We are a UK/South African B2B marketing agency that has historically focused on two B2B vertical markets. Technology companies and event organisers.
Last year we decided to lean our positioning/brand more towards the event sector (trade show and conference organisers). With the global pandemic, we have seen a drop in business from the event sector (no surprise there) but can happily report we have countered this reduction with an equal increase in business from our B2B Technology existing clients and some new logo.
We need to reposition ourselves to lean more towards the B2B Technology market.
We think the right person to help us do this will be a combination of creative director, positioning legend, branding God, growth marketer and wordsmith. I did say “we think”.
We are looking for someone that can help us find the beautiful interaction between our who, what, how, and why. Then to craft and execute our repositioning (branding, messaging, value propositions, offers, etc.).
We are not looking for someone to come in to do tweaks, we are looking for a big, brave and bold creative thinker and writer.
A snippet of our positioning move
Our what (we do) is Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) for B2B’s (our WHO). We have a B2B CRO framework (our how) which guarantees significant improvement in marketing performance. In other words, as the world falls into recession our B2B CRO framework will help B2B’s to get a much better return on their marketing budgets. Who would say no to that? (that’s what we need your help to do).
Can you help us turn B2B CRO into the sexiest solution since sliced bread?
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Be part of a major fintech house in South Africa based in the heart of Cape Town! We are on the hunt for a mid-level software engineer who is smart, passionate, driven, and enjoy working within a team!
This is a role
where you will gain exposure to a variety of platforms, solve a challenging set of problems to bring financial inclusion to underserved consumers throughout Africa. Change never tasted sweeter, apply Now!
Requirements
Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, or related field
Understanding of basic financial and accounting concepts
Two+ years of experience designing, developing and testing software services (four+ years for mid-level)
Two+ years of experience with Ruby, Python, Java, or Scala
Experience with Linux or macOS
Experience with Linux or macOS is highly desirable
Experience integrating real-time machine learning/AI/decision optimisation in a big-data (HDFS+Map-Reduce) environment is desirable
Experience working in Amazon Web Service environments (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk) is desirable
Responsibilities:
Develop and support the company’s platform
Diagnose and correct problems with production services
Participate in the company’s agile project planning process
This is an excellent opportunity for developers who are eager to work on new projects and gain rapid growth in a technically advanced environment.
The time for change is now! E-Merge IT Recruitment is specialist niche recruiters with a wide range of positions available. We offer researched positions with top companies to strong technical candidates. E-mail Garth on
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Check out our website www.e-merge.co.za for more positions that might be right for you!
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If you haven’t heard from E-Merge IT within two weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful for this position.
Posted on 10 Jun 14:47
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A forward-thinking game-changer in the manufacturing business is on the lookout for aseniorJava developer to join a team of amazing technologists creating next-generation software systems. This industry leader encourages knowledge and skills growth, why not let that be you?!
Apply now and join the dynamic group breaking ground with the latest inventive techs in a highly skilled manner. If you are ambitious and seeking a challenge, this is for you!
Reference number for this position is GZ48744 which is a contract position based in Midrand offering a contract rate of up to R600 per hour negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on
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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
Technical skills:
IT degree
Java, JEE
Angular 7/8
Postgres
Java knowledge
Automated testing experience e.g. Mocha Framework
Experience using Docker and Kubernetes
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New information surrounding the assault of Collins Khosa has come to light in a report compiled by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
Two witnesses told IPID how they were allegedly assaulted after taking video footage of the incident.
The witnesses confirmed to IPID that the JMPD officers stood by while Khosa was allegedly assaulted by SANDF members.
New details regarding the assault of Collins Khosa have come to light following a report on an investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
The directorate has recommended disciplinary action be taken against five metro police officers, who stood by as Khosa and his family were assaulted, allegedly by members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
It also recommended that two SAPS officers undergo disciplinary processes for contravention of the police’s disciplinary regulations.
