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Office Manager/Graphic Designer/Social Media Manager (Cape Town)

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Remuneration: negotiable To be discussed 
Location: Cape Town
Education level: Diploma
Job level: Mid
Own transport required: Yes
Travel requirement: Occasional
Type: Permanent
Reference: #OM/GD/SM
Company: Cape Group of Companies

Job description

Description

A prestigious Business Centre in the V&A Waterfront requires the services of a dynamic office manager with experience in graphic design and social media management. This hybrid position provides the perfect opportunity to evolve in a premium corporate environment and obtain valuable business experience from various industries.

Responsibilities

Office manager

  • Screen, answer and direct calls courteously and efficiently
  • Greet and announce visitors professionally
  • Coordinate calendar for facility reservations and meeting rooms
  • Receive and distribute incoming e-mail and parcels timeously
  • Perform administrative duties diligently with attention to detail

Graphic design

  • Conceptualise, design and produce a full range of high impact print and digital material that are consistent with the brand identity and requirements
  • Create original graphics and layouts for illustrations, logos, websites and social platforms using graphic design software (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Corel Draw)
  • Conceptualise and develop innovative ideas and concepts for media application
  • Knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design concepts
  • The ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

Social media management

  • Develop, implement and manage the social media strategies
  • Define most important social media KPIs based on marketing objectives
  • Monitor and join relevant online communities for tactical opportunities
  • Executing on the social media elements of relevant marketing campaigns
  • Grow the online community in conjunction with email marketing campaigns
  • Social and digital alignment of all campaigns across the appropriate platforms
  • Content writing for social media posts, industry newsletter and website blogs
  • Report on analytics of various social media platforms and online forums monthly

Requirements

  • Minimum of three years management and administration experience
  • Minimum of two years graphic design and social media management experience
  • Proficient in Adobe, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Corel Draw
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
  • Reside within a 10km radius of the V&A Waterfront
  • Typographic understanding and typesetting skills
  • Comprehensive knowledge of print and digital media
  • Advanced photography skills

Skills and character

  • Attention to detail, great organization and prioritization skills, and the ability to plan ahead
  • A high level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information and professionalism in dealing with staff and members
  • The candidate will be comfortable in a goal-focused and changing environment
  • The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, both verbal and written, possess the ability to complete tasks and projects with minimal guidance, and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
  • Highly organised and professional
  • Is confident, resourceful, decisive and willing to take initiative
  • Able to work effectively both as an individual and as part of a team
  • A drive to continually learn and grow professionally

What we offer

  • Salary commensurate with experience
  • Growth opportunities within the group of companies

Posted on 17 Sep 15:04

Health24.com | How to keep your kids trim through quarantine

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  • During the school year, schools provide learners with regular exercise
  • Currently, while at home, kids don’t get enough exercise, which can lead to overweight 
  • Parents are advised to schedule physical activities for their children and provide them with a healthy diet

A lot of kids have been pushing up the scale numbers while home during the pandemic – and parents need to take steps to prevent the dreaded “quarantine 15”, an expert says.

“During the school year, most parents rely on schools to provide their child with regular exercise,” said Dr Joyce Samuel, an associate professor of paediatrics at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

Get outside every day

“Because of the ongoing situation surrounding Covid-19, it is important for parents to focus on their child’s health and ensure they are getting the proper exercise and nutrition to avoid child obesity,” Samuel said in a centre news release.

If your children are learning remotely, she noted there are plenty of apps with videos for short, home-based workouts that usually require little or no equipment. Another option is to get outside for a daily 30-minute walk or jog.

“As long as you are maintaining physical distancing and staying with members of your household, this is a safe way to get some fresh air and regular exercise,” Samuel said.

Other exercise suggestions for children include: jumping rope or running to help strengthen bones; playing games like tug-of-war to strengthen muscles; aerobic activities like bike riding or walking to benefit the heart; outdoor sports; scooter riding; tag, and neighbourhood scavenger hunts.

Schedule activities for children several times a week, Samuel said.

Many kids are stressed

In terms of diet, provide children with meals that have both protein and produce. Frozen fruits and vegetables are a good, cheaper alternative to fresh produce, as long as there’s no added sugar, syrup or salt.

