OUR CLIENT DEALING AND DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR THE RETAIL AND FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REQUIRES JUNIOR – INTERMEDIATE C# DEVELOPERS IN CAPE TOWN
Please Note:
If you do not fit the specification with the minimum requirements your application will not be accepted for this position. Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete an Assessment or Test to demonstrate your knowledge of this position.
Requirements:
Generalist, with a passion for, and proven track record in the following core competency areas:
Front End, Middle Tier, and Database
Exposure to data tier abstraction technologies e.g. .NET Entity Framework will be an advantage
Exposure to any of the popular Testing Tools preferable
Applicants must reside in CAPE TOWN or surrounding area.
Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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OUR CLIENT BASED IN THE EASTERN CAPE, HUMANSDORP IS SEEKING A QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER
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If you do not fit the specification with the minimum requirements your application will not be accepted for this position. Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete an Assessment or Test to demonstrate your knowledge of this position.
Requirements:
Qualified Food science graduate
Sound knowledge of FSSC 22000 and ISO 14001
3 years’ experience in a food manufacturing environment
Excellent communication skills
Ability to pay attention to the finer details
Systems driven to ensure compliance of process and procedures is a prerequisite
Applicants must reside in EASTERN CAPE, HUMANSDORP or surrounding area.
Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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A couple escaped uninjured after their light aircraft made an emergency landing at a beach in Jeffreys Bay on Wednesday.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said the Plettenberg Bay pilot and his wife were found safe at the beach.
“The pilot had landed on the beach in an emergency landing during a flight from Port Elizabeth to George following suspected motor failure,” said the NSRI’s Paul van Jaarsveld.
Van Jaarsveld added that the crew joined the police, Kouga Fire and Rescue Services and the Eastern Cape government’s Emergency Services personnel who had already been activated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre.
Van Jaarsveld said the incident was being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority.
The light aircraft reported to have landed on the beach in an emergency landing. (Supplied)
In June, two people were killed when a light aircraft crashed near Midrand, Johannesburg in a residential area.
Cape Town – Sparks are set to fly when speedsters Rabs Maxwane and Yaw Penxe turn up the heat in Saturday’s PRO14 derby between the Cheetahs and Southern Kings in Bloemfontein, especially considering a nail-biting finish between them a fortnight ago, and exciting victories last weekend.
One of the main battles is expected to be between Cheetahs flyer Maxwane, who is in first position on the top-try scorer’s list with 10, and the Southern Kings’ Penxe, whose match-winning try against Edinburgh increased his tally to six.
Penxe’s team-mate Bjorn Basson and the Cheetahs’ Shaun Venter are hot on their heels with five tries each, which could also make them marked men, while the battle between the teams’ star goal kickers, Masixole Banda (Southern Kings) and Tian Schoeman (Cheetahs), who are among the top eight points’ scorers this season, is also expected to be exciting.
The last time the two teams met, the scores were tied on 17-17 when they entered the last 10 minutes of their derby in Port Elizabeth, and it took a try in injury time by the Cheetahs to seal the win.
The Free Staters are on a hot-streak of three successive wins, which has nudged them within seven log points of Ospreys and Connacht, who are in third and fourth place respectively on the Conference A log.
These rewarding results have bumped them into a position to possibly play their way into the quarter-final for the second season in a row, as the top three teams in each of the two conferences will make it through.
Conference A leaders, Munster and the Glasgow Warriors, have a 17-and 15-point advantage respectively on the table, but with eight pool matches remaining for the South African teams (including Saturday’s match) the Cheetahs will have all the motivation they need to continue powering their way up the standings.
The Free Staters will enter the match with a flawless win record against their Eastern Cape counterparts – which currently stands at played four, won four – but after having to dig deep in the dying minutes at the Madibaz Stadium two weeks ago to sneak through for a win, they will not underestimate Deon Davids’ charges.
The fact that the Southern Kings’ 25-21 victory against Edinburgh last week was preceded by an encouraging stretch in which they suffered four defeats by seven points or less in their previous five matches, is another reason the Cheetahs will be wary of them.
Should the Cheetahs register a victory, it will mark the first time they win four in a row in the PRO14 since joining the competition in the 2017/18 season.
Saturday’s clash at Free State Stadium kicks off at 16:00.