Khosa was allegedly assaulted by members of the defence force on Good Friday, during the nationwide lockdown.
According to court papers, they kicked and punched Khosa, holding his hands behind his back while they choked and beat him, slammed him against the wall, and used the butt of a machine gun to hit him.
He died soon after of blunt force trauma to the head.
An investigation by the SANDF’s board of inquiry absolved the army of any wrongdoing with regard to Khosa’s death, stating there was no link between the injuries he sustained and his death.
A task team of senior investigators from IPID conducted interviews with witnesses of the crime, including four new witnesses, five JMPD (Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department) officials and three SAPS officials. As a result, new information about the incident was revealed.
In an interview with members of the IPID task team, two neighbours of the Khosa family said they had seen SANDF members assaulting Khosa and his brother-in-law, Thabiso Muvhango.
They took video recordings of it on their phone.
One witness alleged that, after seeing her recording the incident, members of the SANDF took her to a JMPD bus, where they assaulted her and forced her to delete the footage.
All witnesses who gave statements to IPID confirmed that JMPD officials stood by as Khosa and his family were assaulted.
One witness said a male JMPD officer told her to “run to your house”.
Witnesses said the SANDF members entered Khosa’s home while the family was eating their supper, and they found a beer.
They allegedly told Muvhango that “he is drinking and they want people like him”, also demanding beers from both Khosa and Muvhango.
According to court papers, SANDF members told the two to go outside as they wanted to “prove a point”.
However, on their way out, one member slammed the metal gate onto Khosa’s car.
“Mr. Khosa protested this act of vandalism. This further agitated the members of the SANDF,” Khosa’s partner Nomsa Montsha said.
According to a witness in the IPID report, the SANDF called for back-up after this incident and about six more members arrived on scene. They proceeded to assault Khosa, Mavhungo and Montsha.
Metro police officers allegedly waited on the street, while the SANDF members carried out the beatings.
During the assault, Muvhango demanded the SANDF members arrest him, but they pushed him towards a JMPD vehicle.
The metro officers at the vehicle asked Muvhango what had happened. When he explained, they did not arrest him but simply told him not to argue with the SANDF members.
SANDF members again assaulted Muvhango and Khosa, in full view of JMPD officers, according to Muvhango.
Khosa died soon after the incident.
They just talked and left
Police officers, however, make no mention of an assault – only saying they saw the two SANDF members before they all left together and knocked off.
Three JMPD officers alleged that they saw the two soldiers speaking to two African males – “the soldiers went inside the house with those African males, they came back and they left, following each other, and went to knock off”.
IPID told News24 that it has finalised its investigation into the matter and a comprehensive report with recommendations has been sent to JMPD.
“JMPD has acknowledged receipt of this report and is yet to provide feedback to IPID with regards to its final decision,” IPID spokesperson Ndileka Cola said.
News24 has also reached out for comment from JMPD and the police. This will be added once received.
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This proudly South African owned company is looking for a Mechanical Charge Hand. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for the planning and execution of daily mechanical work on all their sites in Durban, thus creating an effective and productive Maintenance department.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required:
Matric.
Trade Tested Fitter.
N3/N4.
Minimum of 3 years in the Fitting Trade.
Supervisory experience.
Good understanding of plant and maintenance operations.
Good understanding of safety management (ISO45001, ISO14001 & ISO9001).
Job Specification:
Operate a computerized maintenance system as well as report frequently on maintenance breakdowns, preventative maintenance adherence and condition of assets.
Plan, request and control spares needed for work.
Anticipate labour requirements and arrange accordingly.
Prioritise and schedule daily work and manage time to ensure that maximum productivity is met.
Ensure that all equipment is maintained in good working order according to supplier’s maintenance requirements
Complete job cards to ensure that the job card reports, job details of the work done and time taken to complete the job are recorded.
