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TOOL SETTER REQUIRED IN CAPE TOWN Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Tertiary Qualification (Advantage) 1 – 2 years’ experience within a similar Role Ability to use precise Measuring devices and instruments Troubleshooting and Problem Solving Knowledge of Raw Materials, Production processes, quality control and Costs Knowledge of Properties and processing behaviour of rubber Knowledge of Machines and tools including Designs, uses, repairs and maintenance Experience in using hand tools Ability to use basic measuring tools Good Grinding and sharpening skills Applicant must reside in CAPE TOWN or surrounding area. Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy. Please take note: If you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. Please visit our website www.mprtc.co.za to upload your CV or for more information.
An opportunity exists to join a crop farming operation. This company seeks candidates who share their values of Integrity, Honesty, Quality, Team work as well as Sound Employee Management. The successful candidate will have high attention to detail and experience in farming with Chicory. They will be a good communicator, have computer skills and a proven record of successful crop farming. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The successful incumbent will be responsible for ensuring all production systems are in place and being adhered to. Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly production duties and personnel. Be able to implement systems Work according to and within budgets Create, record and maintain all records and reports Manage employees Achieve crop yields as stipulated by owner MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Agricultural Diploma Degree At least 7 years' experience in crop farming – chicory farming experience an advantage Fluent in Xhosa Good understanding of current labour laws
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BLOEMFONTEIN – A fire has broken out at Bloemfontein’s City Hall. Authorities say it could be due to a service delivery protest.
Bloemfontein City Hall on Fire in Reported Protest Action https://t.co/JZ84WDHmvQ #Fire #Bloemfontein #Protest #ArriveAlive pic.twitter.com/Y2fgciq2Vt
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) June 21, 2017
There have also been reports of rubber bullets being fired.Bloemfontein’s City Hall is situated next to the municipality’s offices.
#Bloemfontein city hall is on fire reportedly due to protest action pic.twitter.com/diiJHcByCc
— Alex Sweet Patrick (@IamAlexSweet) June 21, 2017
Trade Union Samwu is reportedly behind the protest.
Bloemfontein city hall on fire! Our political problems getting out of hand. We need devine intervention pic.twitter.com/aKSaWdmHsX
— Mogorosi Molisapoli (@MMolisapoli) June 21, 2017
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Polokwane – A 17-year-old Limpopo girl who allegedly killed a man who wanted to rape her was on Wednesday part of a preliminary inquiry aimed at deciding how the case should proceed.
Ten days ago, on June 11, the man allegedly confronted the teen while she was on her way to the local tavern in the early hours of Sunday morning.
“[He] wanted to rape her but she fought back, overpowered him, disarmed him of his knife and stabbed him to death,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe at the time.
The girl later handed herself over to the police.
READ: Limpopo teen held for allegedly killing would-be rapist with his knife
The story elicited strong responses from News24 readers, who wanted to know why the girl had been taken into custody and what would happen to her.
Many also criticised police for condemning the act of walking alone in a street late at night, and not saying anything about those who committed rape.
Ngoepe recently clarified her statements to News24.
“We cannot totally ignore that she also became a victim of attempted rape. It is true. Men must stop that [rape].”
‘The right hands’
Limpopo police were said to have spoken to communities to drive this point home. One intervention involved convicted rapists encouraging men in engagement sessions to stop such criminal acts.
The teenager was assigned a social worker and a trauma counsellor “to help her prepare for her case”.
“I want to assure members of communities that she is in the right hands. We are not ignoring the fact that she is underage,” said Ngoepe.
Justice ministry spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga confirmed on Wednesday that the teen was being held at a child and youth care centre, awaiting finalisation of the preliminary inquiry.
According to a general notice by the department on the Child Justice Act, such an inquiry aimed to ensure that a “collective, determined effort” was made to consider what should be done in the case of each child.
“The preliminary inquiry is designed to avoid children slipping through the intended safeguards, and to change negative practices from the past where insufficient attention was paid to children in the early stages of their case being processed, sometimes causing them to languish in detention for several weeks or even months.”
Legal Aid lawyer
Mhaga said a probation officer had conducted an assessment and compiled a report.
The preliminary inquiry was previously postponed for the appointment of a Legal Aid lawyer for the girl.
The inquiry process also involved a magistrate, the child’s parents, a prosecutor, a probation officer, and the arresting police officer.
“These people will meet to talk to the child about his/her circumstances, his/her family environment and the factors that may have led the child to commit the crime,” the police website explained.
Consideration was given in the process for diverting the matter away from the criminal justice system.
Mhaga said the case would be monitored by the chairperson of the Limpopo Provincial Child Justice Forum.
Any developments would be reported on to the head of the National Technical Intersectoral Committee for Child Justice.
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PRETORIA – Health unions and the Gauteng government have reached a deal to end the ongoing strike by mortuary workers.
