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Slimmed-Down Abby Lee Miller Addresses Her Prison Release Date: ‘I’ve Tried to Better Myself’

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“My world flipped upside down when I had to enter prison,” she said.

Abby Lee Miller is sharing an update on her wellbeing while serving time in prison after pleading guilty to bankruptcy fraud in June 2016.

The former Dance Moms star, 51, posted a photo of herself on Instagram Sunday wearing a prison uniform and posed up with some of her visitors.

The slimmed-down reality star beamed in the photograph which she shared alongside a lengthy serious caption.

“Sometimes in life you make mistakes I trusted the wrong people and didn’t pay any attention to things I should of. I’m more than sorry for the mistakes I have made,” Miller wrote in the caption.

“My world flipped upside down when I had to enter prison,” she continued. “I did so with grace, the stories you read about me been a princess are untrue. I have made friends with both inmates and staff, I’ve tried to better myself, participated in anything offered to me and I am a better person for this experience.”

It was recently reported that Miller will be released from prison on Feb. 20, but Miller said that is not necessarily the case.

“I am feeling hopeful but no dates have been confirmed at this time,” she continued in the caption. “I am feeling great and ready to turn over a new leaf thank you so much to everyone for your support especially my nearest and dearest I love you all ️ ( and yes this is me in prison ) #abbyleemiller #abbylee #dancemoms #dance #aldc”

The former dance instructor reported to the Victorville Federal Correctional Institution in California to serve her 366-day sentence for bankruptcy fraud in July 2017.

Earlier this month, Entertainment Tonight reported Miller had lost about 100 pounds and was feeling “great” since entering the penitentiary six months ago.

In October 2015, Miller was charged with attempting to hide $775,000 of income from her Lifetime series and its spin-off, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, as well as multiple other projects during Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. She allegedly hid the money in secret bank accounts between 2012–13. In June 2016, she plead guilty to bankruptcy fraud.

The reality star was also accused of divvying $120,000 – which she made in Australia during a tour – into separate plastic bags and having friends carry them in their luggage in August 2014, which is in violation of a law mandating people report if they are bringing more than $10,000 of a foreign currency into the U.S.  As part of her plea she promised to forfeit the $120,000 Australian.

RELATED: Abby Lee Miller is Petrified of What Might Happen to Her in Prison: “If People Want to Kill You, They Do” 

In May, she received a sentence of one year and one day in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release. She was additionally fined $40,000 and ordered to pay the $120,000 judgment, as well as give a DNA sample relating to her felony charge.

Miller previously told PEOPLE that while she was afraid of being beaten or raped in prison, she was also determined to take responsibility for her actions. “I made mistakes and I trusted people, but ultimately I have to take responsibility,” she said.

News24.com | Councillor testifies about being hit over head with water jug by ANC’s Andile Lungisa

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Port Elizabeth – Member of the mayoral committee for transport Rano Kayser took to the stand to testify against ANC provincial heavyweight Andile Lungisa in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon.

Lungisa and Gamalihleli Maqula, both ANC councillors in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, are facing charges of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, relating to a brawl in council chambers on October 27, 2016.

Lungisa is accused of smashing a glass jug over Kayser’s head, while Maqula is accused of stabbing chief whip Werner Senekal in the back with a sharp object.

ALSO READ: Andile Lungisa assault trial: Damning video played in court

They have both pleaded not guilty.

State prosecutor Wayne Ludick called Kayser to the stand to lead evidence relating to when he was attacked by Lungisa during a council meeting.

Kayser, who sits at the front of the council chambers as part of the mayoral committee, described how the council meeting had broken down during a debate on the suspension of chief financial officer Trevor Harper.

Lost consciousness

He said an ANC councillor behind him, whom he identified as Andile Mfunda, had said “we are ready to fight”.

Kayser said that when the second item on the agenda came up, namely the referral of ANC councillor Xola Sabani to the ethics committee for possible disciplinary processes, the speaker had asked Sabani to leave but he refused.

Kayser said when the motion against Sabani had passed, he witnessed Lungisa speaking to another ANC councillor, Makhi Feni, and the two of them approaching the speaker.

Kayser said when the two approached the speaker, and he saw Feni grab the speaker’s arm, he got up to ask them to sit down so that council could proceed.

“It was at this stage that Lungisa took the jug of water and hit me over the head with it. I fell down on the ground unconscious, I don’t know how long,” he said.

