The controversial painting of the president "on view" so to speak, has just about everyone talking, so much so that in the smoke of battle it's easy to lose sight of other issues that are perhaps more demanding of our attention. So, while the ANC goes to court today in an effort to have the painting removed from view, Gwede Mantashe says the ANC is basically OK with the Press Freedom Commission report issued yesterday, but he
has some thoughts on issues such as "lazy" journalists... Oh, and also "that painting".
There's good news for those of you with an interest in the
property & real estate field or the
education & training field... today sees the launch of our first newsletters covering these sectors.
On the property front, read about a
new app designed to make property hunting easier. The app is for iPhones and iPads, and a mobi-site makes browsing properties on all mobile devices possible while on the go.
On the education & training front, Mpumalanga's top government leaders have
adopted the province's worst performing schools in an effort to raise standards and hence give the pupils a better chance at life.
Beware... fraudsters are on the prowl and
SANParks has issued a warning to the public of fraudsters - including online forums - that claim to represent the South African National Parks (SANParks) and in particular the KNP "by offering customer care facilities that discuss conservation and tourism-related matters for guests."
Still on the crime front, Acting Public Service and Administration Minister Mildred Oliphant has assured parliament - and hence us - that
fighting corruption within government remains a priority. That's good; here's hoping the Public Service Anti-Corruption Unit (PSACU) will be successful, but given the scale of corruption, and outright theft of our tax monies, the PSACU has an uphill battle ahead of it.
Finally, our very own "bad boy" on the motoring scene, Henrie Geyser, has some good things to say about the Mercedes Benz C-Class Coupé C63 AMG. Henrie glowingly describes it as a
scorcher Merc with bad-boy tattoos, with "looks and power in one package" and a "wild child"; again, we could be talking about Henrie. Or not...
Rod Baker, content director
Submit your company news to
logisticsnews@bizcommunity.com. Exclusive contributions may be sent to
contributors-logistics@bizcommunity.com.
Investing in supply chain software for a production, distribution, transport, third party logistics or other supply chain company is without doubt worth the money and the time. Instead of keeping employees doing routine, simple tasks, this type of software suite allows businesses to leverage employees' skills and knowledge to boost the bottom line. 
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government is expected to hand over uMthatha Airport to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in order to use it for training and other military exercises. 
A new planned capital injection by the government into South African Airways (SAA) is part of a plan to make the carrier more competitive in routes on the African continent, and does not constitute a bailout of the national carrier, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. 
South African Airways has launched another new route from its Johannesburg hub to an African destination, this time to Cotonou in Benin. 
Transnet will cover two-thirds of its R300bn infrastructure programme with "retained earnings", Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said, adding that R100bn would be raised "by the market", Fin24 reports. 
PRETORIA: Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, unveiled a plaque at the Salt River Engineering Works, the oldest railway plant in the country and the southern hemisphere. 
Speaking at the CoalTrans Southern Africa conference held in Johannesburg recently, Kiren Maharaj, Eskom's divisional executive for primary energy said that Eskom has been moving some 30 million or so tonnes of coal a year to its power stations by road, ESI Africa reports. 
Port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) took delivery of two brand new mobile harbour cranes, part of a R438m programme to beef up container handling capacity at the Durban 'roll-on-roll-off' (RORO) and Maydon Wharf Terminal. 
The private sector will have to be involved in helping state-owned logistics group Transnet to meet its capital expenditure requirements, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. 
The SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral) will not appeal against the temporary court order halting e-tolling, it was reported. 
