News24.com | Free State farm manager killed and tied to a pole

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A farm manager was killed.

A farm manager was killed.

  • A 21-year-old farm manager was murdered and tied to a pole. 
  • He had injuries to his head and face and a rope at his neck tied him to the pole. 
  • Police found a knife and have appealed for any information.

A 21-year-old farm manager in the Free State was found murdered and tied to a pole on Friday morning, police said. 

Police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele said Brendin Horner was found in an open space in Paul Roux at about 06:30. 

He was the farm manager of De Rots.

According to police, he was tied with a rope around his neck to the pole. 

A knife was found near the scene. 

He had serious injuries on his head and face. 

Bloodstains 

His Toyota Hilux was found abandoned and with bloodstains near Duikfontein Farm in the same area. 

The motive for the killing is not know yet, but Makhele said police were appealing for information to help with their investigation. 

Information can be given to Detective Sergeant Britz who can be contacted on 082 466 7648 or station commander Captain Moloi on 082 419 6715.

Jan van Niekerk, provincial Freedom Front Plus leader, said crimes such as Horner’s murder could only be effectively combated if the government admitted that they were serious, in the first place, declared them to be priority crimes, and establishing specialist units tasked with ensuring rural safety.

It called on the agricultural community to join their local safety and security structures and encouraged farmers to safeguard and defend themselves.

News24.com | Hosts France could meet Springboks in Rugby World Cup 2023 pool

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Springboks (Getty Images)

Springboks (Getty Images)

Hosts France could face holders South Africa in the group stages of the 2023 Rugby World Cup after World Rugby announced on Friday changes to the seeding system.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, seeding levels for the tournament draw held on 14 December in Paris will be based on world rankings on 1 January 2020 instead of after the Autumn internationals as originally intended.

“While Covid-19 means that, in the interests of fairness for all qualified teams, we have needed to draw a line under the rankings at the beginning of the year, everyone should appreciate that this is a unique time, we can’t delay,” World Rugby chairperson Bill Beaumont said.

The Springboks are joined by three-time winners New Zealand, last year’s runners up England and Wales in the top group of sides.

Les Bleus, are with Ireland, Australia and 2019 home country Japan in the second pot while Scotland, Argentina, Italy and Fiji make up the third.

The fourth and fifth band will be made up from the eight qualifying nations which will be decided by November 2022.

The general manager of the 2023 Rugby World Cup France Claude Atcher was released from police custody last week after he was questioned alongside French rugby president and World Rugby vice-chairperson Bernard Laporte as part of an investigation into suspicions of favouritism of Top 14 club Montpellier.

The bands as of 1 January 2020 are:

  • Band 1: South Africa, New Zealand, England, Wales
  • Band 2: Ireland, Australia, France, Japan
  • Band 3: Scotland, Argentina, Fiji, Italy
  • Band 4: Oceania 1, Europe 1, Americas 1, Asia / Pacific 1
  • Band 5: Africa 1, Europe 2, Americas 2, Final Qualifier Winner

Senior C# Front-End Developer (Johannesburg)

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Location: Johannesburg
Type: Contract
Reference: #SP49960
Company: E-Merge IT Recruitment

Job description

Are you a senior C# developer with strong front-end skills? A top marketing solutions provider with an international footprint is looking for an experienced developer with to join their team.

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Reference number for this position is SP49960 which is a contract position based in Johannesburg offering R800 per annum cost to company salary negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Sanchia Penny on az.oc.egrem-e@paihcnas or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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What you will need to join the team:

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  • jBoss, HTML, and CSS3
  • Adobe Creative Suite – PS/DW/AI

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Intermediate Big Data Engineer- Java/Scala (Johannesburg)

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Remuneration: R500000 – R700000 per month Cost to company 
Location: Johannesburg
Type: Permanent
Reference: #MD49457

South Africa’s leading financial institution with a large footprint in Africa is currently expanding its streaming services moving its legacy platform to a big data platform. The incumbent needs to integration experience with a whole enter must have worked on a Cloudera stack Hadoop, spark and kafka. 

Join this amazing company with cutting edge technology and phenomenal work and play culture. 

Requirements: 

  • Big data developer/engineer
  • IT degree
  • Three years’ experience
  • Spark
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Java
  • Scala/spark
  • J2ee
  • Spark SQL 

Reference number for this position is MD49457 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a salary of R700,000 per annum per annum cost to company negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Musa on az.oc.egrem-e@dasum or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities. 