PRO 14 fixture:
Toyota Cheetahs v Isuzu Southern Kings
Date: Saturday, February 2
SA time: 16:00
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Referee: Stuart Berry
Assistant referees: Quinton Immelman and AJ Jacobs
“Gavin phoned me and said: ‘Frans, Patrick needs a new car’.”
“Gavin phoned me and said: ‘Frans, you better get hold of Patrick, he needs a car for his wife.'”
“Gavin called me and said: ‘Patrick needed a car for his son.'”
One of the key men at Bosasa, Frans Vorster, took the witness stand at the state capture commission of inquiry on Tuesday and delved immediately into the deep end of the largesse Bosasa bestowed on former correctional services chief financial officer, Patrick Gillingham.
Gillingham, it emerged, would take nothing but the best of German engineering – Mercedes Benz, along with some cold, hard cash.
For two of his three children, however, Volkswagen Polos would have to do and a VW Golf with all the extras was for his wife.
Gillingham’s eldest son was not a recipient of a Bosasa car, Vorster explained.
Commission chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, remarked at one stage that “the husband, the wife and the kids were driving cars bought by Bosasa”.
At the centre of this was Vorster, who testified that he would be called upon by Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson to fulfil Gillingham’s every request.
Vorster revealed that Bosasa’s relationship with Gillingham started well before the company scored its first lucrative tender from correctional services.
In fact, it was Gillingham who convinced the correctional services department top brass in 2004 that outsourcing the catering contract would be best practice and would save the department bundles of cash.
Bosasa won the R300m tender, under the watch of then national commissioner Linda Mti, who also allegedly accepted bribes from the company in exchange for tenders.
“He (Gillingham) was basically the driver of the process and then Mr Mti would approve,” Vorster said.
Gillingham’s key role in the scheme that saw Bosasa collecting more than R2bn worth of tenders from correctional services is well documented in a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report finalised in 2009.
The SIU report describes him as having played an “integral role”.
But how Bosasa first reached out to Gillingham remained a mystery until Wednesday.
Vorster – whose late father also worked for Bosasa and had a relationship with Gillingham – was the key man that sold Gillingham on the idea of working with the Krugersdorp company.
“Gavin Watson came to my office at Lindela [Repatriation Centre] in 2003 and asked to speak me alone. He said to me: ‘Get hold of Patrick again, as he would love to tender for the catering contract for correctional services,'” Vorster said.
At that stage, DCS ran kitchens at its facilities and prisons in-house and the idea of outsourcing was not yet on the table.
Soon Vorster was called to the now infamous vault at Bosasa’s head office, where he would be handed cash that had to be given to Gillingham.
Vorster would then pack the cash into an A4 envelope so that it looked like documents.
“I would meet with Patrick at a certain restaurant, mostly in the Pretoria or Centurion area, and we would discuss specs and menus regarding the kitchens of correctional services. I would hand over the envelope and take the information back,” he explained.
The amounts varied – between R5 000, R10 000 and R20 000.
Vorster described the relationship between Watson and Mti as “good and close”, which “led to Gillingham being appointed to the procurement division” of correctional services by Mti.
Mti would later appoint Gillingham as chief financial officer.
Soon after Bosasa scored the kitchens tender in 2004, Vorster said Watson instructed him to assist Gillingham procure a Mercedes Benz.
At the time, Gillingham drove a clapped-out, old gold Mercedes Benz E240, which had a high number of kilometres on the clock and a broken left headlight. The dealership offered him a trade-in value of R89 000.
Bosasa bought the car from Gillingham for R155 000, paid directly into his bank account, and then paid the shortfall for a new Mercedes.
“We paid far more than what it was worth,” Vorster said.
The fate of the old Mercedes Benz was not revealed.
The next year, Vorster was again called upon to procure a Volkswagen Golf for Gillingham’s wife.
“Gavin phoned me and said: ‘Frans, you better get hold of Patrick, he needs a car for his wife.'”
A year later, the call from Gavin came again – this time Gillingham’s son needed a car.
Bosasa also procured a VW Polo for his daughter, but Vorster said he was on leave when this was done.
Soon, Gillingham himself needed a new Mercedes Benz and Vorster, once again, made it happen.
Throughout, he testified, Bosasa would employ various tricks to hide the flow of cash being paid to the various dealerships.
“This was done so that if someone came to investigate, they would not be able to pick it up. The internal auditors didn’t even pick it up.”
Over the years, Bosasa also procured a VW Touareg V8 for Mti, and built luxury homes for both Mti and Gillingham.