The public health bargaining council said the agreement was in principle for now.
Unions and the health department have put their heads together to try and end the strike in a bid to relieve the backlog at the province’s state mortuaries.
The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) said it would only sign once workers had agreed to all the terms.
Mortuary staff downed tools two weeks ago, demanding better pay and recognition for out-of-scope work.
They insist they were not on strike, but are simply refusing to do work they are not contracted to do, like dissecting bodies.
Union leaders said cleaners, drivers and other untrained staff have been conducting post-mortems for years now.
The move resulted in bodies piling up, leaving bereaved families frustrated, and unable to bury their loved ones.
Public Health Bargaining Council’s Phumelelo Sibiya said that workers “don’t want to continue doing it but they want the employer to recognise the fact that they are performing those particular functions.”
Health Bargaining Council Chairperson Mahmood Fadal said, “The parties indicated by Friday they would conclude that process and once they sign, as you’ve indicated that unions were not in strike but working out of scope so it’s not going be complicated.”
Nehawu’s Thhegofatso Moralo said, “The employer will access the backlog and then if there’s a need for our members to perform overtime to deal with backlog that will be arranged with the employees and it will be an authorised overtime if employer feels that they need extra time to do that.”
The deal, if accepted by union members, will affect forensic pathology officers countrywide.
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Amid huge challenges in finding potential bone marrow donors, a major change in the testing process could prove to be the shot in the arm needed to identify the hundreds of thousands of donors required.
At the moment, the process to test for potential donors is pricey, and quite laborious – when someone signs up to be a donor on the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR), they could potentially undergo two separate tests.
When testing to identify if a donor could be a match, laboratories would try to match three of the 11 loci (the proteins or markers attached to everybody’s DNA known as human leukocyte antigens locus), and should they potentially match three, they would proceed to look at matching five.
Higher level of testing
But, in a new development, NGO The Sunflower Fund has teamed up with the Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) to speed up the testing process for donor blood and to do so more cheaply.
Alana James, the Fund’s CEO, said: “At the moment, the Sunflower Fund pays R2 500 for a 3 loci test. CPGR have managed, with all the negotiations in place, to currently bring that down to R2 100 for a 5 loci test.
“This means we’re getting a higher level of testing for a lower price and for every cost saving we do, we add that up and it equates to another donor on the registry.”
This partnership between the two non-profits cuts out the middle man – the 3 loci test – so that donors are added to the registry much quicker, and the waiting time for the patients is cut down considerably.
CPRG’s Genomic Manager, Lindsay Petersen, told Health24 that using this method of testing cuts down on an incredible amount of time. “We are the first to be doing this in the country and our registry is going to be on par with other international registries.
Lower cost
“Even though the test is being used overseas, some registries in other countries are not making use of it yet and continue to only test at 3 loci. This means that our database may end up being better than some of the other databases internationally,” says Petersen.
The change in testing method makes all the difference in this instance.
James Ross, CPGR’s bioinformatics analyst, said: “The difference between looking at 3 and 5 loci is due to an advancement in technology that’s available. We used to look at big blocks of DNA or looking at chemicals in the blood, and this meant we couldn’t go very deep into exactly what your certain type is. With the new technology acquired – next-generation sequencing (NGS) – we’re able to go deep.
“There are 11 loci and we can look at 5 of them, and this is for a relatively low cost, we’re able to get a much higher resolution and match people more accurately than what we could match before. We don’t need to have a perfect match on all 11, even though, theoretically, you could find someone who matches on all 11. You just need to match quite closely to fool the immune system into accepting the other person’s stem cells.
Growing the registry
“So, we test at 5 loci, which already gives a really good match, and then you’ve already got a chance that this person might work and then we do some additional testing. This narrows down the field we’re looking at which helps tremendously.”
When looking at the amount of time saved on running tests for bone marrow donors, making use of NGS allows to cut time down from months to weeks.
NGS Platform Manager, Nicki Adams, said: “The other benefit of using the latest method of testing is that instead of only looking at one person, one gene at a time or one area, you’re able to look at all 5 loci of up to 192 people in one run.”
The two organisations hope the difference in the testing method would grow the registry in leaps and bounds. Traci Sassenberg, Head of Marketing and Communications, said: “We hope we’re able to recruit a great number of donors. If Germany can build a registry of 8 million donors, surely we should be able to increase our numbers from 74 000 rapidly.”
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| Remuneration: | negotiable Cost to company |
| Benefits: | Medical Aid, Provident Fund |
| Location: | Durban, Morningside |
| Education level: | Degree |
| Job level: | Mid |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Often |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Isilumko Activate |
Campaign coordinator for national consumer engagement promotions/activations company.
Includes selection, training, and managing performance of promotions staff.
Education level: Degree
Three years’ full-time related industry work experience (marketing, consumer engagement, activation, promotion, eventing)
City: Durban
Type: Permanent
Job level: Mid
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