He regained consciousness and was assisted by colleagues and later medics from the ambulance service.

He said he was taken to St George’s Hospital, where he received stitches to a gash on the left side of his temple, and had lacerations and bruising on his arm and neck.

Glass also had to be removed from his neck and chest.

He said he was discharged later the same evening.

Was never his intent to harm Lungisa

Under cross-examination, Lungisa’s defence attorney, Luthando Ngqakayi, asked Kayser how he had seen Lungisa and Feni, if they were behind him.

Kayser replied that because the environment was chaotic, he had been vigilant and had turned around in his seat.

Ngqakayi asked when Kayser had seen Lungisa pick up the jug, as there was some confusion from earlier testimony.

Kayser replied that the jug had been on the edge of the speaker’s table, and he had seen Lungisa reaching for it, which is why he had intervened.

Kayser was also asked about the allegations made that councillor Feni had grabbed the speaker, as this was not in the original statement made by Kayser, nor was it in the video evidence.

Kayser told Ngqakayi that this had happened just before the video footage placed before court was taken.

Kayser perceived as ‘hostile’

“When Feni grabbed the speaker, Lungisa reached out for the jug, when I came up he grabbed it and hit me,” he said.

Ngqakayi said Lungisa would argue that he had seen Kayser undoing the cuffs of his shirt and had assumed Kayser was coming to fight with him.

“He will testify that he perceived you as hostile,” he said.

Kayser said this was not the case. He said his only intention had been to ask Lungisa to return to his seat.

Following Kayser’s testimony, Ludick called councillor Jonny Arends to testify, but an interpreter was not available to assist.

Arends is the last witness for the State against Lungisa. Ludick is then expected to proceed with the State’s case against Maqula.

Magistrate Morne Cannon warned Arends to return on Tuesday, before court stood down for the day. The case continues on Tuesday.

News24.com | ‘These NGOs are dishonest’, Qedani Mahlangu said in Life Esidimeni email

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Johannesburg – Former Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has been accused of withholding the truth from the provincial legislature regarding the challenges being faced by NGOs after she was alerted of the challenges ahead of her appearance before the legislature.

As the Life Esidimeni saga was unfolding, Mahlangu initially reported to the legislature that she had only received one complaint about an inadequate NGO, despite receiving a complaint from Section 27 and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) about the state of the Precious Angels facility.

READ: Life Esidimeni: Mahlangu shifts blame, apology rejected by families

“At the time, I was made to believe that the information was correct and in the absence [of more information], I could not have answered [the legislature] differently,” she told the Life Esidimeni hearings on Monday.

Mahlangu said she believed that things were going well at the facilities because the head of department (HOD), Dr Barney Selebano, and former health head Makgabo Manamela, who informed her of all the processes regarding the NGOs, had not alerted her of any challenges before she provided answers to the legislature’s health committee. 

Section 27 lawyer Advocate Adila Hassim said Mahlangu was not forthcoming to the legislature regarding complaints about the NGOs as per her constitutional obligation.

Mahlangu, however, denied the claims.

Shock, disappointment at being ‘misled’

“I never misled the legislature. Everything I presented before them was based on the information I received from the department,” she said.

Mahlangu saw the communique expressing concern about the facility before she appeared before the legislature.

She said she did not know why officials at the health department, including Selebano, would have misled her with incorrect information, but expressed her shock and disappointment. 

READ: Life Esidimeni: We are sick of an irresponsible government, says TAC

The “feared” former MEC was speaking during her first day on the witness stand at the hearings in Parktown, Johannesburg.

She had been responding to a question on why she did not alert the legislature about the complaints regarding the inadequate facilities. 

The former MEC appeared dejected and often irritated when answering questions posed to her by Hassim.

Staff asked to ‘show leadership’

Retired deputy justice and arbitration chair Dikgang Moseneke questioned the department’s surprising disregard for professionals and dissenting opinions of civil society groups in the mental healthcare fraternity.

He said it was a recurring feature among officials who had testified. 

Mahlangu told the panel that she began to mistrust the reliability of information she was receiving from health officials during the saga as more complaints and media reports surfaced. She began thinking it was a political game.

“I began not trusting the information I was attaining from health officials during the saga,” she said, adding that it might be used against the department to attain some sort of political objective.

In an email Mahlangu was asked to read out, she instructs her juniors to “show leadership” and get lawyers involved as more people lose their lives and family members speak out. 

