News24.com | DA vs De Lille war turns ugly

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While embattled Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille prepares for another round in her battle with the Democratic Alliance (DA), the party has decided to dedicate an entire page on its website to explain why she must go.

A page on its website, with a large image of the besieged leader, attempts to respond to frequently asked questions on “The Patricia De Lille Matter“.

On Wednesday evening, an internal motion of no confidence against De Lille was supported by 70% of the DA Cape Town caucus during a special meeting – a move in preparation for her recall.

Her fate is now in the hands of the party’s federal executive.

ALSO READ: DA caucus supports motion of no confidence in Patricia de Lille

The long battle to remove De Lille has seen the party introduce a recall clause, which has been dubbed by many as the “De Lille clause“, giving the party powers to remove its public deployees.

On the site, the party outlines findings of investigations against De Lille, the Auditor-General’s findings and why the DA took a decision to charge the popular political leader.

“Ms De Lille’s attempts to garner public sympathy by misrepresenting and spreading alternative facts can only be an orchestrated attempt to detract from the significant allegations against her and to mislead the public she is meant to serve with integrity befitting her current office,” the party said on the page.

ALSO READ: ‘I expected it. Now it’s time for another fight’ – De Lille after motion passes

De Lille, who posted a video of herself wearing boxing gloves on social media following her party’s announcement, said she expected the outcome and was already preparing herself for another fight.

She is expected to make representations to the DA’s federal executive on why she should not be removed.

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Code 14- Super link Driver

Our client in the Cato Ridge area is seeking to employ a Code- 14 superlink driver.

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  • 3- 5 years of experience
  • Must have Hazchem with PRDP
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  • Must have experience in reversing out of a bay( Right reverse and crooked reverse.
  • Must live within the Cato Ridge area.

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Mid-Weight Art Director/Copywriter Team (Cape Town)

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Remuneration: negotiable Cost to company 
Location: Cape Town
Job level: Mid
Type: Permanent
Reference: #Tam322
Company: Viv Gordon Placements

A fab and flying agency is on the lookout for a mid-weight, above-the-line Art Director/Copywriter team to join their Cape Town studio. The successful team will get the exciting opportunity to work on a variety of brands including FMCG, Retail, Alcohol, etc. We’re looking for a passionate and driven creative team to take their brands to the next level. Are you the superstars we’re looking for?

If you are not part of an existing team, please apply anyway as they will put a team together.

Responsibilities

  • Work together to develop an overall concept that communicates to a target audience within the scope of the brand and creative brief supplied
  • Art Director: conceptualise ideas and designs, formulating artwork and storyboards based on the client’s specifications
  • Copywriter: writing top quality scripts, concept statements, long copy, body copy, pay-off lines etc.
  • Develop top quality ATL advertising and promotional campaigns within the parameters of the client brief
  • Craft concepts into original, relevant and impactful communications; follow through to the completion of the job whilst maintaining explicit attention to detail and adhering to project timelines

Requirements
The successful candidates must have/be:

  • Relevant advertising portfolio
  • Four to five years as an Art Director/Copywriter at a reputable Advertising Agency
  • Art Director: Tertiary Qualification in Art Direction, Design, Packaging/Art Theory (or similar)
  • Copywriter: Post-graduate degree or National Diploma (or similar), specialising in Copywriting
  • Conceptual ability and solid design/writing skills with a portfolio that demonstrates this (ideally award winning)
  • Mac proficiency (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Freehand)
  • Integrity, energy and creativity
  • Self-disciplined with excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to work under pressure in a close-knit team environment

Should you not receive a response within one week, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Viv Gordon Placements (VGP) is a specialist recruitment agency in the advertising, marketing, media, public relations and publishing industries.

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eNCA | WATCH: Icasa reveals data won’t expire but #DataMustFall wait continues

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JOHANNESBURG – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) on Thursday announced that data will soon no longer expire.

It was expected that data costs would be reduced at the highly-anticipated briefing but South Africans will have to wait a year or more for that.

The regulator said no decision on data costs had been taken.

“All licensees are no longer allowed to charge consumers out of bundle rates for data when the data has run out without their specific consent. This will ensure that consumers are not defaulted to out-of-bundle, which is significantly higher,” Icasa’s Botlenyana Mokhele said.

Icasa said this was just a culmination of an extensive market review process, which will come in three phases.

“This is the culmination of extensive market review processes initiated in 2017. We hope to finalise the three-stage process by June 2018.”

Icasa says the first step of the three phases is to stop “bill shock”.

WATCH: Icasa announces data costs verdict

“At this point in time, it is more about dealing with out-of-bundle rates and expiring of data. But we have deliberately stayed away from dealing with prices at the moment until the 2nd or 3rd phase is complete.”

It said the final regulations will be published in the government gazette and will kick-in one month after it has been published.

This will allow interested parties, like providers, 30 days to comment on the new regulations and furthermore, time to amend some of their software to allow for the changes.

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News24.com | Cabinet places North West health dept under administration

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Cabinet has placed the North West health department under the administration of the national government, in the wake of protests ravaging the province.

“Cabinet deliberated on the unstable situation that has unfolded in the North West, which has affected a number of services, particularly health services,” Communications Minister Nomvula Mokoyane said on Thursday following Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.

