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| Remuneration: | R350000 – R400000 per year Cost to company |
| Location: | Durban |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #KB49239 |
| Company: | E-Merge IT Recruitment |
Reshape your tomorrow, join a growing team of passionate data and analytics professionals in a great office with a spectacular view of the ocean. You will have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting projects across South Africa and develop your skills within the BI Space. This contact center goes beyond providing customer support and keeping customers satisfied. It also generates a significant amount of data essential to improving customer experience.
Reference number for this position is KB49239 which is a permanent position based in Durban offering a cost to company salary of R350,000 to R400,000 per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Kavisha Bissessar on
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Posted on 25 May 08:20
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| Location: | Cape Town |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Outsourcery |
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Our client is offering a fantastic remote working opportunity for you to join their experienced and dynamic team as a Digital Marketing Manager to deliver a leading CMS and web platform.
They run a cloud-based platform for building and managing websites and web applications that includes CMS, CRM, eCommerce, eMarketing and bespoke Databases. In addition, they also offer bespoke development services to our partner agencies that includes API integrations and building complex marketplace projects.
Stack: AWS based infrastructure, GraphQL/Liquid/YAML, HTML/CSS (Sass)/JS and Node.js/React/React Native, Figma, Affinity
The business is based in Aldermaston near Reading but the position is available for South African candidates.
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Posted on 25 May 08:09
A drug supported and even taken by United States President Donald Trump as a potential weapon against the new coronavirus simply doesn’t seem to work, another major study finds.
In fact, hydroxychloroquine, as well as a related medicine, chloroquine, may even raise the risk for death and serious heart rhythm disorders in people who use it, an international team of researchers reported.
The two drugs are approved to help treat illnesses such as malaria and lupus. Early on in the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump labeled the drugs potential “game changers” against the disease, despite little good evidence supporting such claims. Google searches by Americans looking for the medicines surged after his endorsement.
And last Monday, Trump told reporters he’d been taking hydroxychloroquine for about a week and a half in an effort to help prevent infection or illness with SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus. He said he was taking the drug with the approval of the White House physician.
However, the new research, published May 22 in The Lancet, is the latest in a long line of studies suggesting that the drug is useless against the new coronavirus and Covid-19. And its authors say it may offer the most definitive proof yet.
“This is the first large scale study to find statistically robust evidence that treatment with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine does not benefit patients with Covid-19,” said lead author Dr Mandeep Mehra, executive director of the Center for Advanced Heart Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
“Instead, our findings suggest it may be associated with an increased risk of serious heart problems and increased risk of death,” he said in a journal news release.
The researchers said their observational study findings suggest that the use of the two drugs in Covid-19 patients should be restricted to clinical trials until there’s proof from “gold standard” randomized clinical trials that the medications are, in fact, safe and effective.
Mehra’s group analysed data from nearly 15 000 hospitalised Covid-19 patients who were given hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, with or without the antibiotics azithromycin or clarithromycin, and a control group of about 81 000 hospitalised patients who didn’t receive the drugs.
The patients were admitted to 671 hospitals between December 20 and April 14, and all had either been discharged or had died by April 21.
The death rate in the control group, which did not receive either hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, was 9.3%, the Boston team reported.
That’s far lower than the 16.4% death rate for the group that received chloroquine alone, or the 18% death rate for those patients who received hydroxychloroquine alone.
Adding antibiotics to the mix didn’t help, either: For those receiving chloroquine and an antibiotic the death rate was 22.2%, and it was 23.8% for those who got hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic, the researchers said.
Even though other factors – including age, obesity and pre-existing health conditions such as heart disease, lung disease and diabetes – might have played a role in the differences in death rates, hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine was still associated with an increased risk of death, the researchers concluded.
As well, serious heart rhythm problems were more common in patients who received either of the four treatment regimens, Mehra’s group added.
The highest rate (8%) was among patients given hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic, compared with 0.3% of patients in the control group.
After accounting for other factors, the researchers calculated that this drug combination was associated with a more than fivefold higher risk of serious heart rhythm problems.
“Randomised clinical trials are essential to confirm any harms or benefits associated with these agents,” Mehra said. “In the meantime, we suggest these drugs should not be used as treatments for Covid-19 outside of clinical trials.”
Prior studies have concluded much the same.
For example, one US study published in late April found the death rate for people with Covid-19 who took hydroxychloroquine on top of usual care was actually higher than those who didn’t – 28% vs. 11%, respectively.
Soon after, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a statement that “hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing Covid-19.”
The FDA also warned that “hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can cause abnormal heart rhythms”.