Mahlangu ended the mail with the words: “These NGOs are dishonest”, instructing them to lawyer up after more emails from civil society groups.

Mahlangu said she could not recall what led to that. 

“I really have to refresh my mind,” she said.

Political accountability

Mahlangu was instrumental in the transfer of more than 1 000 mentally ill patients from the Life Esidimeni healthcare facility to various, sometimes unlicensed NGOs, which saw the death of more than 140 vulnerable people. More than 50 are still unaccounted for.

She told the panel that by September 2016, she knew of 36 deaths – all due to natural causes.

Official figures show that at this time, the death toll linked to the deadly move was at 86, and the deaths were not natural. 

She explained that she decided to take political accountability. 

“I realised that things had gone horribly wrong under my leadership,” she said.

Mahlangu said her resignation in February 2017 was sufficiently demonstrated her accountability and that she took responsibility, and she felt no need to challenge or appeal the report by Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba despite disagreeing with his findings against her.

Makgoba found in the report that Mahlangu’s conduct amounted to negligence.

‘I do not agree with Makgoba’s findings’

After much questioning, Mahlangu finally said she accepted the recommendations and contents of the report, but took issue with the finding that her conduct amounted to negligence.

She said she was not an administrator. 

“I do not agree with [Makgoba’s] findings relating to me personally or my capacity as then MEC for health, I deny the capacity of his findings,” she said.

The former MEC initially testified that she had commissioned the report of the ombudsman after she found out about the 36 deaths, but Hassim said that Makgoba testified that Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, initiated the report. 

She testified that she was advised by Selebano to terminate the contract with Life Esidimeni based on a legal opinion that Selebano had sought and received.

Mahlangu resigned on the eve of the release of the report by the ombudsman, before jetting off to an international school to further her studies. 

Express Of Interest-permanent Placement Consultant

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Express of Interest-Permanent Placement Consultant in Western Cape | Other Professions | Job Mail | 4172173

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Expression of interest – Permanent Placement Consultant (Durbanville) Leading Staffing Solutions Company based in Durbanville is seeking the skills and expertise of an experienced Permanent Placement Consultant to join the small Cape Town team

Providing clients and candidates with a superior level of service pertaining to their recruitment and to maintain a high standard of integrity across all facets of the recruitment industry. Please note that this is an expression of interest role to establish the potential in the job market.

Minimum requirements:

  • Grade 12
  • Relevant tertiary qualification (Advantageous)
  • Computer literate (MS Office)
  • Previous experience advertising on various on job portals (Advantageous)
  • Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience
  • The minimum expected performance will be presented to you on a monthly basis, by your immediate superior in the form of Daily/Weekly and Monthly Activity Reports

Attributes:

  • Decisive
  • Team player
  • Results orientated
  • Goal orientated
  • Target driven
  • Diligent
  • Open communicator
  • Assertive
  • Self-motivated
  • Sociable
  • Intuitive
  • Enthusiastic
  • Focused
  • Confident

Competencies:

  • Knowledge of the Recruitment industry
  • Knowledge of the company’s policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of the role of the Company within the industry/market place
  • Knowledge of the market place and the players therein
  • An excellent command of the English language
  • Knowledge of telephone etiquette

Skills:

  • Communication skills
  • Selling skills
  • Administration skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Strong customer relations skills
  • An ability to think on one’s feet and to cope with any crises
  • An ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • An ability to work under extreme pressure when required  to meet all monthly targets

Job responsibilities:

  • To maintain a high standard of integrity across all facets of the recruitment industry.
  • To provide clients with a superior level of service pertaining to their recruitment needs.
  • To gain new business through persistently researching the market.
  • To  provide  all  candidates  with  a  superior  level  of  service  pertaining  to  their  job seeking requirements.
  • Expected to run your desk as a profitable business, generating enough income to meet your minimum expected performance
  • To meet set targets and billing targets.
  • To develop a client base through new business development initiatives.
  • To conduct telemarketing calls to potential and existing clients to set targets.
  • To keep in contact with entire client base at least once a fortnight with a set objective and to endeavour to develop the base further at every opportunity.
  • To visit clients, the regularity to be determined and by client needs.
  • To take thorough job orders and to commit to fill every single order awarded by a client. To keep in touch with clients 24 hourly when handling an order and provide feedback on progress.
  • To network with colleagues regularly on orders and candidates.
  • To conduct thorough interviews on applicants following the relevant format.
  • To conduct in-depth references on all applicants following the relevant format (minimum three).
  • Advertising and applicant sourcing:  to write applicant-orientated adverts and ensuring the correct placement in set publications/portals by stipulated deadlines. Adhering to the budget set by management regarding advertising.
  • To  orientate  all  candidates  as  per  standard   rules  of  interviewing  and  client interaction.
  • Telephonic and Skype Interviews with candidates when necessary.
  • To ensure timely completion of activity reports by deadline dates.
  • Marketing reports on targeted accounts of 5 per quarter (to be updated on a weekly basis).
  • To keep detailed records of perm placements and client interaction.
  • To stay motivated and positive to ensure a conducive environment for all.
  • Meetings once a month or as indicated by management
  • Training/refresher training as indicated by management.
  • APSO training; on consultation with Manager.
  • Branch training as required by management.
  • Any additional training; as required by management.
  • Client functions, as required by management.

Should you meet the minimum requirements, please email your CV for this expression of interest role to: gerhardv@transman.co.zawith reference: Recruitment Consultant

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Sales Assistant (hillcrest, Durban)

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SALES ASSISTANT (HILLCREST, DURBAN) in Kwazulu-Natal | Retail Wholesale | Job Mail | 4164261

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  • Ad Placed : 22 Jan 2018 21:30:23 Affiliate ad
  • Remuneration : PER MONTH
  • Employment Type : Full Time
  • Industry :
  • Retail
    Retail Wholesale
  • Region : Kwazulu-Natal
  • Company : MPRTC Recruitment

SALES ASSISTANT REQUIRED IN HILLCREST

Requirements: 

  • Matric/ Grade 12 certificate
  • 1 – 2 Years Sales experience in homeware and furniture fittings
  • Must have excellent interpersonal & communication skills
  • Ability to handle Cash & Cash Ups
  • Computer Literate
  • Able to work alternative weekends

Applicant must reside in HILLCREST 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. 

Please visit our website www.mprtc.co.za to upload your CV or for more information.

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Sport24.co.za | Blitzboks aim to improve with ball in hand – Dazel

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Cape Town – Renfred Dazel represented the Blitzboks in 32 tournaments all over the world, but despite this experience the newly-appointed Springbok Sevens assistant-coach is still feeling some nerves and excitement in the build-up to this weekend’s Sydney Sevens.

The Blitzboks will be defending their crown at the Allianz Stadium when the third tournament on the World Rugby Sevens Series kicks off on Friday, January 26.

READ: Blitzboks drawn alongside England in Sydney

It will also be the first time for Dazel in his new role.

“I have played and worked with Neil Powell before, so this is not completely new to me,” explained Dazel, who was Springbok Women’s Sevens head coach until the end of last year.

“I assisted him at the Olympic Games in 2016 (where South Africa won bronze) and during the Cape Town Sevens last December, and we were team-mates for a couple of years. The women’s team also shared the same base in Stellenbosch, so I really slotted in with ease.

“There is less pressure for the assistant coach, which allows me to focus on the task at hand – more personal and one-on-one coaching with the players. I am taking care of the attack and the one thing we picked up from our performance in Cape Town, was a need to improve with ball in hand. We have shifted some of the focus of our preparations towards that.

“I am excited and a bit nervous about the weekend, but that is a good sign,” Dazel added.

Another experienced, but excited Blitzbok in the squad is veteran Kyle Brown, who will be playing in his 61st tournament, but first in Sydney.

He missed the previous two tournaments in New South Wales due to injury, but Australia is not new to him as he has played in the Adelaide and Gold Coast tournaments before.

“I had a quiet stroll around the city this morning to check out some of the coffee shops,” Brown said.

He could be playing in his 300th match for South Africa this weekend, but Brown prefers not to focus on this achievement.

“Nothing was made of my 100th or 200th matches, so I don’t quite know what to with that. I am just happy to be back with the squad,” he said.

Stedman Gans, another debutant at the Sydney Sevens, is also keen to get the action underway.

Gans made his Blitzboks debut in Las Vegas last year and played in Vancouver, Hong Kong and Singapore before he joined the Junior Springboks in Georgia for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship.

Earlier this month, Gans was part of the SA Rugby Sevens Academy side that won tournaments in Uruguay and Chile and now he finds himself with the Blitzboks in Australia.