Limit unhealthy drinks and snacks like chips, cookies, candy and gummies. Encourage children to drink water instead of soda, juices or sports drinks.

“As parents, we need to understand that a healthy diet and exercise provide great benefits to our children’s minds and bodies,” Samuel said. “Many kids are stressed right now due to all of the uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, and doing regular exercise is a great way to relieve stress and develop healthy habits at a young age.”

Adequate sleep is also crucial in preventing obesity: eight to 10 hours a night for teens and nine to 12 hours a night for children ages six to 12. Reducing screen time can also help lower the risk of becoming overweight.

“Later bedtimes have been shown to be associated with obesity, so putting the devices away at a reasonable bedtime and getting back to a more typical sleep schedule is another way to combat obesity,” Samuel said.

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Health24.com | Simply smiling may boost your outlook

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  • Participants in a study clenched a pen between their teeth to replicate a smile
  • It was found that this ‘fake smile’ caused participants to view things in a more positive light
  • This has great implications for those suffering from mental health issues like anxiety and depression

Smiling can trick your mind into being more positive, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of South Australia found that the simple act of moving your facial muscles into a smile can make you view the world more positively.

“When your muscles say you’re happy, you’re more likely to see the world around you in a positive way,” said lead researcher Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos, a human and artificial cognition expert at the university.

The motions of a smile

He and his colleagues studied how people interpret various images of facial and bodily expressions that range from happy to sad, based on whether or not they were smiling themselves.

The study involved 256 volunteers from Japan, Poland, Spain and Sweden. Participants were asked to hold a pen between their teeth, an act that forces facial muscles to replicate the motions of a smile.

They were then shown images of facial expressions that ranged from frowning to smiling, and videos of a person walking in different positions, ranging from “sad walking” to “happy walking”.

The participants viewed each image or video with and without a pen in their teeth, and then evaluated if the evoked emotion was “happy” or “sad”.

The researchers observed that the participants were more likely to view a broader range of the images and videos as “happy” when smiling themselves.

Interesting implications

“In our research, we found that when you forcefully practice smiling, it stimulates the amygdala – the emotional centre of the brain – which releases neurotransmitters to encourage an emotionally positive state,” Marmolejo-Ramos said in a university news release.

The results suggest that everyone, and particularly those suffering from mental health issues like anxiety and depression, may benefit from the simple act of smiling.

“For mental health, this has interesting implications. If we can trick the brain into perceiving stimuli as ‘happy,’ then we can potentially use this mechanism to help boost mental health,” Marmolejo-Ramos said. “A ‘fake it till you make it’ approach could have more credit than we expect.”

The study was published recently in the journal Experimental Psychology.

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Branch Manager (Umgungundlovu)

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Remuneration: R15000 – R20000 per month Basic plus commission 
Benefits: Medical Aid
Location: Umgungundlovu, Ixopo
Education level: Matric
Job level: Mid/Senior
Type: Permanent
Reference: #Ixopo
Company: Metropolitan

Job description

Metropolitan is looking for an experienced and vibrant Branch Manager for our Ixopo Branch

