Durban developers this one is for you! A six-months contract with the potential of permanent.
There are a lot of conspiracies around the scarcity of natural resources and that this could be the cause of the next world war. A proudly South African company which has received global attention for deriving smart solutions that combat the effects of droughts, is looking for an intermediate C# developer to join their team. Offering a .Net and cloud environment.
Reference number for this position is RS49395 which is a contracting position based in Durban offering a contracting rate of R400 per hour negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Rylene on
az.oc.egrem-e@senelyr
or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Through innovation and technology, this Durban based giant has become one of Africa’s powerhouses. They are looking for a team lead data scientist with your skills set and experience to carry them to infinity and beyond! If working for a company that is employee-centric and put its people first speaks to your career aspirations, what are you waiting for?
Requirements and skills
Skills:
SAS, R, Python and SQL scripts
Strong R and Python coding skills
Experience with Azure Machine learning Studio or AWS equivalent
Working knowledge of BIG data tech eg Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Hive, etc.
Python
SSIS
Requirements:
Two to three years of analytical experience (statistics, econometrics, operations research)
Proven experience in data science/advanced analytics with commerce (financial services and telecommunications experience are an advantage)
Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline or five years of analytical experience
Data management experience including traditional ETL knowledge, data quality, data governance
Strong SQL skills and SSIS
Experience using statistical and machine learning techniques, regression, clustering, sampling, neutral network analysis
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop cutting edge solutions
Excellent communication skills
Duties and responsibilities:
This senior position will be responsible for the execution and delivery of data science engagements as well as overseeing the mapping of data movement, data sources, data aggregation, interfaces and analytics with the goal of ensuring data quality within the organisation.
This is a senior technical role and as such is hands-on rather than a purely managerial role
Owning and delivering the data science engagements
Investigation, design and implementation of improvements to existing and new statistical models machine learning algorithms across all areas of the business
General mentorship to the data science team members, including but not exhaustive to:
Guidance on statistical principles and approaches when building statistical or empirical models
Advanced knowledge and proven application of machine learning/statistics to add value to
business. Including but not limited to Clustering, Random Forests, Neural Networks, Boosted
Decision Trees, GLM’s, GAM’s, KNN, Spatial Modelling, Time Series Modelling
Adopting and championing the CRISP-DM framework to model building and deployment
Sound boarding approaches to possible improvements and new products
Technical optimization of existing SAS, R, Python and SQL scripts
Ad hoc queries relating to models and products
Documenting and general maintenance of models and products
Champion advanced data analytics with other senior stakeholders across the business
Create and deliver value to the greater team and company
Maintain and manage relationships with external data consultants and vendors
Reference number for this position is SM47143 which is a permanent position based in Durban offering a salary of up to R720K per annum cost to company. Contact Sifiso at
az.oc.egrem-e@mosifiS
or call me on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Requirements
SAS
R
Python
SQL scripts
Python coding skills
Experience with Azure Machine learning Studio
AWS equivalent
BIG data tech
Hadoop
MapReduce
Spark
Hive
SSIS
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Reference: Paa001590-D-1 Our client in Bloemfontein is looking for a Safex Contract Administrator. Duties & Responsibilities Qualifications and Experience
Strong computer literacy (Excel Advanced)
5 Years administrative experience, of which 1-2 years in a contract management/ purchasing environment
Understanding of derivative instruments (futures and options) – preferably. Key responsibilities of this role
Contract Co-ordination and administration
Ensure execution of contract in compliance with regulatory environment and company policy
Accurately and timely processed deal
Manage future months on deal sheet for commodities •SAFEX Deals Administration
Import trades and ensure positions are allocated correctly
To ensure that all deals executed on SAFEX are correctly reflected in the administration system. •Position Report Administration
Ensure that all physical deliveries are correctly reflected on the position report
To ensure that traders are able to see exactly what their commodity position are at all times Salary: Market Related Closing date: 9 June 2020 Please send cv, references and photo to; desmaine@vinerecruitment.co.za Package & Remuneration
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The ANC and the return of the state to the centre of society
At the end of the summer, some two or three months ago, the governance and political environment was much different than it was now.
