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: 
BlackBerry's much-delayed high-end smartphone, the Z10, goes on sale in SA in a few weeks. The sleek yet solid new touchscreen device is aimed squarely at business users and is a worthy alternative to the three other main contenders, Apple's iPhone 5, Samsung's Galaxy S3 and Nokia's Lumia 920. 
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day (SID), Google SA joined forces with its online child safety campaign partners and hosted online safety workshops for Johannesburg learners and parents to 'connect with respect'. 
Vodacom said on Wednesday (6 February) that its active customers increased by 12.2% to 51m after the December quarter. 
MoneyGram remittance costs are 5% or less depending on the size of the transaction‚ MoneyGram's Vice President for Africa Hervé Chomel told a media roundtable on Thursday (7 February). 
Samsung South Africa is offering companies the opportunity to provide members of staff with the ability to purchase Samsung products through an Employee Purchase Programme (EPP). 
WASHINGTON, USA: IBM is putting its Watson super-computer to work fighting cancer, in what is described as the first commercial computer program of its kind to use "big data" to help patients with the disease. 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Troubled smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry will not launch its new models in Japan, effectively withdrawing from Japan's booming smartphone market where BlackBerry sales have virtually collapsed. 
ATHENS, GREECE: Greece's main telecommunications provider OTE has sold a majority stake in the country's sole satellite operator Hellas Sat to Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple on Wednesday (6 February) announced that the number of digital songs downloaded from its iTunes Store has topped 25bn. 
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Commission on Thursday (7 February) launched a new cyber-security plan, aimed at safeguarding vital information systems and bolstering the bloc's defences against a growing criminal threat. 
NEWARK, US: 
WASHINGTON, USA: More than a third of all computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a tablet, according to a survey released Wednesday (6 February). 
NEW YORK, USA: Dell unveiled plans on Tuesday (5 February) to delist the company in a private buyout worth US$24.4bn that is being led company founder Michael Dell. 
NEW YORK, USA: Microsoft announced on Tuesday (5 February) that it had teamed up with Chinese manufacturer Huawei to launch an affordable smartphone across Africa. 
The launch of digital terrestrial transmission (DTT) will create an opportunity for the local content industry to flourish, Communications Minister Dina Pule claimed on Monday (11 February). 
A free travel app launched by go! Travel South Africa, taps into the wealth of information on SA-Venues.com, claimed to be South Africa's biggest online travel guide, to provide an interactive map-based resource for local and international visitors travelling in South Africa. 