Job description

  • Teach, coach, mentor, and supervise financial advisers to meet and exceed performance standards and enable progression in their career path
  • Recruit, select and retain high-quality financial advisors by ensuring an optimum mix of talent in each advisor category in order to build capacity to meet current and future staffing needs in accordance with the manpower plan
  • Ensure that sales support zones are optimised to appropriately manage poor performance and minimise staff turnover
  • Support and guide financial advisors through the decision-making process by displaying exceptional product knowledge and customer-centricity
  • Induct, develop and support financial advisers to meet and exceed performance and productivity standards in order to enable passionate and confident sales entrepreneurs
  • Manage and monitor activities of financial advisers through market allocation to ensure that each financial adviser has adequate and appropriate market access opportunities
  • Ensure that segmentation insights and information and toolkits are used to enable financial advisors to identify and reach target segment customers
  • Ensure the applicable Branch meets and exceeds productivity, production and quality targets as determined
  • Provide competitor product and activity feedback to segment and product development teams in order to identify current and prospective sales opportunities
  • Adhere to high ethical standards and ensure financial advisors comply with all regulations/applicable laws as it applies to the entire branch
  • Ensure technical product and legislative knowledge is always current in order to advise on the most relevant and innovative client solutions and comply with governance requirements
  • Participate in tactical sales planning and implement the business plan for the branch as developed and agreed
  • Utilise the Distribution Management Operating System to monitor and manage financial performance
  • Identify entrepreneurial opportunities in every interaction and remain passionate, resilient, focused and organised
  • Timeously complete all administrative and reporting duties, including sales and marketing data tracking, feedback and business cases related to the role within the agreed timeframes
  • To be self-confident and self-motivated and relentlessly pursue targets and goals
  • Effectively manage time and ensure optimal productivity
  • Continuously monitor turnaround times and quality standards and resolve issues speedily to enhance client service delivery
  • Drive client service delivery goal achievement in line with predefined standards in order to ensure that clients receive appropriate advice and after-sales service.
  • Manage client query processes and ensure that queries are tracked, accurately resolved and used as a mechanism to improve client service and business processes
  • Provide regular reports on delivery of services against agreed service standards and in terms of overall client targets.
  • Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders
  • Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders
  • Contribute to the process of developing client service standards in order to ensure clients receive clear and accurate information and are kept informed at all times
  • Manage the delivery on service level agreements made with clients and internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure that client expectations are managed
  • Make recommendations to improve client service and fair treatment of clients within area of responsibility
  • Participate and contribute to a culture which builds rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service
  • Create a positive work climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity
  • Demonstrate exemplary leadership behaviour, through personal involvement, commitment and dedication in support of organisational values
  • Select and recruit suitably qualified talent in line with Employment Equity principles and MMI values
  • Drive a culture that guides and directs best practice, fostering an environment of continuous learning, improvement and cohesiveness
  • Enable a learning and growth culture whereby information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared between team members
  • Execute effective workforce planning practices to ensure that staffing requirements are accurately forecasted
  • Identify employee growth and development needs and schedule interventions to enable ongoing development, training and personal growth
  • Effectively manage performance within the team in order to ensure business objectives are achieved
  • Encourage innovation, change agility and collaboration within the team
  • Contribute to the development of area-specific budgets to minimise expenditure, in alignment with operational plans.
  • Identify solutions to enhance cost-effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
  • Implement and provide input into governance processes, systems and legislation within area of specialisation.
  • Escalate unresolved policy and governance compliance issues via appropriate channels for investigation and resolution purposes
  • Provide input into the risk identification processes development and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum

Requirements

  • Grade 12/NQF 4 equivalent qualification
  • FAIS Representative Regulatory Exam Level 5 passed
  • 120 FAIS related credits
  • Minimum one-year of managerial experience in overseeing the rendering of financial advice to fulfil the duties of a compliant key individual and be registered with the FSB


Requirements

Requirements/competencies required:

  • Business acumen
  • Client/stakeholder commitment
  • Drive for results
  • Leads change and innovation
  • Motivating and inspiring team
  • Impact and influence
  • Collaboration
  • Self-awareness and insight
  • Diversity and inclusiveness
  • Growing talent

Posted on 17 Sep 09:39

National Trade Marketing Manager

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National Trade Marketing Manager in Kwazulu-Natal | Marketing | Job Mail | 4941642







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  • Ad Placed : 17 Sep 2020 00:00:48 Affiliate ad
  • Remuneration : R 950000 – PER YEAR
  • Employment Type : Full Time
  • Employment Level : Senior Management
  • Industry :

    • Sales/Marketing
    Marketing

  • Region : Kwazulu-Natal
  • Company : Sharon Nurock Recruitment cc

Our client, a longstanding manufacturer serving SA and SSA, whose current priority is to improve the overall business performance in the medium to longer term and their objectives are to operate strategically, sustainably, efficiently and profitably.

Purpose of the Role:

The National Trade Marketing Manager will take overall responsibility in:

  • Manage trade marketing of assigned products stream and services to ensure consistent and profitable growth in revenues to meet organisation objectives.
  • Focus on re-energising assets that will be cash-generative, and exploring new customer segments. 
  • Overall focus is on leveraging the value chain, and creating a platform for long-term growth, while maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

  • B.Com or a relevant tertiary qualification in the Business Management and Commercial field.
  • 5 years’ work experience in Trade Marketing preferably in an FMCG environment.
  • Strong commercial competency.
  • Proven work experience in handling key accounts/clients.
  • Computer skills/literacy.
  • A valid driver’s license.

