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News24.com | Mbeki says De Klerk told him he wasn’t aware apartheid had been declared a crime against humanity – report

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As the heat continues surrounding apartheid’s last president FW De Klerk’s statements about the system, former president Thabo Mbeki has said that De Klerk was not aware of United Nation’s declaration that apartheid was a crime against humanity. 

According to IOL, Mbeki said he had interacted with De Klerk, who had said he “actually did not know” about the UN declaration. 

Mbeki, who served as the second democratically elected president of South Africa, shared the details to the media in Durban on Sunday after addressing a political school of the ANC. 

The publication also reported that the Mbeki had said he would be sharing the UN document with De Klerk to enlighten him on the matter. 

De Klerk has come under fire following his statement that he believed apartheid was not a crime against humanity, during interviews commemorating 30 years since he unbanned liberation movements in the country, which saw the release of among others, late former president Nelson Mandela.

After EFF leader Julius Malema demanded that De Klerk be removed from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, and labelling him an “unrepentant apologist of apartheid”, the former president’s foundation released a statement labelling the notion that apartheid was a crime against humanity “soviet agitprop” – propaganda meant to agitate.

The statement saw further backlash from the likes of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, ANC and other organisations who have called on the foundation to retract it. 

There is also a planned protest for Wednesday in Cape Town against De Klerk and his foundation, News24 reported. 

Convener of the #DeKlerkMustFall protest Songezo Mazizi told News24 that they were expecting a number of citizens and activists who were concerned about the foundation’s recent statement about apartheid to take part and would be handing down a memorandum calling for the foundation to apologise.

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Trade Marketing Manager

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Trade Marketing Manager in Western Cape | Marketing | Job Mail | 4620441

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  • Ad Placed : 16 Feb 2020 21:30:20 Affiliate ad
  • Remuneration : R 40000 – PER MONTH
  • Employment Type : Full Time
  • Employment Level : Senior Management
  • Industry :
  • Sales/Marketing
    Marketing
  • Region : Western Cape
  • Company : Status Staffing

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO KICKSTART 2020! Established market leader is inviting you to join in their current success providing you have the following credentials

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Permanent Role

SECTOR: Marketing

BASIC SALARY: R40 000

START DATE: February 2020

DUTIES

  • Create and execute a Trade Marketing Strategies
  • Accountability for execution of same
  • Plan and co-ordinate new product development – launches
  • Develop “Go To Market” for all stakeholders
  • Conduct trade visits to sites for assessments of new products
  • To drive and develop promotional campaigns
  • Branding
  • Motivation of in-store staff to ensure in-store promotions of brand
  • Organize POS for events
  • Organize trade exhibitions (attend same)
  • Evaluation feedback (monthly / quarterly)
  • Analysis in trade spending / recommendations
  • Ad hoc duties

APPLICANTS MUST HAVE

  • Senior Certificate
  • Credit and Criminal Clear
  • Marketing Degree (or Branding) / similar
  • Min 5 years’ experience in Trade and or Brand Marketing (retail / FMCG / hospitality / similar)
  • Must be strong in analytics – ability to measure market effectiveness
  • Able to work in analysing large amounts of data / trends
  • Totally proficient in MS Office
  • Possess a strong aptitude in visual/graphic design
  • General

In order to secure an opportunity to meet with this client email TODAY!  margot@statusstaffing.com or telephone 021 421 1917 ask for Margot

If you have not been contacted within 10 working days your CV was not successful and will be retained on the database for future roles.

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Sap Support Analyst

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SAP Support Analyst in Kwazulu-Natal | Other IT/Computer | Job Mail | 4645002

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  • Remuneration : R 500000 – PER YEAR
  • Employment Type : Full Time
  • Employment Level : Senior Management
  • Industry :
  • IT/Computer
    Other IT/Computer
  • Region : Kwazulu-Natal
  • Company : Sharon Nurock Recruitment cc

This large manufacturing company is currently looking for a suitably qualified and experienced SAP Support Analyst, who will report to the SAP Business Analyst based in the IT department.

