Our basic education system might be, what many people reckon, somewhat of a shipwreck, but there are centres of excellence of which we can be very proud. In this case it is UCT's Graduate School of Business that is one of them - it has held its ground in two
global MBA ratings.
There's always someone, isn't there... So beware of any messages you get from "SARS", the genuine one of which has issued a
scam warning to taxpayers. SARS (the genuine one) says taxpayers should be wary of a scam using the SA Revenue Service (SARS) logo to defraud people.
"Members of the public are randomly emailed with spoof emails made to look as if these come from SARS, but are in fact fraudulent emails aimed at enticing unsuspecting taxpayers to part with personal information, such as bank account details," SARS spokesman, Marika Muller said.
It was pretty obvious, wasn't it... When you add more than 50% to a wage bill, something has got to give, and in this case, it was farmers giving... retrenchment notices...
So farmworkers are losing their jobs after the wage hike.
Agriculture has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs since minimum wages were first implemented in 2000 and analysts warn that thousands more will be lost when the new wage, increased by 50% by Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant, comes into effect on 1 March 2013.
But to rub salt into the wound, the Department of Labour has
cautioned non-compliant farmers and says action will be taken against employers who do not comply with the new sectoral determination for farmworkers.
Finally, our very own champion, motoring editor Henrie Geyser, reckons the new
Golf 7 has champion stamped all over it.
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MAIDENHEAD, UK: 
The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business is once again the only African business school to feature in the prestigious annual Financial Times global MBA rankings. 
Responding to the need for leadership that can rethink and redesign conventional social, business and brand models, unlock value beyond the balance sheet, build brands that are genuine in adding value to peoples' lives and can collaborate with others, the Vega School of Brand Leadership offers its Master's programme. 
Future Crew is a schools-based project aimed at empowering learners in challenged communities to make positive changes in their lives through being active and life skills training. Lavender Hill Senior Secondary School learners have recently created a graffiti-style mural that underlines the tenets of the project. 
The career guidance programme, iSpani returns to SABC1 on Tuesdays at 1.30pm for its fourth season. Its 26 episodes share the many layers of employment and career planning with young, unemployed viewers trying to get into the world of work. 
SABC1 will launch a new educational breakfast show, Geleza Nathi, on Monday 11 February 2013 between 5-6am, with repeats between 11pm and midnight. 
Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has recently donated 460 DeskBags to learners of the Dominican School for Deaf Children in Hammanskraal, near Pretoria. Users of the bag are able to carry books and stationery in the main compartment, while a reinforced flap also provides instant desk support. 
Absa Financial Services, the independent financial, investment and risk advisory company, has handpicked 60 trainee financial advisers from all over South Africa to bolster its customer-focused financial solutions. 