Top Accountabilities:

  • Generate and apply business and market knowledge:
    • Gather knowledge of the business landscape
    • Accelerate profile generation for the company by identifying profit pools based on knowledge of market dynamics including competitors
  • Utilise situation analysis:
    • Situation analysis conducted that includes both external and internal indicators.
    • Knowledge and application of external market influences demonstrated through building a more effective strategy and making sound, value-adding strategic choices and decisions.
    • Knowledge and application of internal commercial performance, including route-to-market effectiveness and customer satisfaction demonstrated.
    • Segment the market to inform deployment of resources
  • Develop and market the channel component of the commercial strategy:
    • Market opportunities and issues proactively identified through high quality analysis and research.
    • Customer universe segmented and knowledge and application of the variables that define and differentiate one segment from another demonstrated.
    • Knowledge of regional nuances gained by proactively working with aspects such as national data profiles by region.
    • Drive growth and increase profits linked with strategy and targets.
    • Relevant teams influenced and guided to develop capability and tactics for exploring unmet customer needs and the associated potential revenue/profit benefit for the retailer/wholesaler.
  • Apply insights:
    • Insight mind-set proactively promoted as a foundation for Channel strategy.
    • Existing beliefs and insights challenged through producing fact-based commercial arguments.
    • High quality data generated by Insights through Trade Marketing providing sound information that aligns to retailer and shopper drivers and championed within the business.
    • Relevant market and consumer information that can develop or enhance category performance made available to Sales and Marketing teams.
    • Tangible competitive advantage created through using Insights to drive portfolio and overall business strategy.
  • Align the portfolio strategy to the market:
    • Brand and pack portfolio aligned with the opportunities identified.
    • Potential and value of channels clearly defined to ascertain their output to the business in terms of growth and profit to build the role of the channel around that value.
    • Develop and implement channel strategies.
  • Develop and manage the channel component of the commercial strategy:
    • Maintain, develop and draw Insights to guide current and future activities and strategies.
  • Develop and operationalise the annual channel plan:
    • Develop the channel plan.
    • Consolidate activities into profit building business propositions.
    • Design and develop activation tools based on insight-driven innovation.
    • Communicate and monitor channel activity.
  • Proactively collaborate with, and influence, internal/external stakeholders:
    • Identify key stakeholders and develop and maintain influential relationships.
    • Manage strategic projects
  • People engagement, management and development.

Barriers to Success in Role:

  • Lack of sales focus and building customer relationship.
  • Lead teams and build relationships across cultures.
  • Connect and build positive relationships.
  • Interpret, link and analyse information systemically in order to understand complex issues.
  • Communicate broadly and powerfully.
  • Accelerate the process of organisational change whilst effectively managing stakeholder expectations and outcomes.
  • Drive the plans of action to realise intended outcomes.
  • Work and make decisions under pressure and take initiative.

Please note, if you have not had a response from us within 30 days after the closing date, kindly accept that your application has been unsuccessful.

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Real Estate Agent (paarl)

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REAL ESTATE AGENT (PAARL) in Western Cape | Banking | Job Mail | 4891606







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  • Employment Type : Full Time
  • Employment Level : Senior Management
  • Industry :

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    Banking

  • Region : Western Cape
  • Company : MPRTC Recruitment

Real Estate Agent required in Paarl for a leading property company

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 3 years property sales experience
  • NQF 4 within Property / Real Estate Industry 
  • Previous track records of property sold
  • Own transport and valid driver’s license

Failure to meet with the above key requirements, will result in instant disqualification.

Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Sheq Officer (eastern Cape)

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SHEQ OFFICER REQUIRED IN THE EASTERN CAPE

Requirements

  • SAMTRAC Qualification
  • Tertiary Qualification an added advantage
  • 3 – 5 Years SHEQ experience
  • Valid Drivers License
  • Proficient in Microsoft – Will be tested in the Interview
  • SHEQ inspections audits and risk assessment
  • Ensuring Compliance with relevant Health and Safety regulations

Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

News24.com | Unoccupied R82m primary school in Midrand not built on a wetland, says SAHRC

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Running sewage from outside Mayibuye Primary School.