Co-ordinate with the Planner all maintenance activities on site, routine work, and breakdown work and emergency work to minimise downtime and delays.
Ensure quantity and quality of strategic spares is always available to ensure the minimum downtime of equipment and to minimise operational delays.
Ensure that all documentation is completed and filed timeously.
Ensure correct PPE is worn and available.
Ensure that inspection of portable electrical equipment, lifting equipment, statutory and PPE is carried out.
Hold daily maintenance tool box talks and safety meetings with the Maintenance personnel and set out daily priorities.
Work in all weather and in dusty wet conditions, indoors, walking, climbing, holding, bending and lifting, etc.
Work around moving machinery, at heights, in confined spaces, in the workshop and exposed to all plant hazards.
Supervise Artisans, Contractors and Learners within the company guidelines.
The Western Cape dwarfs other provinces in terms of Covid-19 case numbers and deaths.
Should stricter lockdown measures be implemented again, however, the economic impact will be devastating.
The Western Cape is an economic hub and dominates several sectors including tourism, the film industry and the service industry.
Provincial officials say they are doing all they can to keep businesses safe, and are pleading with business owners to stick to safety measures.
Western Cape Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities David Maynier has called for businesses to stick to safety measures aimed at containing the coronavirus, warning that a return to stricter lockdown measures could have a devastating impact on the province’s economy.
The country’s Covid-19 death toll has breached the 1 000 mark, with the majority of cases reported in the Western Cape. The province has been dubbed the country’s “epicentre” of Covid-19 infections, sparking fears that it could revert back to higher lockdown restrictions.
On Monday the department of health reported that the Covid-19 death toll for the province had reached 829. The Western Cape’s 33 586 cases of infections dwarf those of any other province.
Second to it, the Eastern Cape trails with 6 341 cases, less than a fifth of the amount of cases in the Western Cape.
Second to it, the Eastern Cape trails with 6 341 cases, less than a fifth of the amount of cases in the Western Cape. Over the weekend Sunday Times reported that national ministers would be deployed to the province to assist in efforts to fight Covid-19.
Maynier said that returning to severe lockdown restrictions, in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19, would have a “significant impact” on businesses and jobs. “That is why we have to ensure that all businesses adhere to the safety guidelines put in place to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace,” he said.
Maynier said his department has been “working hard” to provide businesses with the required information and other guidelines to operate safely. Businesses are also being assisted in finding suppliers of personal protective equipment (PPE), he said. Maynier added that work on an economic recovery plan for the province is currently underway.
While statistics are not yet available on the impact of the lockdown on jobs and GDP, according to data from Stats SA, dating back to 2016, the province contributed 13.7% to the country’s overall GDP. Gauteng remains the economic hub, accounting for more than a third (34.6%) of national GDP output, followed by KwaZulu-Natal (15.9%).
The majority of Western Cape’s economic activity is driven by financial, insurance and business services – with asset managers like Allan Gray and Coronation Fund Managers and other financial service providers like Sanlam and Old Mutual headquartered in the province. The Western Cape also contributes significantly to national agriculture output and also has a strong tourism industry, according to Stats SA.
‘Basically decimated’
Economist Mike Schüssler said that the impact of Covid-19 would be particularly bad for the Western Cape, which has the most service-orientated economy in the country.
Airport figures have already shown massive declines in arrivals. During April 2019, Cape Town international airport reported over 450 000 arrivals, this plummeted to a mere 243 in April 2020 with lockdown Level 5 restrictions in full force, Schüssler pointed out. Similarly, airport arrivals declined nearly as much as 100% for May 2020, compared to May 2019. While the Western Cape’s tourism industry reported growth in the three months leading up to January, it reported a 45% decline in March and was basically “decimated” in April and May, he said.
“It’s going to be better this month (June), as we start to see internal flights,”Schüssler commented.
Schüssler explained that the tourism sector was not limited to hotels – but service providers such as Uber drivers, car rentals, cleaning services for aircraft and hotels and even furniture suppliers to hotels would also be affected.