The state’s coffers were all but bare, the result of a poorly performing economy and plundered fiscus, and the realities of forced structural changes and reforms were beginning to overtake any and all lofty rhetorical ambitions that the ANC government had.
The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic however changed the whole landscape. Whereas Finance Minister Tito Mboweni was gearing up to start enforcing reforms in the civil service and state-owned companies, two of the biggest drivers of debt, wastage and bad governance, the pandemic forced him to put most of his plans on hold. But it did put the state and state control back at the centre of society with emergency regulations and laws providing sweeping powers not seen since the advent of democracy.
In this week’s edition of the Friday Briefing I argue the pandemic has given the ANC a new lease on life, and that the recent economic recovery document it put forward is evidence of the party’s plans to re-centralise lost control. Mpumelelo Mkhabela, who used to be a colleague in the press gallery in Parliament, writes about the shocking murder of Collins Khosa and asks when the president will reassert his authority. And Elmien du Plessis, one of the clearer constitutional scholars around, says this week’s judgment by the High Court about the legality of emergency regulations is a missed opportunity.
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The global coronavirus pandemic has presented an ailing ANC with an opportunity to return the party and state to the centre of South African society, writes Pieter du Toit.
President Ramaphosa has to reclaim his leadership relevance on the Collins Khosa matter and take charge as a commander-in-chief, writes Mpumelelo Mkhabela.
The unfamiliar landscape of quick executive decision-making and fast-paced law writing over the past few months came as a gift for many a law nerd. At times, it has felt like a quiz show with fingers on the buzzer, ready to answer the question: “Is this legal?” asks Elmien du Plessis.
The killing of George Floyd in the US and the subsequent protests it has sparked have seen South Africans turning the spotlight on the deaths of Collins Khosa and others during the lockdown.
Experts have weighed in, saying while there are similarities between these killings, the context in which they happened is slightly different – mainly race and class dynamics within the two countries.
In South Africa, outrage at killings by law enforcement seem to have a short lifespan as many wealthier people are able to overlook and move on from these tragedies, bringing into question the value placed on poor, black lives.
The death of 46-year-old George Floyd in the United States has sent shockwaves around the world, as well as in South Africa, igniting protests and public campaigns against police brutality in the name of #BlackLivesMatter.
The reaction to Floyd’s death has sparked conversations in South Africa about the struggle of black people, racism, the deaths of citizens at the hands of metro police, SAPS and soldiers during lockdown, as well as the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.
“[W]ithout such comparisons, we would not understand the world fully,” political analyst Angelo Fick remarked.
Race and class dynamics
Speaking to News24 this week, Fick said there are comparisons to be made, both in these specific incidents of police brutality, as well as on the context in which they happened.
“The killing of black people in the US and their deaths in police custody is the consequence of living as a minority population in a majority white country, with a specific history of white supremacy, slavery and colonial violence [towards] indigenous people and people brought to the US by slavery,” Fick said.
He added that, in South Africa, it is mostly poor, black people who die at the hands of police in a country which is majority black and has a history of violence in the form of colonialism and slavery.
“The class distinction in South Africa is mapped onto the race distinction and often it is mistaken for a race distinction. Yes, the racism is there but there are experiences that many of us in the middle class black South Africa need never fear, our homes will not be invaded, we will not likely be beaten to death as a rule in front of our relatives, whereas for working class poor South Africans this is a reality of violation that they have to deal with far more often than the rest of us,” Fick said.
“I’d like to insist there must be a class inflection to racism inflection, because the racism is there and, as I’ve indicated before how ordinary police operatives may understand the world and what counts and looks like a criminal maybe shaped very much by racist understandings of the world [but] it’s also about class because they’re very unlikely to treat middle class people in the same way except in extreme circumstances.”
Thato Masiangoako, a researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institution (SERI), reiterated this, saying white and middle-class people had not experienced the lockdown in the same way that more disadvantaged people had.