On May 8, New York City physicians reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine tracked outcomes for nearly 1 400 patients with severe Covid-19. Those who received hydroxychloroquine fared no better than those who did not.
And now this latest “well-conducted observational study adds to preliminary reports suggesting that chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, alone or with azithromycin, is not useful and may be harmful in hospitalised Covid-19 patients”, Dr Christian Funck-Brentano, of Sorbonne University in Paris, wrote in a journal commentary accompanying the new study.
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Our client, a leading Pest Control & Hygiene Solutions Company is looking for a passionate individual that will join this team and ensure continued growth, look for new opportunities and always look at improving current services. Are you an excellent communicator, team orientated, professional and passionate about this industry? We want to hear from you!
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT
SECTOR: PEST CONTROL
START DATE: IMMEDIATE / A.S.A.P
DUTIES:
Reporting directly to the Director(s), the successful applicant will be responsible for planning, organizing, leading and controlling all aspects of the daily running of the office.
This includes, but is not limited to:
– Staff management
– Achieving of acceptable and agreed levels of performance in all areas of the organization
– Keeping abreast with new and improved methods of pest control
– Regular staff meetings to discuss and review targets, budgets, etc.
– Ensure pricing are in line with budget
– Ensure that servicemen are registered to complete their NCPS as well as with the Department of Agriculture as PCOs
– Ensure annual renewal of SAPCA membership
– Submit required report / submissions timeously
– Ensure compliance to company policy at all times
– Carry out random spot checks
– Monthly reporting to Director(s)
– Train, recruit, inspire, lead and maintain talented people to grow with the company.
NON NEGOTIABLES:
5+ years experience in pest control environment
Management / Supervisor experience
Fully bi-lingual (English / Afrikaans)
Well versed in pest control, pest management and pesticides
Experience providing strategic planning and succession planning initiatives
Own car and valid drivers license – able to travel to Northern Suburbs daily
Interested? Apply on our website at www.statusstaffing.com or e-mail sabina@statusstaffing.com today.
Status is working remotely during this lockdown and is committed to the best services as always.
Should you not hear back from us within 10 working days, please consider your application as unsuccessful. We will retain your credentials for future similar roles.
Our client, a leader in their industry, has an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified SAP Authorisation & GRC Specialist. You will provide SAP authorisations and GRC technical skills and support across the Group, at a senior level.
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As President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a downgrade to Level 3 lockdown restrictions on Sunday evening, the Covid-19 infection rate continued to climb.
Ramaphosa announced that there were now 22 583 infections, with 429 deaths after 22 more people had lost their lives due to the virus.
He said a total of 583 855 tests had been conducted, with 19 485 tests done in past 24-hour testing cycle.
“We wish to express our condolences to the loved ones of the deceased and thank the healthcare workers who treated these patients,” Ramaphosa said.
The most deaths have been recorded in the Western Cape, which now stands at 281.
The Eastern Cape has 59 deaths, followed by KwaZulu-Natal 49 and Gauteng 29.
The most infections are in the Western Cape, with 14 740, making up 65.3% of all infections.
There are 2 773 confirmed cases in Gauteng, making up 12.3% of cases nationally, followed by the Eastern Cape 2 690 and KwaZulu-Natal 1 815 cases.
Hotspot focus
Ramaphosa listed a number of hotspots the government will be focused on as the fight against the pandemic intensifies.
These hotspots include Tshwane, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay, Buffalo City and Cape Town. Also, the West Coast, Overberg and Cape Winelands districts in the Western Cape, the Chris Hani district in the Eastern Cape and the iLembe district in KZN.
He said hotspots would be linked to testing services, isolation facilities, quarantine facilities, treatment, hospital beds and contact tracing.
Ramaphosa warned that Level 3 could be revoked if an area should worsen.
“Should it be necessary, any part of the country could be returned to alert Levels 4 or 5 if the spread of infection is not contained despite our interventions and there is a risk of our health facilities being overwhelmed.”
He further stated that hotspots would be reviewed every two weeks.
There would also be enhanced surveillance and infection control and a full-time team of experts assigned to hotspots.
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave weary and irritable South Africans something to look forward to when, on Sunday evening, he announced that the country will move to Level 3 of the lockdown on 1 June – but, as always, the devil is bound to lurk in the detail.
He has given six addresses to the nation since the state of national disaster was announced on 15 March, and where South Africans were broadly united in their support for the president and his government’s swift action more than two months ago, the national mood has become increasingly frayed as the lockdown began to bite.
Regulations announced by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the local government minister legally charged with administering the emergency directives, came under fire for the lack of logic and scientific evidence on which it was based, while the machismo of some ministers – notably Police Minister Bheki Cele – rightfully drew flak.