Vorster said it was “open knowledge” that Bosasa was funding the construction of the homes in Midstream for Gillingham, and Savannah Hills for Mti, complete with custom kitchens and luxury furnishings.
These days, according to Agrizzi, Gillingham drives a Mercedes GLA200 courtesy of a company owned by Watson’s brother-in-law, Mark Taverner.
Vorster also testified how Watson instructed him to “hire a cabriolet” for the daughter of Nomvula Mokonyane, then Minister of Water Affairs, in December 2015.
When a cabriolet could not be sourced, Bosasa paid for the hire of an Audi A3.
During the SIU investigation, Vorster was also called upon to destroy evidence. He obtained the files relating to the purchase of the VW Touareg for Mti from an employee at the dealership, and burned the file.
“Who said all of this must be done? Whose idea was it?” Zondo asked at one point.
“That was a decision taken by Gavin, Angelo and myself, the crew at that stage,” Vorster said.
Even a slight improvement in your heart/lung fitness could reduce your risk of a heart attack, a new study reveals.
Between 2006 and 2008, researchers assessed the cardiorespiratory (heart/lung) fitness of just over 4 500 men and women in Norway. None had heart disease, high blood pressure or cancer, and most were considered at low risk for heart disease over the next 10 years.
By 2017, however, 147 of the study participants had suffered a heart attack or developed angina, conditions caused by narrowing or blockage of heart arteries.
More investigation showed that the risk of heart attack and angina steadily declined as cardiorespiratory fitness increased.
“We found a strong link between higher fitness levels and a lower risk of heart attack and angina pectoris over the nine years following the measurements that were taken,” said Bjarne Nes of the Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
“Even among people who seem to be healthy, the top 25% of the most fit individuals actually have only half as high a risk as the least fit 25%,” he said in a university news release.
The study used a fitness calculator developed at CERG, which measures the body’s capacity to transport and use oxygen during exercise. It found that for each increase of 3.5 fitness points, the risk of heart attack and angina decreased by 15%.
The findings suggest that even a small improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness can benefit heart health, the researchers said.
The study was recently published in the European Heart Journal.
Study first author Jon Magne Letnes said, “Our results should encourage people to use training as preventive medicine. A few months of regular exercise that gets you out of breath can be an effective strategy for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.” Letnes is a doctoral candidate in the university’s department of circulation and medical imaging.
Sanjay Sharma, a leading expert in sports and heart disease, wrote an editorial that accompanied the study.
“There is apparently no upper limit for training when it comes to the beneficial effects for the heart,” Sharma wrote. In addition to serving as medical director of the London Marathon, he is a professor of cardiology at St. George’s, University of London.
De Ponte Lodge is looking for a barman with at least 1/2 year experience in a craft bar or a 4/5* hotel to join our team . Requirements Matric
Excellent communication skill.
Friendly personality and ability to interact with guest
Must be familiar with various wines, cocktails, craft beers, shooter, hard liquors. Please forward a complete CV with contactable references to tino@depontelodge.co.za
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Names of employers who fail to comply with the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will be published on the website of the Department of Labour, a meeting was told in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday.
Fikiswa Mncanca, Chief Director for Statutory Services in the Department, was speaking to about 400 inspectors in East London on the state of readiness of the Department to implement and enforce the NMW, which was recently signed into law.
“Shaming such employers will ensure they are recognized as people intent on defying the state. This will go on to ensure that they will not be able to do business with government,” She said.
Mncanca said the sanction for not complying with the NMW requires the employer to pay an amount equal to twice the value of the underpayment or twice the month wages, whichever is greater. The Department is required in terms of section 76 (4) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) on a quarterly basis, to publish in its official website, all employers that were issued with compliance orders.
Mncanca reiterated that the purpose of the NMW is to advance economic development and social justice by improving the wages of the lowest paid workers, protecting workers from unreasonable low wages, preserving the value of the NMW, promoting collective bargaining and supporting economic policy .
She said the NMW was the floor level below which no employee should be paid from 01 January 2019. The level is R20.00 per hour to implemented and enforced. NMW for farm and forestry worker is R18.00 per hour – domestic workers R15.00 per hour and for Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) is R11.00 per hour.
Mncanca said the NMW would be reviewed annually by the Commission comprising Labour, business and community appointed by the Minister of Labour.
Another similar session will be held in Pretoria, tomorrow.