“The racial dynamics in the US and South Africa are slightly different, but South Africa is not necessarily free from the pervasive and material ways in which systemic racism manifests, and that manifests here in the ways in which black people remain on the disadvantaged end of inequality and they are in fact the face of poverty in South Africa,” Masiangoako said.
She added, “those intersectional dynamics around all the factors that contribute to disadvantage in this country I think are similar to what’s happening in the US. But what’s different in SA is the role of class in distinguishing between who’s lived experience, or stories get told and get attention”.
The world came to know about Floyd’s violent death through gruesome video footage which was shared widely.
For Collins Khosa and many other South Africans killed by police, information was revealed largely through court papers, official statements or witness statements. While video footage was taken by Khosa’s neighbours, they were allegedly threatened by law enforcement and the footage was deleted.
“So, we don’t have the footage which does, I think, spark a different level of outrage because of how graphic that is,” Masiangoako said.
For many more privileged people, the “luxury” to switch off is always there, while those responsible are hardly ever held to account.
“In Marikana, we watched the police kill miners on national television, and not a single officer who was responsible for those deaths has been indicted, which is testament to the fact that such a high profile case can brought in and out of our consciousness when it suits us,” Masiangoako said.
Is the outrage loud enough?
This luxury to overlook tragedy resulted in momentary outrage in South Africa, Masiangoako said.
“For the most part, a lot of middle and upper class South Africans have been able to overlook, save for the odd rage tweets, but that’s usually followed by a typical back to normal.”
According to Fick, South Africa has other mechanisms to hold leaders to account – on paper at least – while in the US a complex relationship exists between branches of government.
“On paper, the mechanisms are there but, in the reality of contemporary South Africa, the mechanisms are not working and not because they are designed badly, but because they’re compromised by people and by the compromised state that we live in,” Fick said.
“In the US, there are mechanisms, but they’re mechanisms that are even more politicised than they are in South Africa. For example, district attorneys who have to draw up the charges are themselves political figures because they’re elected.”
For Johan Burger, senior research consultant in the Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), police conduct in South Africa under the lockdown warrants outrage.
Burger questioned how such brutality is possible with a police service that “made us all believe that they have changed their culture”, yet seemingly lost respect for basic human rights once given extra responsibilities.
A protester kneels in front of military police near the White House to protest the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis, on June 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY, AFP)
“The questions there is how is it possible that the moment police are given these additional laws to enforce in terms of regulations and having military support, then suddenly it looks like they lose all kinds of control in terms of exercising respect for basic human rights [that] they apparently at least to some extent had before the lockdown.
“I think that is the one question we are all struggling with from an analytical point of view, which tells you that something is still extremely and inherently wrong in the police service in terms of how it functions,” Burger said.
Police ideologies
Ideologies surrounding policing, regarding who is seen as a criminal and who is not, are much the same everywhere, Fick said.
“[T]he everyday understanding of the world that ordinary people get from their television screens, from their newspapers, through fiction – whether it is visual fiction or written fiction – may go some way to explain the kinds of things you can do to do poor black bodies in South Africa, [which] isn’t that different to what you can do to poor black bodies elsewhere in the world.
“The Collins Khosa case is not new; let’s not forget that there is Andries Tatane and, before that, a long history of the easy violation of black people’s bodies that simply got forgotten in the public domain,” he said.
Credit Services Operations Manager in Western Cape | Other Professions | Job Mail | 4714852
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Our Client requires your financial operations experience managing their team for Africa and South Africa using your vast credit & online expertise. Marketing, operations and people management skills will be your major focus to grow this leading Financial Technology Business.