The legality and constitutionality of the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), a newly established body attached to Cabinet but with no apparent statutory standing, has also been challenged as South Africans started to push back and demand answers.
Politics and ideology also came into play in recent weeks as questions were raised over the government’s continued banning of alcohol and tobacco sales, with Ramaphosa seemingly at first supporting the sale of cigarettes, only for Dlamini-Zuma to announce that the ban will remain in place.
And tension between some scientists on the Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) – a body of 51 eminent scientists advising the Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize – came to a head over the last seven days, with Professors Glenda Gray, Francois Venter and Shabir Mahdi, among others, criticising the government’s approach to scientific advice. They all broadly agree that advice from the MAC on issues, such as the regulations, aren’t listened to and that the scientists feel sidelined.
Ramaphosa on Sunday night sought to bring a measure of calmness to the fraught environment of recent times. Chief among those was that the economy will by and large be reopened, with retail, construction, manufacturing, financial services and almost every other sector set to return to business on Monday, 1 June.
But restaurants and bars, professional sport and the airline industry – as well as the tobacco industry – will remain closed or constrained in the levels of activity they can undertake.
The implications of the lowering of the risk level from 4 to 3 will be clarified in the coming days – but, as with previous announcements, the minutiae in the detail will determine to what extent South Africans will return to normalcy.
Alcohol sales will be permitted, as will exercise and more freedom of movement. We’re going to have to wait and see what exactly the amendments to the regulations say.
Ramaphosa explained the extent of the public health response and again, like in the past, reiterated the real fear that the full impact of the virus has yet to breach our defences. He said the lockdown has given the public health system time to prepare and authorities space to procure equipment and beds, and to construct field hospitals.
The president, clearly acutely aware of Mkhize’s strained relationship with key members of the MAC, reached out to them and thanked and acknowledged their contributions, saying their advice was sought before the address.
FULL TEXT | Ramaphosa unveils Covid-19 hotspots, dos and don’ts under level 3 lockdown
“We are extremely grateful for the work they have done and continue to do to ensure that our response is informed by the best scientific evidence. We appreciate the diverse and sometimes challenging views of the scientists and health professionals in our country, which stimulates public debate and enriches our response.”
It has been an almost impossibly difficult and complicated period to navigate – with much of it being the government’s making, it must be said. A broken public health system, a depleted national fiscus, a misfiring public service and a weak economy did not give Ramaphosa the armoury with which to tackle a global pandemic of uncertain scope and impact.
Before the pandemic hit, the country was facing its biggest socioeconomic crisis in decades, with unemployment soaring, economic activity declining and our investment grade tanking. The pandemic, and many of the responses to it, have conspired to only make matters worse.
Our ability to support and sustain livelihoods – either through job creation or social grants – has been severely damaged by the last 10 weeks. And the country’s biggest problems remain as they were two months ago: weak electricity generation, the state of public owned companies, the urgent need for economic reform and the reconstruction of state institutions like the NPA and SARS.
The lockdown could not be sustained, Ramaphosa said. And the spread of the coronavirus is going to get “much worse” before it gets better.
But, for now, a semblance of normality beckons. Even if we are a diminished country.
Rugby Australia’s (RA) new boss says Sanzaar is planning a Rugby Championship series played in an Australian ‘hub’ in October, New Zealand’s Stuff website reports.
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Rob Clarke – who replaced Raelene Castle as Rugby Australia chief executive – said if the Rugby Championship plan did not go ahead, he was confident of a home-and-away Bledisloe Cup series between the All Blacks and the Wallabies.
Clarke told Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper that there was “absolute commitment” from Sanzaar to a “hub-based TRC (The Rugby Championship)”.
“We can do it in the October-November time frame,” Clarke said.
“If we can fly international teams into a hub like Australia that sits in the middle of our territories, and put together a competition structure that might well be more towards a Rugby World Cup-type structure where there might be midweek games and weekend games, try to condense it as much as possible, we’re looking at that as a potential solution.”
Clarke said if international travel restrictions prevented South Africa and Argentina flying to Australia, RA was “well down the path in discussions with New Zealand, for a three or four Test match Bledisloe series both home and away.”
He said a Bledisloe series would rely on a trans-Tasman bubble to allow travel between the two countries.
“Based on what the governments are saying, it’s a reasonable assumption.”
The Springboks will be keen listeners to what exactly lockdown Level 3 entails. At this stage it appears unlikely that contact sport will be allowed to recommence any time soon.
An October-November Rugby Championship would spell the end of this year’s planned end of year tour to Europe where the Springboks where due to play Italy, Ireland, France and Wales between November 7-28.
– Compiled by Sport24 staff
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