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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As part of a plan to become an environmentally conscious brand, Kia Motors South Africa will be opening its first eco-friendly solar-powered dealership in Weltevreden Park on 19 February,2013, which is also a first in the local automotive industry. 
Rory Byrne's job as chief designer for Ferrari's Formula 1 team was to make cars go faster. Now the 69-year-old South African's job is to make them go slower - and safer. 
The emergence of a black, wealthy elite is giving fresh impetus to the sale of ultra-luxury and performance cars in SA. 
Navigation company TomTom has launched a new app that makes it easier for drivers to keep an accurate log of their trips using their smartphone. The new Webfleet Logbook app for Android and iPhone helps drivers and businesses reduce mileage claim administration and create reliable logs for tax compliance. 
Nissan South Africa has had an impressive start to 2013 with total sales of 4645 for Nissan/Infiniti. Nissan South Africa's cars and light commercial vehicles accounted for 10.1% of the industry's 45 776 January sales, Nissan registrations surging by 1429 units in a market that expanded by 18% compared to December. 
BEIJING, CHINA: French car manufacturer Renault has begun recalling more than 60,000 cars exported to China over problems with their fuel gauge sensors, China's consumer quality watchdog said, according to state media. 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese car company Mazda on Wednesday (6 February) said it swung back to a profit for the nine month period to December as it boosted its full-year earnings forecast. 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Toyota said on Tuesday (5 February) that its net profit quadrupled for the nine months to December as the Japanese vehicle manufacturer revised its full-year profit and sales forecast. 