REQUIREMENTS
8-15 years work experience, ideally in an online environment
Experience in credit preferable but not required
Strong financial acumen dealing with financial and statistical calculations
The ideal candidate must combine the variety of skills applicable to the industry
DUTIES
Operational and marketing:
Managing the growing client services team alongside the incumbent operations manager
Improving training and performance monitoring processes
Measure and enhance customer service
Improving fraud detection
Managing early and late-stage collections
Overseeing rollout of marketing plan
Introducing new marketing and client acquisition initiatives
Financial:
Assisting with budgeting and cashflow management
Assisting with external fundraising
Product- and business development
Implementing pipeline product changes and operational innovations
Identifying new growth channels
General duties:
Regulatory compliance with National Credit Act
Working close with IT and analytics teams
Serve as member of executive team and assist in determination of company strategy
Client Relationship Specialist in Kwazulu-Natal | Other Finance/Accounting | Job Mail | 4714798
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Our client supports and backs all its staff to be successful, with a long-term growth plan, much like their investment philosophy, which is centred around the following components:
Culture – They provide a high-performance yet supportive work environment that aims to provide staff with an engaging and challenging work experience. The essence of this culture is embodied in always putting their clients first. Growth – They are constantly looking to grow their business and add value. They are always looking for the right people to join them on this journey.
The Role:
Service all existing clients that form part of an allocated Wealth Specialist’s team that they work for.
Provide first class service to all clients and as such increase the company’s market share in the area of, Assets Under Management.
Build a trusting relationship with the private wealth clients, fostering confidence and goodwill, thereby understanding and meeting their needs with the products and services on offer.
Conduct client reviews with clients to assess their situation, assessing their current needs and making recommendations where possible.
Responsible for the attainment of an Assets Under Management (AUM) target each month as part of the Wealth Specialist’s team and are actively incentivized in this regard.
Requirements:
FSCA recognized qualification to be a Representative on a CAT I FSP.
CFP would be advantageous.
Written and passed the Representative (RE5) Exam.
Has been a Representative on an FSP(s) license for the requisite periods of time and has fulfilled the Product Specific Training (PST), Class of Business (COB) and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) requirements.
10+ years of experience in financial services with emphasis and exposure to investments, with experience in sales and HNW client servicing, conducting full needs analysis, financial planning, and estates planning.
The High Court judgment that declared levels 3 and 4 of the lockdown unconstitutional and invalid has been described by some experts as flawed, with one saying if it goes on appeal, it will most likely be overturned.
This comes as the government on Thursday indicated it intends to appeal the court’s ruling.
The judgment was delivered on Tuesday following an application brought by the Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) and Hola Bona Renaissance Foundation.
In his ruling, Judge Norman Davis found little or no regard was given to the extent of the impact of individual regulations on the constitutional rights of people and whether the extent of the limitation of their rights was justifiable or not.
Cabinet on Thursday announced it would appeal the high court judgment, which declared various regulations governing Level 3 and 4 of the nationwide lockdown as unconstitutional and invalid.
President Cyril Ramaphosa held a special Cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss the high court judgment.
Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said the decision was taken after advice from legal experts.
Mthembu said Cabinet would appeal through the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria before going to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Although the country is still on lockdown, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has declared various regulations governing Alert Level 3 and 4 as unconstitutional and invalid.
Judge Norman Davis found that little or no regard was given to the extent of the impact of individual regulations on the constitutional rights of people and whether the extent of limitation of their rights was justifiable or not.
The judgment was handed down on Tuesday following the urgent application brought by the Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) and the Hola Bon Renaissance Foundation.
Davis ordered Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to formulate changes to the regulations within 14 days.
While Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has raised concerns about the rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape, its largest casualty unit with a dedicated isolation site, Livingstone Hospital, is struggling.
The provincial health department confirmed the unit had been hit by a shortage of sterile gloves, gowns and employees, including doctors, nurses and porters, while its Accident and Emergency Unit had not been cleaned for days.
On Thursday, department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo told News24 the unit had not been cleaned and it had no sterile gloves and gowns as of Wednesday afternoon.
However, Kupelo denied reports the casualty unit was shut down on Wednesday after doctors complained about its filthy state.
It will cost the Western Cape government R16 000 per bed for state patients to be treated at a private hospital if government hospitals no longer have space for Covid-19 patients.
This after Health Minister Zweli Mkhize hinted on Tuesday a deal was imminent, and South Africans who cannot afford private healthcare will benefit as the government foots the bill.
