solutions has a high demand for talented IT professionals and has a unique formula to deliver results and assist graduates to cross the bridge between graduation and productive employee. read more>> |
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 | Foreign teachers who specialise in crucial subjects such as mathematics are helping alleviate the critical skills shortage in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | MIDRAND: Women in the energy sector came together on Friday, 22 August 2014, to take stock of the challenges and successes of South African women. read more>> |
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 | There is a particularly desperate need to find work for more than 600,000 unemployed graduates in South Africa; 25% of the country is unemployed and 70% of people under the age of 35 are not working. read more>> |
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 | With over half of job seekers wanting to be contacted by potential employers periodically with work opportunities that fit their skill sets and interests, never before has it been more important for employers to add that personal touch in their search for top talent. read more>> |
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 | Impress Me is a video based mobile application that is set revolutionise the recruitment process as we know it. Visually impress potential employers, and tell them why you are right for the job, by submitting an unique video clip of yourself. read more>> |
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 | The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) has started phase one of the R40m upgrade of Singaphi Street in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. read more>> |
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 | Jana Marais Africa's changing demographic over the next three-and-a-half decades could transform the continent into the next China, but only if its youthful population is educated and entrepreneurial. read more>> |
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 | Social dialogue is of little value in transforming SA's economy as it only reinforces the positions adopted by the government, business and labour, a manufacturing forum in Sandton has heard. read more>> |
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 | Jacques van Wyk & Andre van Heerden The Draft Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill ("the Bill") aims to amend the Protected Disclosures Act, 2000 ("the Act"). read more>> |
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 | Packaging group Transpaco said it expects the tough trading environment in the plastics and metal sector to continue "for a while" following a recent national strike. read more>> |
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 | 'I'm happy I started my business under apartheid' - Herman Mashaba at Accelerate Cape Town AGM. read more>> |
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 | Jacques van Wyk & Andre van Heerden An employee may be found guilty of misconduct if an employer can prove that the employee falsely misrepresented his credentials during the job application process. read more>> |
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 | Natalie von Ey and Kitso Tlhabanelo In the merger transaction between Bucket Full (Pty) Ltd (part of the Caxton group) as the acquirer and the Cartons & Labels Business of Nampak Products as the target, the Competition Tribunal has once again attached a condition relating to employment as part of its consideration of public interest issues. read more>> |
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 | The Labour Relations Amendment Act (LRAA), 2004 (Act No.6 of 2014), signals yet another move by government to streamline the country's labour environment. read more>> |
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 | The Essential Services Committee has invited interested parties to make representations to the Committee on whether specific services should be classified as essential services. read more>> |
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 | The conservation of office space has not been a major issue in SA, as it has in Europe, but South African companies are beginning to reconsider the way they work and design their office spaces not only to ensure that they optimise every inch of space they have, but to also make sure that the space is working smartly and enhancing productivity. read more>> |
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| The CA(SA) is becoming a powerful vehicle for gender transformation in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Senzeni Zokwana, says the contribution made by women in the farming sector cannot be under-estimated as this is how they put food on the table for their families. read more>> |
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 | President Jacob Zuma has told Ministers, Premiers and Mayors, who are part of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC), that they must jointly develop a problem-solving culture and fix infrastructure problems facing South Africa. read more>> |
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 | Payroll fraud hurts the bottom-line at many South African businesses, with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suffering the most from this form of white-collar crime. read more>> |
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 | Private education group Advtech said the turnaround in its tertiary education division had been successful and a sound pattern of enrolment growth was evident throughout its businesses. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Institute of People Management At the annual IPM Convention in November, HR professionals will have a chance to focus on their own learning and development and connect with others, enabling them to drive their businesses forward with gusto... read more>> |
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 | The success of a presentation is measured by how much was understood by the audience. Whether you are presenting to a current client, a potential client or a room full of strangers, we all want to make sure we get our point across well and that we are fully understood, especially when presenting new or complex information. read more>> |
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 | While having a degree is now a necessity for those wanting to join South Africa's formal workforce - as it is in most parts of the world - a qualification alone is sometimes not enough to secure suitable employment read more>> |
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 | Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has released a new policy framework, which aims to end racism and promote integration at tertiary institutions. read more>> |
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 | Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane says the public sector must challenge itself to be creative and embrace innovation as a new way of doing government business more smartly and delivering its services. read more>> |
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 | Issued by GetSmarter You have unique features, benefits, assets and liabilities: all of which need to be upgraded every year as you work to differentiate yourself in an increasingly competitive talent market... read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft's former Chief Executive Steven Ballmer has stepped down as a member of the company's board of directors. read more>> |
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 | The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Fatima Chohan says the under-representation of women in social, political and economic spheres must be resolved if Africa is to develop. read more>> |
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 | More Matshediso Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi, claims women have shown courage in pioneering economic emancipation in southern Africa and beyond. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has dismissed a report that says it will take at least nine years to eradicate mud schools in the country as 'inaccurate, misleading and unhelpful". read more>> |
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 | A new cellphone application, MomConnect, allows all pregnant women in the country to sign up for a free SMS service, which provides information and advice on pregnancy, and can be used to notify the Department of Health about poor services at clinics. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Labour says interventions to improve the social security and welfare of children have resulted in government being able to reduce the widespread use of child labour. read more>> |
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 | The Director General of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Tshediso Matona is Eskom's new Chief Executive Officer and his appointment has been confirmed by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Home Affairs has welcomed the conviction and sentence handed to Sanele Zungu, a former senior administration officer at the Melmoth Local Office of the department in KwaZulu-Natal. read more>> |
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