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Multimedia Reporter (West Coast)

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Remuneration: negotiable Cost to company 
Location: West Coast
Job level: Junior/Mid
Job policy: Employment Equity position
Type: Permanent
Reference: #MMRWESTCOAST
Company: Independent Media

Job description

The Successful incumbent will be responsible for the following

  • Produce stories that are well researched, accurate, balanced and well written.
  • Produce high quality stories that are error free and ready for publication for all platforms.
  • Produce regular front page leads
  • Produce regular feature articles and curated content
  • Establish a strong network of contacts.
  • Editing copy that complies with legal, style and space requirements.
  • Follow up stories.
  • Use social media to drive readership.
  • Supply links, pictures, audio and or videos.
  • Use social media to break news and engage with online audience.
  • Generate ideas for unique story packages and community focus and reader engagement.
  • Manage a personal diary.
  • Initiate stories.
  • Meet the deadline demand of the title whilst projecting a positive image.
  • Any other functions as and when required. 

Requirements

  • A thorough understanding of issues affecting Cape Town and South Africa
  • Must have a tertiary qualification in journalism or equivalent.
  • Must have and be able to supply a contactable list of high profile contacts.
  • Have a strong presence on social media with a number of followers.
  • Must have a valid driver’s licence.
  • Must have extensive contact base.
  • Excellent command of English.
  • Must be fully computer literate, including the use of all social media applications
  • Must have at least 3 years journalism experience working on multiple platforms
  • Having a formal training qualification in multimedia journalism would be advantageous.
  • Have a flair for tackling and writing a wide variety of stories.

Required Competencies:

  • Be technologically well advanced on all social network platforms
  • Excellent public speaking and presentation skills in gathering news and presenting news
  • Have excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with high level contacts
  • Must have the ability to think creatively.
  • Be a self – starter that shows initiative and ability to work independently.
  • Be extremely motivated and driven to work in a highly pressurised fast pace environment.
  • Be highly flexible working long, irregular hours  nightshift, weekends and public holidays
  • Be prepared to travel long distances across the province and country.
  • The ability to work under constant deadlines pressure

Posted on 02 Oct 13:55

Senior Data Architect (Cape Town)

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Remuneration: R840000 – R924000 per year 
Location: Cape Town
Education level: Degree
Type: Permanent
Reference: #CN51053
Company: E-Merge IT Recruitment

Job description

Permanent/full-time opportunity for an experienced, senior-level data architect to join a reputable financial services organisation in Cape Town.

As part of the data management team, you’ll be responsible for development, optimisation and oversight of the company’s data systems.

Reference Number for this position is CN51053 which is a permanent position based in Cape Town offering an annual cost to company salary of R840k – R924k PA negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Craig Nel on az.oc.egrem-e@ngiarc or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information systems or similar
  • Five+ years’ experience in a similar role
  • Five+ years’ experience in developing Enterprise Data Warehouse/EDW Architecture and solutions
  • Excellent understanding of database/data warehouse structures and data mining
  • Prior exposure to Talend and Snowflake considered highly advantageous
  • MS-Azure knowledge/experience considered highly advantageous

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain and enhance group-wide, cloud Data Warehouse
  • Maintain structured development process
  • Maintain structured maintenance process
  • Establishing of staging area across all service lines
  • Documenting of the Data Warehouse
  • Reliability of data produced from Data Warehouse
  • Design and implement effective database solutions and models to store and retrieve company data
  • Examine and identify database structural necessities by evaluating client operations, applications, and programming
  • Assess database implementation procedures to ensure they comply with internal and external regulations
  • Prepare accurate database design and architecture reports for management and executive teams
  • Oversee the migration of data from legacy systems to new solutions
  • Design computer code using various languages to improve and update software and applications
  • Monitor the system performance by performing regular tests, troubleshooting, and integrating new features
  • Recommend solutions to improve new and existing database systems
  • Educate staff members through mentorship and individual support
  • Offer support by responding to system problems in a timely manner

 

Posted on 02 Oct 12:03

1 October 2020 – Racehorse administrator sentenced to 10 years for VAT fraud and theft

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Pretoria, Thursday 1 October 2020 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) welcomes the sentencing of a businesswoman to an effective 10 years imprisonment for submitting fraudulent claims for Value-Added Tax (VAT).

The businesswoman, Ms Sheritha Hariram, age 55, of Reservoir Hills, Durban, was sentenced in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 29 September 2020 on six counts of fraud amounting to R1 981 762.19 and three theft charges amounting to R1 195 706.39.

The ten-year effective sentence came about after the magistrate sentenced her to two terms of 10 years each and two terms of five years each, resulting in a total of 30 years direct imprisonment. However, all of the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

The magistrate heard evidence that Ms Hariram registered a company, Gallop Administration CC, whilst she was still working for a firm of accountants who were doing the accounting work for a horse-racing administration company.

Gallop Administration then applied to SARS to be appointed as a horse-racing agent. With such authority, Gallop Administration was authorised to claim VAT refunds on behalf of racehorse owners who were not registered for VAT.

The court found that Ms Hariram had used agents to solicit clients in the racehorse industry and paid them a commission for any clients sent to her. Gallop Administration would charge their clients 20% of the VAT that the company was able to claim from SARS.