Western Cape head of health Dr Keith Cloete said during a digital press conference on Thursday: “I can confirm that the rate that was agreed to for the ICU high care was R16 000.”
The province will also open its field hospital at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday instead of next week, to be ready for the first expected patients on Monday as the number of cases spike in the province.
Brazil is easing restrictions despite logging record numbers of daily coronavirus fatalities, with President Jair Bolsonaro saying death is “everyone’s destiny.”
On Wednesday, Brazil recorded the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus in a single day. The 1 349 new fatalities beat the previous record of 1 262 deaths, which was set the day before, according to data from the country’s health ministry.
The country’s total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases also surpassed 500 000 this week. Only the US has more.
Striking images published late last month showed row upon row of mass graves, laying bare the state of the country’s crisis.
The first comprehensive review of all available evidence for Covid-19 protective measures has been published in The Lancet.
The review takes a look at all published literature to inform the World Health Organization on the most effective safety measures.
All the studies reviewed looked at optimum use of protective measures in both community and healthcare settings, including physical distancing, eye protection and the wearing of face coverings such as masks, according to a news release.
The aim of this comprehensive release is to help establish definitive guidelines on protective measures, according to the statement.
Professor Holger Schünemann from McMaster University in Canada co-led this study and stated that it was the first to synthesise all direct information on Covid-19, SARS and MERS and provide the best available evidence in a response to the pandemic.
“Governments and the public health community can use our results to give clear advice for community settings and healthcare workers on these protective measures to reduce infection risk,” he stated in a news release.
Lost sense of smell (anosmia) and diminished sense of taste (dysgeusia) have surfaced in recent weeks as peculiar symptoms of Covid-19 (the diseases caused by SARS-CoV-2) infection. And a recent case report of a 25-year-old radiographer who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) illustrates how this may happen.
The report, published in the journal JAMA Neurology, explains that the female patient had no significant medical history, and that she had initially presented with a mild dry cough that lasted for a day. This was then followed by persistent severe anosmia. However, the patient did not have a fever.
The patient then had a brain MRI performed three days later. The authors looked at 3D and 2D fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images, which showed that a cortical hyperintensity was evident in the right gyrus rectus – a portion of the brain, usually vulnerable to traumatic injury, that is located at the very middle of the frontal lobe of the brain.
They also found the presence of a subtle hyperintensity in the olfactory bulbs – an essential structure in the olfactory system which is devoted to the sense of smell.
A new analysis of the Covid-19 outbreak in 58 cities shows that places that took longer to start implementing measures of physical distancing allowed more time for the virus to spread rapidly, leading to a longer outbreak than in those areas who started measures earlier, according to a news release.
The study by a team of epidemiological researchers at the University of Texas in Austin is now in press at the CDC’s journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
In the new research, the team studied cities throughout China when the first cases emerged, when physical distancing measures were implemented and when the outbreak was under control.
The research suggested that for every day delayed after the first case emerged, a period of 2.4 days could be added to the length of the outbreak.
“Every day saves time, saves effort, saves people becoming infected and probably saves lives,” stated Lauren Ancel Meyers, a professor of integrative biology in the press release. “This is particularly important as we think about the coming weeks and months.”
If a child is infected with the new coronavirus, being obese appears to greatly raise the odds for developing a severe form of Covid-19, a new study finds.
The report was based on 50 cases of paediatric Covid-19 severe enough to require admission to a New York City hospital.
Eleven (22%) of the 50 kids were obese, and six of the nine children who required a ventilator were obese, the study found.
Obesity has long been noted as a risk factor for adults with Covid-19, “so it was interesting that many of the hospitalised patients in this study had obesity and/or overweight,” said researchers led by Dr Philip Zachariah, a paediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. They published their findings on 3 June in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
• Maintain physical distancing – stay at least one metre away from somebody who is coughing or sneezing
• Practise frequent hand-washing, especially after direct contact with ill people or their environment
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, as your hands touch many surfaces and could potentially transfer the virus
• Practise respiratory hygiene – cover your mouth with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Remember to dispose the tissue immediately after use.