‘Hurt very badly’
The ban on liquor sales, which was instituted for lockdown Levels 5 and 4, also impacted wine farms and other alcohol producing hubs, such as the beer industry; and brandies, all manufactured in the Western Cape, will also be hurt, Schüssler said.
“The Western Cape has always been the restaurant capital of South Africa, particularly the Cape Peninsula, that got hurt very badly,” he added.
In terms of freight, the number of containers that landed in Cape Town in April 2020 declined 32% compared to the previous year. The number of containers shipped out of Cape Town also declined, by 86%, Schüssler said.
Tim Harris, CEO of Wesgro – the province’s tourism, trade and investment promotion agency – said that while industries such as tourism and entertainment, as well as construction and property development, clothing and textiles and small businesses took a knock; there have been other sectors which showed opportunities for growth. They include pharmaceuticals, health and medical devices, technology and marine manufacturing, among others.
Harris said that Wesgro had lobbied for the film industry to get local productions operating again, as well as to have “earlier and phased- reopening” of inbound travel. The agency also assisted the clothing and textiles industry in getting companies to stay open by manufacturing PPE. Among other initiatives, Wesgro and the City of Cape Town also developed a tool to help businesses find and apply for funding support, Fin24 previously reported.
But is it likely?
Martin Kingston, head of Business for South Africa’s economic working group, said it is unlikely that parts of the country would revert to higher lockdown restrictions, especially when there is a collective focus on reactivating the economy.
“We do not believe that having different levels at different locations is practical or implementable. Secondly, we need to return the economy to maximum productivity, within Covid-19 circumstances,” he said. Kingston pointed out that the lockdown was instituted to prepare the health system to respond to Covid-19, and this has been done, efforts are still continuing in this regard.
He noted that the Western Cape economy, which is highly dependent on the tourism sector, would be “badly impacted” by Covid-19 for the remainder of 2020 and part of 2021. “Tourism will take much longer to return to a steady state, not just in South Africa but globally,” he said.
But what is important currently is for society as a whole to stick to health guidelines such as social distancing, hand sanitising and wearing masks, not just at the workplace but in communities a well.
It is difficult to say when exactly the cigarette ban will be lifted, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in response to a written parliamentary question.
DA MP Annette Steyn asked what empirical evidence the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) relied on to “collectively ban” the sale of tobacco products during the national lockdown and to contradict Ramaphosa’s initial announcement on 23 April that the sale of tobacco products would be permitted during Level 4 of the government’s risk adjusted strategy.
She also asked on what date it’s envisaged that the ban on the sale of tobacco products would be lifted.
Ramaphosa’s response read: “At this stage, it is difficult to determine when the ban on the sale of tobacco and related products will be lifted. This will depend on such factors as the progression of the disease in South Africa, the readiness of our health systems and evolving knowledge on the nature and impact of the virus itself.”
Ramaphosa said the decision to promulgate the Disaster Management Regulations, including regulation 27 which prohibits the sale of tobacco products “was taken after careful consideration, not only of the submissions received, but also the relevant medical literature focusing inter alia on the effects of smoking on public and individual health, especially in the face of a respiratory illness such as Covid-19”.
The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) has called on South Africans to refrain from peddling fake news, following rumours the ban on the sale of alcohol will be reinstituted as it is not only a criminal offence, but can also lead to panic buying.
On Monday, News24 reported on WhatsApp voice notes and messages that were circulating which claimed a decision had been taken to re-impose the prohibition on the sale of alcohol.
Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson Lungi Mtshali said a statement would be issued, but he confirmed the rumours were nothing more than misinformation.
“The Cabinet has not even met since the regulations came into effect, so there hasn’t even been a discussion on the matter,” Mtshali added.
In a statement, crafted alongside South African Breweries (SAB) and others in the alcohol industry, the BASA reiterated liquor sales would not be suspended this week.
