Motion Graphics Designer (Cape Town)

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Remuneration: R20000 – R30000 per month negotiable Basic salary 
Location: Cape Town, CBD
Job level: Mid/Senior
Type: Permanent
Reference: #Animator
Company: TopLine Comms

Job description

We are looking for an experienced, creative and hard working animator/motion graphics designer to join our small but growing team in Cape Town, whilst being supported by an experienced production team based in London, UK.

You would typically be working on explainer animations, often including characters with voice over, however, you might also work on other forms of animation content such as typography, infographics, and motion graphics integrated into live action footage.

Our animations are bespoke and use complex movements and transitions. These require strong disciplines in 2D illustration, animation and motion graphics. It’s essential that you have experience working on animation content for corporate clients, and are able to provide examples that are of similar production value and style to those on our website (http://toplinecomms.com/explainer-video-london).

Our clients range from small startups and tech companies to household brands and large corporate organisations. As we have such a broad range of clients, it means we produce a variety of different styles. You’ll need to be comfortable producing abstract quirky content (https://toplinecomms.wistia.com/medias/z564elfgcq) as well as more literal character pieces (https://toplinecomms.wistia.com/medias/ep2jm9coz6).

You would be perfect for this role if you:

  • Have produced explainer animations for corporate clients
  • Know After Effects and Illustrator inside out
  • Can work to tight deadlines
  • Are able to create storyboarded concepts based on voice over scripts and a brief
  • Have freelanced before and are happy to work on your own
  • Are comfortable with Cinema4D (not essential)

Company Description

An international digital communications agency that produces video, animation and 360 VR content.

Requirements

  • Concept development from script and brief
  • Storyboard design
  • Conceptual style frames
  • Complex illustration design
  • 2D motion graphics and animation
  • 3D design
  • Exceptional knowledge of After Effects and Illustrator
  • Cinema4D

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Climbdown on medical aids

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The Department of Health has done a U-turn on its plan to scrap medical aid schemes, saying they should work with the state when it rolls out National Health Insurance instead.

Department director-general, Precious Matsoso, met leaders of the medical aid plan sector and asked that they work together to reform healthcare in South Africa.

“This is big news,” said Graham Anderson, principal officer of Profmed.

The medical aid sector was delighted to be asked to work with the department, because it had been in the dark about NHI for some time, he said.

In the meeting Matsoso made different suggestions on how the government may have to work with the private sector, such as subsidising medical aid options for people who couldn’t afford them.

Finer details of a partnership, however, were not discussed.

Matsoso confirmed the meeting.

She said: “The Department of Health is consulting all stakeholders, private, civil society and labour, to get further inputs [on NHI].

“All meetings have been positive. We look forward to further engagements.”

This latest policy is a considerable climbdown from the government’s previous stance, which envisaged the end of medical aid schemes in South Africa.

The NHI white paper released in 2015 said it was government policy that medical aid schemes would not exist in their “current form” when NHI was rolled out because they would all be collapsed into a single state-run medical aid plan.

The government suggested most funds would close as they would only offer complementary cover for conditions not treated in state hospitals.

Complementary cover usually refers to medical treatments that are cosmetic, such as breast enlargements.

The NHI policy documents wanted all 80 or so medical aid schemes merged into one staterun fund.

About eight million South Africans – or 17% of the population – have medical aid cover and use private hospitals and doctors.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has frequently been critical of private healthcare, calling its costs “excessive”.

Other health leaders in the government have also been extremely critical of the existence of the private medical sector.

Earlier this year Kgosi Letlape, head of the Health Professions Council of SA, said medical aids were a “crime against humanity”.

Former head of the medical aid regulator the late Humphrey Zokufa said last year he didn’t want medical aid plans to exist in their current form and as regulator he would ensure they were merged into a single fund.

Postal Delivery Drivers

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My client (Postal service) situated in East London is looking for 5 Drivers to transport Incoming large packages and parcels. Salary:R7800 per month Reference number:pdllEAST3 Requirements: • At least 3 years logistics experience • Valid PDP • Grade 10 passed in school Please send a copy of your updated CV to us at 1fourall recruitment, to apply for the listed vacancy. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No telephonic applications will be considered. If you have any queries or need information on the vacancy you can call between 11am and 1pm(mon to Friday). We do not charge candidates any fees Fax number:(086) 662 8874 Email:apply@1fourall.co.za Telephone number:061 403 4436

Sales Representative (Ermelo)

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Advertising and Media Recruitment Specialists

Sandra Pope
(011) 640-7400

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Peach Slushy

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups frozen peach wedges
  • 1 1/2 cups sparkling water
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1-2 teaspoon raw honey
  • Pinch of salt

Preparation

Start with fruit and sparkling water. Grab the add-ins and put all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth; sip away!