About the Role:

  • Provide day-to-day support for SAP issues that affect the daily operations.
  • Resolve level 1 support issues in a timely manner and assign complex issues to more senior team members.
  • Proactively identify problematic issues (data or process) and work with the necessary individuals to resolve such issues.
  • Work with business users to gather more details on new or existing SAP issues, prioritise the issues accurately to help address them in a timely manner.
  • Identify training needs for end-users and review and update training materials.
  • Engage with end-users and determines skills requirements.
  • Regular follow up visits to end-user to ensure users are applying the correct system processes.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required:

  • Relevant Degree/Diploma.
  • SAP Certification preferred.
  • At least 3 to 5 years SAP Support Analyst experience
  • Thorough knowledge in at least 2 of the following modules:
    • MM, FI, CO, PM, PPPI, QM, DMS, WM, SD.
  • Authorisation/ABAP/Workflow preferable.
  • Diagnose, analyse and solve SAP issues.

Key Performance Areas:

  • SAP support analysis.
  • Diagnose, analyse and solve SAP issues on the helpdesk.
  • Analyse the current business processes and explore ways IT can contribute to improving these processes.
  • Participate in the testing and validation of process and system changes where required.
  • Conduct trend analysis of SAP issues, in order to identify underlying problem.
  • Ensure training documentation and assessments are aligned with current business and system processes. Create additional training material were required. Identify and perform training to individuals or large group.
  • Manage, build and maintain customer relations.
  • Optimised service delivery.

Competencies:

  • Very good communication skills and follow-through ability.
  • Action orientated.
  • Good technical and analytical skills.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Business acumen.
  • Customer focus.
  • Interpersonal skills.
  • Functional skills.
  • Planning and organising.

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Rooms Division Manager & Assistant General Manager

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Our client is seeking a Rooms Division Manager & Assistant General Manager to effectively and profitably manage and control the food and beverage department.

The purpose of the position is to maintain operating standards as laid down by the Company and responsible for the achievement of desired operating results.

Open position : Rooms Division Manager & Assistant General Manager
Location : Addo
Type : Permanent position
Salary : Market related

** This employment will include staff accommodation**

Job requirements :
•Recognized 3 year Tertiary qualification in the Hospitality industry will be an advantage
•5 years’ experience in the Front Office Department of which at least 3 years should have been in a managerial position
•High Level of computer literacy with emphasis on Opera & Microsoft office and Micros
•Revenue Management experience
•Well-developed leadership, training, communication and interpersonal skills
•Good business acumen with competent financial understanding
•Knowledge of budgets and budget setting, yield management and revenue controls with the ability to maximize departmental profit percentages through enhanced revenues and cost control measures in place.
•Ability to work shifts and occasional overtime
•Must have sound Industrial Relations experience

Duties :
• Ensures the highest standards of safety and hygiene are maintained in the food and Beverage department.
• Directs, coordinates and controls the efforts of the food and beverage personnel in maintaining the highest standard of service, presentation and efficiency.
• Controlling of labor costs within the food and beverage department.
• Develop relationships with guests ensuring their return.
• Maintain the food and beverage costs and ensure pricing is market related.
• Analysis of the F&B financials
• Plan and monitor income & expenditure against budget
• Experience in operational controls and the ability to implement controls according to the operational requirements.

• Above average knowledge of food, beverage and wine service and products.
• Training staff, skills development of personnel
• Complete management of the Food and Beverage Department.
• Maintain excellent operational standards and service levels.
• Maximise sales and control costs to enhance profit margins.

• Efficiently and effectively manage all operating equipment to maintain standards and cost containment
• Monitor the performance of all food and beverage management and staff at all times
• Maintain consistent and fair discipline within the food and beverage department
• Maintain the micros point of sales system
• Endure all information is captured accurately in Micros
• Coordinate & oversee F&B Stock takes
• Assist in putting quotes & menu’s together for weddings & functions
• Assist HOD team in coordinating general Lodge operations in the absence of the General Manager
• Managing casual and contract staff
• Ensure all staff are trained within the agreed guidelines.
• Shift Duty Management
• Assist Head Chef in planning and putting menus together

Candidates meeting all the above criteria are invited to email their CV to bulelwa@kingrec.co.za

 

If you have not received contact from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

 

 

Health24.com | Caring for grandkids might help stave off loneliness

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Caring for a grandchild might be the best way to fight the isolation of old age, new research suggests.

This conclusion is based on 2014 data collected as part of an ongoing German survey of older adults.

Higher loneliness scores

Among the nearly 3 900 grandparents in the survey, more than 1 100 said they cared for a grandchild. Those who had grandchildren to care for had lower scores on loneliness and social isolation tests, and a larger social network than those who didn’t care for grandchildren.

Meanwhile, grandparents who didn’t care for a grandchild had higher loneliness scores and were in regular contact with fewer people important to them, the study authors said.