However, it was also found that Ms Hariram had inflated VAT claims for a number of clients and had pocketed the inflated amounts.

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter applauded the investigators who were responsible for the successful conviction and sentencing on Tuesday.

“SARS is deeply committed to uproot criminality especially as it relates to tax related matters. I am glad that the courts are taking these crimes seriously and handing down these severe sentences. Taxpayers need to understand that they will not get away with defrauding SARS which is in effect a crime against the poor and vulnerable in our society who depend on state assistance.

“My sincere thanks must go to our investigators who put their skills to work in order to expose such blatant and criminal abuse of VAT. If it were not for their dedication and persistence we would not be able to prosecute these criminals who lack any sense of morality or integrity.”

He said individual taxpayers who need to file income tax returns as part of Filing Season need to take note that SARS will not tolerate any attempt to defraud the people of South Africa.

Furthermore, SARS will continue to provide clarity and certainty to taxpayers in order to meet their obligations by making it easy for them to comply. Equally, it will make it hard and costly to those who are determined to engage in criminal malfeasance.

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DBA/Database Administrator (Johannesburg)

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Remuneration: R1100000 – R1200000 per year Cost to company 
Location: Johannesburg
Type: Permanent
Reference: #CN51077
Company: E-Merge IT Recruitment

Job description

Superb opportunity for you, the talented MS DBA looking to take your career to the next level and join a top IT / Management Consulting firm specialising in turnkey solutions across infrastructure, storage, private cloud, network/security optimisation and more.

Reference number for this position is CN51077 which is a permanent position based in Jhb Central offering an annual cost to company salary of up to R1.2m PA negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Craig Nel on az.oc.egrem-e@ngiarc or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.

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Requirements

  • B.Com/B.Sc/B.Tech/B.Eng Degree in a related discipline (e.g. computer science or information systems or similar)
  • Microsoft Certified (e.g. MCSE: Data Platform or similar)
  • Seven+ years’ experience in database administration roles within a Microsoft driven technology environment

Highly skilled/knowledgeable in:

  • SQL Server
  • T-SQL
  • SSIS, SSAS, SSRS
  • Replication and availability groups
  • Management of files and filegroups, table archiving and partitioning,
  • SQL backup and restore
  • Mirroring, replication and log shipping.
  • MS Azure experience considered highly advantageous

Responsibilities:

  • Maintenance and administration of complex database systems for numerous organisations
  • Database maintenance including job management, space management, automated backups and automated restores
  • Database availability including process management, index maintenance
  • Database security including surface area management, database integrity and user access control
  • Database monitoring using a variety of tools
  • Implement data change requests
  • Performance tuning
  • Writing T-SQL code
  • Troubleshooting database errors
  • Define and document database standards and processes

Posted on 02 Oct 11:56

Changes to the South African Reserve Bank process of purchasing gold coins from the public

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Publish Date: 2020-10-02
Category: Media Releases

Since the lowering of the lockdown levels and the resumption of most activities, the SARB will also resume the service of purchasing gold coins from the public. This will be done at the SARB Head Office, as of Wednesday, 7 October 2020, under strict conditions that comply with social distancing and other safety guidelines. ​

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Communications Specialist (Durban)

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Location: Durban, Umhlanga
Education level: Degree
Job level: Junior/Mid
Job policy: Employment Equity position
Type: Permanent
Reference: #Communications Speci
Company: FMI, a division of Bidvest Life Ltd

Job description

We are looking for an experienced communications specialist to join our team! As a communications specialist, you will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships between the company and all stakeholders.

Job purpose

The communications specialist will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships between the company and all stakeholders. The role aims to promote a favourable brand image and public reputation. This will include managing internal communications within the organization (newsletters, dist. media features, etc.) as well as establishing valuable relationships with the public and the media, liaising with thought leaders, securing media opportunities and fielding reputational issues.

Responsibilities

  • Develop FMI’s PR and communications strategy
  • Drive FMI’s PR and communications Plan
  • Monitor economic, social and political trends that might affect the organisation and recommend ways to enhance FMI’s image
  • Foster media relations
  • Manage external PR and media agencies
  • Facilitate reputation management

Minimum qualifications and experience

  • BA/MA degree in marketing, advertising, communications or a related discipline such as journalism
  • Minimum five years of PR and marketing experience
  • Proven track record in communications, with a focus in PR and media management
  • Experience within financial services or in the life insurance category (ideal)

Competencies

  • Lives FMI’s values of bravery, empathy and excellence.
  • Ability to translate strategic objectives into a cohesive PR and Communications plan for both customer and IFA channels.
  • Confidence executing successful public relations campaigns at both a local and national level.
  • Skilled in utilising earned media to increase FMI’s brand image, public awareness and credibility.
  • Strong writing and communications skills

Posted on 02 Oct 11:07