The 2-Minute Full-Body Exercise You Should Be Doing (But Aren’t)

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When it comes to scoring a fit frame, Kira Stokes, creator of The Stoked Method, has definitely mastered all the moves you need. (I mean, have you seen that six-pack?) So it should come as no surprise that we often find ourselves scrolling through her feed for fitspiration. This week it came in the form of Lateral X-band Monster Walks + Upright Row, her SMOTD (or Stoked Move of the Day)—which the celeb trainer says is a great way to warm up the body before you begin your actual workout.

Always skimp on the warm-up? That’s a big no-no. “Equate it to taking a test without studying; the result may turn out ok, but you’re tempting fate,” she explains. “Prepping the body using similar movement patterns to what you will experience during your workout increases your ability to properly activate the muscles, and decreases the likelihood of injury. It also sets the tone for the all important mind-muscle connection.”

 

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Lateral X-band Monster Walks in particular wake up the gluteus medius and abductors (think front of pelvis, side of hip, and top of butt), which help stabilize and strengthen the hips, pelvis, and lower extremity for optimal performance. (FYI: Runners, this move is a must for you!)

“The lateral movement is super focused—no rotation or hinge, and the band resistance is light, making it a very stable exercise, allowing you to really mind your muscles, preparing both your mind and body for the work ahead,” notes Stokes, who loves resistance bands because they are essentially a “no-excuse” gym in your bag that can be used anywhere, anytime. The Upright Row here recruits the upper body into the mix, readying the shoulders for movement.

RELATED: 11 Best Exercises to Get Strong, Toned Arms

How to do it

Stand tall with feet hip-width distance apart and the arch of each foot on top of a light resistance band. Twist band, to form an “X”, holding the opposite end with both hands; arms hang down in front of thighs with palms facing back.

Keeping legs straight and maintaining a strong core with a slight tuck to the tailbone and butt cheeks squeezed, step the right foot out to the right side, creating tension in the lower part of the band as you simultaneously pull the top part of the band straight up to chest height; elbows should be parallel to shoulders.

As you step left foot in, remembering to keep that hip-width distance between feet, lower arms back down to start.

Repeat entire movement. Do 3 sets of 8-10 reps in each direction, traveling each direction twice.

Make it harder: Trade up to a medium resistance band, or perform it in a squatting position. This tweak transforms the Lateral X-band Monster Walks portion from a prep movement into a meatier move, involving more of the gluteus maximus (AKA the muscle that gives your booty that nice round shape).

News24.com | Man arrested for Courtney Pieters murder rented a space in her home

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Cape Town – The 40-year-old man arrested for the murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters in Elsies River, rented a space in her family’s home, News24 has reliably learnt.

Further information was not immediately available.

The man was arrested on Sunday after an “intense” investigation by police, Western Cape police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said a statement.

There was a heavy police presence in front of the home on Sunday afternoon, but at the time police said it was a part of “routine investigation”.

Pieters was last seen playing in the street in front of her home in Elsies River on May 4.

Her body was found in a shallow grave beside abandoned railroad tracks on Saturday afternoon.

An autopsy still had to be concluded to establish her cause of death, police told News24 on Sunday afternoon.

News24.com | LIVE: Opposition march to ConCourt ahead of #SecretBallot hearing

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COLUMNIST: 

The president is accountable to the National Assembly 

The proposition that “The calls for Msholozi to resign are fundamentally, if not brazenly, unconstitutional …” cannot go unchallenged (Ken Sibanda, “Power Lies in the Ballot”, City Press, May 7 2017).

It is a treacherous distortion that any self-respecting lawyer should be ashamed of.

It is surely not asking too much of someone who pens an article to familiarise themselves with the issues at hand.

It is disconcerting that, 23 years into our democracy, one has to school a lawyer-cum-film director in the basics of our Constitution.

The audacity of his article may mislead and lay the basis for an improper defence of President Jacob Zuma.

South Africa is a constitutional democracy, with separation of powers between the legislature, executive and judiciary. 

eNCA | CATCH IT LIVE: Constitutional Court hears secret ballot case

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JOHANNESBURG – Opposition leaders are calling on South Africans to come out and support a march to the Constitutional Court on Monday.

The action comes as the United Democratic Movement’s (UDM) application for a secret vote in Parliament will be heard at the highest court in the country. 

It will start at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown.

Videos: Courtesy DStv channel 403

The UDM wants National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to allow a secret ballot when MPs vote on the no confidence motion in President Jacob Zuma, after Mbete argued that the rules of Parliament did not provide for a secret ballot. Parliament delayed setting a date on the motion pending the outcome of Monday’s court bid.

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Several opposition parties and two civil society groups are backing the court action and warned of dire consequences if  Zuma is not removed soon.

The parties believe a secret vote will provide the safest space for MPs to vote without fear.

“The Constitutional Court is the last line of defence for citizens when betrayed by those who wield political power. We believe that President Zuma’s continued stay in office poses a major threat to constitutionalism in South Africa. It threatens to weaken our economy, to impoverish millions of our people, and further to corrupt and ultimately collapse our state. This negative trend can and must be reversed,” the parties said in a joint statement.

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