The findings were unchanged even after the researchers took into account factors such as marital status, domestic arrangements, household income, self-rated health, physical activity levels and depressive symptoms.

The study can’t prove that taking care of grandchildren by itself makes older people less lonely, only that there appears to be an association.

It might be that grandparents who felt less lonely and isolated to start with are more likely to care for a grandchild, said study author Eleanor Quirke, of the department for health economics and health services research at Hamburg-Eppendorf University Hospital, and colleagues.

Supplementary grandchild care

The study also didn’t account for how near to their grandchildren grandparents lived or how often they provided care, all of which could have affected the findings.

The report was published online in the journal BMJ Open.

“Assisting their families to balance work and family by providing supplementary grandchild care may boost grandparents’ self-esteem, and may also facilitate ongoing positive relationships with their children and grandchildren,” Quirke’s team suggested.

“Moreover, caring for grandchildren may also expand the social circle of grandparents and allow for further opportunities to establish relationships with other parents or grandparents,” the study authors explained in a journal news release.

But it’s also possible the positive effect might wear off if grandparents have to spend so much time caring for a grandchild that it interferes with their lives, the researchers added.

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News24.com | Daycare owner, four other men arrested in big child porn bust in Gauteng

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Five men – including a daycare centre owner – have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of explicit child abuse images and videos, police said on Sunday. 

The men, aged between 30 and 62, were arrested between February 10 and Valentine’s Day following the execution of search warrants, police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili said. 

‘Operation Moonlight’ was conducted by national and Gauteng members of a specialised section within the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, along with United States Department of Homeland Security officers – who assisted with their expertise in crime scene forensic analysis.

Murildili said teams acted on information from the Crime Intelligence Cyber Crime Unit.

“Several personal computers, hard drives, flash drives, tablets and cellphones which contain explicit child abuse material (child pornography) were seized during the operation for further investigation and as exhibits.”

Muridili said a 30-year-old living with his parents in Rietfontein was arrested first on February 10, while a 42-year-old married father of three was arrested in Claremont, Pretoria, on the same day. 

A 62-year-old pensioner who owns a daycare centre managed by his wife was arrested a day later and, on Thursday, a 42-year-old living with his parents was arrested in Daspoort, Pretoria.

The last man to be arrested, a 34-year-old from Kempton Park, had a previous conviction for rape and sexual assault – for which he received a five-year suspended sentence that will end on March 15. 

Muridili said another search warrant was executed in Garsfontein, Pretoria, but the suspect was not arrested. 

“The suspect was not arrested as there was no material found on his premises, but his electronic equipment was seized for further investigation.”

She said the man had a pending 2012 case of bestiality and possession of child pornography due for judgment on April 20. 

“All the accused that have already appeared in court have been granted bail of R5 000. They cannot be named as the police are still conducting thorough investigations and cannot rule out the possibility that some of the children on the material that has been confiscated might be South African, and therefore their identity has to be protected.”

Muridili appealed to parents to exercise strict measures to ensure their children do not fall prey to sexual predators lurking on the net. 

“It is recommended that parents supervise their children’s access to the internet and social media.”

She pointed out that no children under the age of 13 could use WhatsApp and Facebook in respect of their terms of service.

Sport24.co.za | Proteas: Why there’s no need for long faces

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Cape Town – An uplifting little exercise … can you say that even when talking about the series-losing team?

Yes, of course you can.

South Africa and England slugged out one of the most enthralling Twenty20 international bilateral mini-rosters imaginable before the tourists emerged 2-1 winners on the strength of their wonderful run chase of a lofty target at jam-packed SuperSport Park on Sunday.

The quality of the combat was succinctly summed up on Twitter by retired English broadsheet scribe and Test-capped fast bowler Mike Selvey (@selvecricket), who also once played for Free State: “Not seen a better T20 series than that.”

The five-wicket triumph with five balls to spare, in a contest marked by a seemingly never-ending clattering of sixes across the board on a sublime batting surface, only underlined the calibre of England’s current white-ball resources.

But chew also on this: that all three matches went to the wire – Sunday’s to the start of the final over, and the previous two to the last possible ball – also said plenty about the Proteas’ ongoing claw-back of general cricketing respect after a stormy, shambolic start to the domestic summer for all manner of reasons.

The more astute, suitably temperate of South African supporters will know full well that the notably experiment-conscious host nation gave as good as they got over the last few days, against opponents considerably more “first-team” in their selection policy.