“It is what the system is all about – the Academy is there to produce and deliver the next generation of Blitzboks and this is what is happening now,” said Gans.

“We gained some valuable game time in South America. Players learn and develop with time on the field. I am still learning and growing as a player and this tournament will be more about that. I recovered well after the trip from South America and thanks to the staff back home at our base in Stellenbosch, I am feeling fine and ready to play.”

The Springbok Sevens team open the tournament with a Pool C clash against Papua New Guinea on Friday. They face Spain and England on Saturday.

eNCA | INFOGRAPHIC: Life Esidimeni timeline

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JOHANNESBURG – 143 patients died after being moved from Life Esidimeni to unlicensed NGOs.

During the transfer of patients, relations broke down between the Gauteng’s top health official and families.

Officials who have testified at the arbitration have all pointed fingers at Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu as the person who pushed for the transfer of patients, despite the dire consequences.

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eNCA | Despite calls to stop, defiant Overvaal protesters vow to continue

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JOHANNESBURG – Ongoing protests at Hoërskool Overvaal are violating the rights of children to education, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga said on Monday.

There was a heavy police presence at the Vereeniging school on Monday as protesters gathered for a fourth straight day to protest against the school’s language policy.

Motshekga, accompanied by Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, met with stakeholders on Monday afternoon.

Hoërskool Overvaal has seen violent protests since it reopened on Wednesday.

The protesters are demonstrating after a court ruled the Afrikaans-medium school did not have the capacity to accept 55 English-speaking pupils.

More than 40 people have been arrested for public violence.

“There were lots and lots of protests and they were escalating at a level that we felt that they might lead to a loss of life or injury or a loss of property,” Lesufi said.

READ: Provincial ANC leader injured after police fire rubber bullets outside Hoërskool Overvaal

Last week, a police van was petrol bombed, allegedly by the protesters. 

The minister called on protesters to take their grievances up with the department directly.

“There should not be any singing in front of schools. We are appealing to everybody to step off, there is a process that is quite clear. If they are unhappy with the court decision, they must be friends of the court, but they must not bring the battle to the school,” she said.

Protesters insist they will keep on demonstrating until Friday to shine a light on racism at the school.

Private security companies have been brought in to ensure that just over 600 pupils arrive and depart safely, amidst the ongoing unrest.

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Workshop Clerk

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QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES Knowledge:
Knowledge of all safety regulations and workshop procedures.
Knowledge of inventory, equipment, plant, assets, tools, etc
Knowledge of stock items, PPE, etc. Skills
Administration skills
Time management skills
Good people handling skills
Competencies
Minimum of Grade 12
Computer literacy and fluency in MS Excel and MS Word
Familiar with procurement and buying processes
Familiar with engines, pumps and motor vehicles / trucks Fluent in English – written and spoken
People skills.
Code 08 drivers license.
Communication skills
Professional image. KEY RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS ROLE
Perform routine filing
General housekeeping
Work overtime when requested
Handle general enquiries appropriately.
Assist with overflow administration duties when requested
Draw up and maintain a schedule of all assets Create job cards Supply mechanics daily with work sheets.
Procure all spares and parts required by the workshop.
Obtain quotes for all purchases.
Complete purchase requisitions and have them authorised, enter onto summary.
Arrange for either delivery/collection of items ordered.
Draw up a schedule to control all service intervals of the pumps.
Liaise with site office to have the pumps made available for their service.
General support to all areas of Administration. heno@rtmuhp.com

Senior Factory Manager

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Current position needs to be filled as soon as possible. Monday to Friday.
08:00 – 17:00
Possibility of working on Saturdays and callouts on a weekend. About the role: Accomplish manufacturing staff results, planning, monitoring and coaching
* Maintains work flow by monitoring steps of the process, setting processing variables, observing control point and equipment, monitoring personnel and resources Facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points Accomplish work results Establish priorities Monitoring progress Resolving problems reporting results of process flow to operations manager Maintain quality of service, enforcing organization standards
Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs
Maintain clean work environment: daily housekeeping
Maintaining compliance with policies and procedure
Controlling of general workers on a daily basis
Accomplish daily targets
Daily planning of production
Pro active and able to problem solve.
Maintenance background (mechanical and electrical) advantageous.
Knowledge of fishing industry also advantageous. Non – response within 2 weeks indicates an unsuccessful application. All applications are kept on our database for future suitable positions. admin@corerec.co.za