Running sewage from outside Mayibuye Primary School.

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  • The SAHRC says its assessment of the Mayibuye Primary School in Midrand shows no proof it is built on a wetland.
  • It says the running sewage from outside the school that is spilling inside its premises needs to be sorted out urgently. 
  • Foul odours are emanating from the area where the school is built due to the sewage. 

The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says its assessment of the unoccupied R82 million Mayibuye Primary School in Midrand, Johannesburg, has so far proved no “credence” it is built on a wetland.  

Officials inspected the school on Wednesday and were joined by a delegation which included the acting head of the Gauteng Department Infrastructure Development. 

Construction of the school, which is meant to serve 1 200 pupils, started in 2017 and comprises a nutrition centre, hall and reaction facilities such as a tennis court.

But it remains unoccupied with no sign of life due to a sewage leak, which runs from outside the facility right throughout the premises. 

“Our initial assessment is that there is no credence to allegations that the school is built on a wetland; there is a sewage line currently leaking, which is adjacent to the school.

“The sewage leakage is continuously running, and this is something that really concerns us given that this falls within the competence of the City of Johannesburg,” SAHRC Gauteng head Buang Jones told the media following a walkabout at the school.

He added the commission would convene a meeting with the City as well as the departments of educatn and infrastructure development to find solutions that would make the school ready to receive pupils in 2021.

Jones said the engagement would also seek to demand accountability, adding upon engaging both the department’s accounting officer and project manager, they indicated, should a solution be found, the current challenges faced by the school could be resolved within four months.

Project

“They have already costed how much this entire project will require in order to ensure this school is ready for use and occupation. They need about four months to remediate everything and attend outstanding issues, and they estimated costs are approximately R32 million.” 

A report from the City to the Gauteng legislature’s Committee on Education and Infrastructure Development on 3 September indicated the school was constructed in contravention of the National Building Regulations and Building Standard Act 103, 1977, as amended and the site was waterlogged.  

It also indicated a certificate of occupancy, therefore, could not be issued because building plans have not been submitted and approved. 

But the department seems to be singing a different tune, saying the main issue at the school was the sewage leak.

It added the site was assessed by engineers before building commenced.  

“Mayibuye [Primary School] is not built on a wetland [and] a waterlogged area. At the moment, we are working tirelessly with all involved stakeholders to approve funding so that we can complete the school,” said the department’s project manager, Sammy Mashiane. 

Acting department head Richard Makhumisani said the purpose of the engagement with various stakeholders on Tuesday would iron out the gaps and inconsistencies surrounding issues at the school. 

The department said a feasibility study was conducted on-site and it found the area suitable for building. 

It added claims the school had been unoccupied for three years were false, malicious and misleading. 

News24.com | WRAP | SA stands on 653 444 coronavirus cases and 15 705 deaths as lockdown Level 1 looms

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WRAP | ‘We have withstood the coronavirus storm’ – Ramaphosa announces move to lockdown Level 1, but warns country is not out of the woods just yet

There will be a gradual reopening of international travel, a new curfew and an easing of social gathering restrictions as the country shifts down to lockdown Level 1 from midnight on 20 September, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced.

This will mean a further easing of regulations on social gatherings, as long as the number of people does not exceed 50% the gathering’s venue – but there is a cap of only 250 people for indoor events, and 500 people for outdoor events.

Curfew hours have changed from 00:00 to 04:00. Alcohol can now be sold from Monday to Friday until 17:00. Updated regulations will be published in due course.

 Business and leisure international travel will resume from 1 October, but travel may be restricted to and from high-risk countries. Only OR Tambo, King Shaka and Cape Town international airports will be open in the initial phases.

 

Ramaphosa said tourist activity will be allowed.

People arriving in the country must produce a negative Covid-19 test result that is no more than 72-hours old. If they do not, they must be quarantined.

The number of people attending funerals can increase to 100, but night vigils are still prohibited. Gyms and theatres may now accommodate up to 50% of their venues’ capacities.

 Sanitation and mask wearing is still compulsory, as well as physical distancing.