Stretch that a tad further … the earlier 50-overs portion of the limited-overs itinerary had similarly revealed the Proteas’ potential for meaningful regeneration.

Although curtailed to two completed games, the 1-1 outcome there had already been a heartening development, considering that South Africa were playing the defending World Cup champions in that format, crowned only a few months ago after that heart-stopping final against New Zealand at Lord’s.

While plenty of hard yards lie ahead for the Proteas to rekindle their credentials as a Test force after their 3-1 battering in the first part of England’s tour and other big setbacks in the five-day arena ahead of it, there are quite clear-cut signs that a fresh pool of high-calibre talent is being created in the more abbreviated forms of the game.

England fielded the nucleus of their CWC 2019-winning resources in both one-day landscapes here over the last few weeks, including seven of the trophy-hoisting side against the Black Caps in mid-July just in Sunday’s decisive T20 duel with the Proteas: dual-format captain Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood.

Their XI at Centurion also vastly eclipsed the Proteas for experience, something amplified by the fact that Morgan – named player of the series against South Africa after respective innings of 52, 27 and Sunday’s definitive 57 not out, off just 22 balls – holds a tally of 89 T20 caps to go with his especially vast 236 at ODI level.

He is a survivor of England’s now distant, maiden title success in the ICC World Twenty20, back in 2010 in the Caribbean, and again among seven players who turned out on Sunday to have been in the English team beaten in the final of the last World T20 (in Kolkata, 2016).

That automatically gave the visitors a key edge in street wisdom over a Proteas squad featuring several players still very much in blooding stages of their international development; that they were so hard pressed by the broadly more youthful SA side must be considered a significant feather in local caps.

Quinton de Kock and company now go almost immediately into another usefully challenging series of home limited-overs matches (again three T20, three ODI) against arch-rivals Australia, starting on Friday at the Wanderers (18:00).

Those skirmishes will help further in clarifying which batch of players to entrust faith in for the Aussie-staged ICC T20 World Cup in October.

The Proteas rested some massively proven personnel against the English, so a return for the likes of Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada and possibly even global pin-up favourite AB de Villiers could be imminent.

Infuse their rich experience, for balancing purposes in the squad, and South Africa will instantly become a force to be reckoned with against virtually any white-ball opponents.

Warts and all, the Proteas have been encouragingly competitive without them, of late …

*Follow our chief writer on Twitter: @RobHouwing

Quality Manager

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Quality Manager in East London | Other General Employment | Job Mail | 4643470

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  • Ensure that targets are met on a monthly and daily basis
  • Ensure that project related tasks are actioned and achieved in the given time allocated
  • Communicate with sub ordinates all changes in the department and plan the workflow of the team to accommodate additional tasks
  • Plan and incorporate additional tasks assigned to the current load e.g. projects
  • Identify the training needs for the department and request from HR Department
  • Monitor and implement any corrective actions as required
  • Maintain a good working relationship with the customers and suppliers 
  • Be a team player and assist other departments when able to
  • Maintain the time and attendance, discipline of the department e.g. weekly time sheet, overtime etc.
  • Ensure staff is well trained and on a high competence level
  • Ensure that the entire Quality Management system is running to the benefit of the customers

Minimum requirements:

  • Relevant Quality courses / Management
  • IATF 16949
  • ISO 14001 knowledge
  • Project Management
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Ctp Operator

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Novus Print, a division of Novus Holdings, is looking to appoint a suitably qualified CTP Operator. The incumbent must have a record of accomplishment of excellence that is built on a strong foundation of values and performance culture. A high regard for structured business processes and applying team cohesion is required. A relevant trade certificate supported by a tertiary qualification in I.T is essential. The incumbent must have experience in desktop and I.T related functions. The successful incumbent will report to the Pre-Press Shift Leader and will be based at the Bloemfontein business unit.

for Rent. R 4 411 : 1.0 BEDROOM FLAT TO LET IN OOSTERSEE… South Africa Property Portal

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This 1 bedroom apartment with a separate entrance is situated in the sought after area of Oostersee. On offer is a kitchen area with a built-in cupboard and a double sink, unfortunately there is no stove so the tenant would be required to bring in their own.

The bedroom consists of a built-in cupboard, blinds and tiles and leading from the bedroom is a bathroom with a shower, basin and toilet.

There is an open parking bay allocated to the tenant in the front of the property.

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