“As a caring government, Cabinet has approved two immediate interventions to restore order and stability in the area.”

READ: North West legislature lays charges against health HOD over contract to Gupta-linked company

The two interventions are: placing the provincial health department under administration, and a ministerial task team has been appointed to oversee the department.

“Cabinet approved the invoking of Section 100(1)(b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 to address the apparent crisis, particularly in the health sector.”

Mokonyane said the main objective of this intervention would be to: 

  • restore trust and confidence between labour and government;
  • assist the province to upgrade its systems and capabilities to a new normality;
  • ensure compliance with the legislative and regulatory framework of government;
  • stabilise the labour environment, restore sustainable service delivery, ensure the security of staff and improve financial management.

Section 100 of the Constitution reads: “When a province cannot or does not fulfil an executive obligation in terms of the Constitution or legislation, the national executive may intervene by taking any appropriate steps to ensure fulfilment of that obligation.”

Strike closes some hospitals, clinics

Mokonyane said Treasury and the national Department of Health would step in on behalf of the government in North West’s health department to ensure services were delivered. 

The change is with immediate effect.

Some hospitals and clinics in the province closed after staff members downed tools in a strike led by the National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu).

There were also reports that some staff had intimidated their colleagues and forced them to abandon patients.

READ: Shortage of medical supplies as North West strike drags on

Health services in parts of the country have ground to a halt since the Nehawu strike began two months ago. It led to a go-slow at the main medical depot‚ resulting in a shortage of medication and other supplies.

The situation was exacerbated by the violent protests gripping the province, as residents called for embattled Premier Supra Mahumapelo to go.

Mokonyane also announced that Cabinet had mandated a task team of ministers to visit North West “to establish the facts on the ground”.

Task team

They are expected to submit a report in the next two weeks. The report back would assist in determining any further interventions that may still be required.  

Asked if the task team would speak to Mahumapelo about him stepping down, Mokonyane said that was not the team’s brief.

“There are already interactions on the level of the president and the premier,” she said, adding that the ANC was also dealing with the matter.

Mokonyane said the team would be engaging the provincial government on governance issues.

The task team, convened by Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, will include Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize, and the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster of ministers.

“Whilst noting the concerns that were raised by communities, Cabinet strongly condemns the acts of violence, looting and destruction of property that accompanied protests in some areas of the province,” Mokonyane said.

eNCA | WATCH: Dlamini-Zuma to step in as Sassa grants chaos continues

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CAPE TOWN – An inter-ministerial task team headed by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will be stepping in at the Department of Social Development as the controversy around South Africa’s grant payments rages on. 

This emerged at a post-Cabinet press briefing on Thursday afternoon.

Newly-appointed Social Development Minister Susan Shabangu wants to suspend cash grant payments of the South African Social Development Agency (Sassa).

eNCA’s Annika Larsen attended the post-cabinet briefing and explains the issues below. 

Parliament on Thursday released a statement saying briefings by the Department of Social Development and its entities were cancelled “on the basis that the department has no defined organisational structure.”

The Portfolio Committee on Social Development said the department’s budget would not be approved during the upcoming budget votes without an approved annual performance plan (APP).

Shabangu told the committee that vacancies within the department have been frozen since there appears to be three different organisational structures, which could not be validated with the Department of Public Service and Administration.

She reported that 450 vacancies within the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) have also been placed on hold until its structures can be verified.

The minister is yet to meet and familiarise herself with other departmental entities.

Referring to the millions of social grant beneficiaries, committee member Sibongile Tsoleli said: “We cannot rubberstamp something that is wrong. We are in a situation right now. This will affect our people out there who are expecting so much from this department,” referring to the millions of social grant beneficiaries.

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Health24.com | 5 reasons you’re gaining weight that have nothing to do with food

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Our increased appetite for TV and trans fats isn’t the only reason we’ve gained weight, according to a study in the International Journal of Obesity.

Here, Dr Wayne May gives other reasons our waistlines are expanding. Who knew?

1. Chronic stress

Stress can lead to relatively higher cortisol levels, which make you more prone to central weight gain – i.e. around the abdomen – with a resultant higher risk for blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol problems.

2. Medicine

Some meds can cause weight gain by either increasing appetite (usual mechanism) or slowing metabolism (unusual). Culprits include anti-depressants, antihistamines, diabetic meds, mood stabilisers and steroids.

Read more: ‘Help! I married a feeder – and he likes his women big…’

3. Plastic

Bisphenol-A (BPA) falls into a group of substances called endocrine-disrupting chemicals – found in our environment, food and consumer products – that interfere with metabolism. Studies have shown acute treatments with BPA cause high insulin levels, whereas longer-term exposure causes insulin resistance with chronically increased insulin levels. BPAs seem to increase fat-cell formation, but the extent to which they contribute to obesity is still unclear.

4. Older moms

Women who conceive later in life are more prone to gestational diabetes, and children born to these mothers will be more prone to obesity and diabetes (mere exposure to high glucose levels in pregnancy equals higher risk).

Read more: The best way to lose weight when you just love food too much

5. Contraception

It’s been shown that women who use the injection are more prone to weight gain. But no hard evidence supports the standard combo Pill resulting in similar gains.

 

This article was originally published on www.womenshealthsa.co.za

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