Ramaphosa once again condemned gender-based violence during the lockdown, saying that there are 30 hotspots around the country where the problem is most rife. During Level 1, there will be improved support services in those hotspots.

 

He also spoke about Covid-19-related corruption, saying progress was being made regarding misuse of funds. The Special Investigating Unit has submitted its first report on the matter to the president. He said all contracts awarded for Covid-19 services and goods will be made public.

’New normal’

The president addressed the nation on Wednesday night – exactly six months after the lockdown came into effect – after holding meetings with the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) and holding a special sitting of Cabinet.

There has been much speculation over the past week that there would be changes to the lockdown regulations, with Ramaphosa having last week hinted during a Q&A with journalists that a move to Level 1 lockdown was on the cards.

Ramaphosa says this alert level will be the “new normal” which will remain until the Covid-19 pandemic passes.

The country shifted to Level 2 almost a month ago to the day.

Ramaphosa said that the government’s economy recovery plan will be communicated soon, adding that some R30 billion has been paid out in social relief to people during this time. Around R42 billion has been paid out in wage support to workers. He said the solidarity fund has received about 3 000 donations.

Ramaphosa announced that there will be increased testing as well as increased contact tracing to ensure the country gets a firmer grip on potential outbreaks. He encouraged the public to download the government’s Covid-19 app, which will alert them if they have come into contact with people who have been infected.

Second wave

He said the government will undertake a nationwide survey to estimate the extent of asymptomatic infections, by testing for Covid-19 antibodies.

Ramaphosa said the infection rate was seen to have significantly slowed down recently. He said just two months ago there were increases of about 12 000 cases a day, compared to about 2 000 now. He said the recovery rate, currently at 89%, could yet increase going forward. He said there has been a “gradual decline” in infections and hospitalisations.

The president said the plan was now to ensure the country circumvents a “second wave” of infections, as has been seen in other countries, saying that some countries have seen a more severe problem during the second wave.

He said the country was also planning for when a vaccine is finally manufactured, saying that South Africa was working alongside the WHO to pull resources and support vaccine development, as well as accessing vaccines at a reasonable cost once available.

Ramaphosa said the economy and society has suffered during the pandemic, but citizens have remained resolute.

“We cannot afford a resurgence of infections, a second wave would be devastating. It is up to each and every one of us to ensure that this does not happen. As we settle into a new normal… we must continue to exercise every possible precaution to prevent infecting others.”

On a parting note, Ramaphosa encouraged the country to celebrate Heritage Month with the Jerusalema challenge.

– Compiled by Kerushun Pillay

News24.com | Still no clarity on Springboks’ Rugby Championship participation

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  • While rugby is set to return to South Africa at the end of the month, there is still no news as to whether the Springboks will take their place in the Rugby Championship.
  • SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux has indicated that plans are still being pursued to allow the Springboks to defend their title.
  • The Rugby Championship is scheduled to start on 7 November in Australia.

While South Africans were greeted with news of the return of local rugby on Tuesday afternoon there was still no clarification as to whether the Springboks would play in the upcoming Rugby Championships or not.

SA Rugby confirmed that the local season will resume on 26 September with a friendly double-header at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, when the Bulls take on the Sharks and the Lions battle the Stormers on Super Fan Saturday.

READ | The wait is over! Rugby returns to South Africa in late September

That will be followed by  the Springbok Showdown, a unique match that will pit the best local stars and top, up-and-coming talent against each other on 3 October with two teams, Springbok Green and Springbok Orange picked by directory of rugby, Rassie Erasmus and Springbok coach, Jacques Nienaber.

The third element of rugby’s return sees a double round local competition between seven franchises, which kicks off on the weekend of 10 October.

But news whether the Springboks will take part in the Rugby Championship was not forthcoming. 

SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux did confirm that plans are still being pursued in that regard but were dependent on international travel and other governmental restrictions as well as player wellness and high performance considerations.

“We’re still not in a position to confirm plans for the Springboks, but it remains our wish that they play Tests this year,” said Roux.

“It would not only be great to see the Rugby World Cup champions in action, but it would also give the Bok management valuable preparation for next year’s tour of the British & Irish Lions,” he added.

The Rugby Championship, originally scheduled for New Zealand, will be held in Australia from 7 November.

– Compiled by Sport24 staff