“We call on all South Africans to refrain from spreading fake news,” it said.
People with TB and HIV have a two to three-fold increased risk of dying of Covid-19, according to data released by the Western Cape health department today. Although the data shows an increased risk, the risk is lower than what researchers expected.
As part of its analysis, the Western Cape reviewed 12 987 Covid-19 cases in its public sector, including 435 deaths. The department found that just over half of Covid-19 deaths were due to diabetes.
In contrast, about one in 10 fatalities from the new coronavirus was due to being HIV positive and 2% were due to having active TB, departmental public health medicine specialist Mary-Ann Davies announced during a Bhekisisa and Aurum Institute webinar on Wednesday.
“[Until now] we haven’t known whether we should consider people with HIV as being at higher risk [for Covid-19] or not,” said Davies. “So we should consider them as a risk group, both people with HIV and TB, but that increased risk is relatively small.”
Davies highlighted that people living with HIV tend to be younger and the risk of developing serious Covid-19 illness for young people is very low. But she added that many deaths among people living with HIV occurred in those with other underlying health conditions, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
Here are the most prevalent accomplices which conspire with Covid-19 to kill, according to Western Cape data: diabetes and hypertension.
Since the global pandemic arrived on South African shores, health authorities have warned that certain “comorbidities” are most-often prevalent.
Now, data compiled by the Western Cape government on deaths has broken down which comorbidities were prevalent by age, and has also given more insight into the impact of HIV and TB.
Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa was briefed on the most life-threatening, as he visited the embattled province which leads the country by cases.
The top five are diabetes, hypertension, HIV, obesity and asthma/chronic respiratory disease. This was part of an exhaustive 68-page presentation to the first citizen by the Western Cape government on Friday.
But it was not just single illnesses to which Covid-19-infected succumbed: A full 65% of the patients cited had more than one comorbidity. And two out of five had three or more.
When epidemiologists talked about “flattening the curve,” they probably didn’t mean it this way: the US hit its peak coronavirus caseload in April, but since that time the graph has been on a seemingly unending plateau.
That’s unlike several other hard-hit countries which have successfully pushed down their numbers of new cases, including Spain and Italy, which now have bell-shaped curves.
Experts say the prolonged nature of the US epidemic is the result of the cumulative impact of regional outbreaks, as the virus that started out primarily on the coasts and in major cities moves inward.
Layered on top of that are the effects of lifting lockdowns in parts of the country that are experiencing rising cases, as well as a lapse in compliance with social distancing guidelines because of economic hardship, and in some cases a belief that the threat is overstated.
“The US is a large country both in geography and population, and the virus is at very different stages in different parts of the country,” Tom Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told AFP.
High blood pressure, medically known as hypertension, is a serious medical condition that affects an estimated 1.13 billion people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) – most of them in low- and middle-income countries.
According to new research published this month in the European Heart Journal, patients with this condition have a double risk of dying from Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, than patients without it.
The study was carried out by researchers in China and Ireland who looked at data from 2 866 patients with Covid-19. The patients were admitted to Huo Shen Shan hospital in Wuhan, China, earlier this year. Out of these patients, 850 presented with a medical history of high blood pressure.
The researchers found that 34 out of 850 patients (4%) with Covid-19 died, compared to 22 out of 2 027 (1.1%) patients without hypertension. This was after they took into account factors that may have affected the results, such as age, sex and other medical conditions.
As the world grapples with the pandemic, social distancing and lockdown measures have widely been implemented on the basis that many carriers might not know that they have the coronavirus, with mild or no symptoms to prompt getting tested.
During a briefing on Monday, a top World Health Organisation official a made a startling statement on asymptomatic carriers of the virus, prompting backlash.
Dr Maria van Kerkhove – head of WHO’s Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis Unit – said that it would seem that it’s rare that asymptomatic people spread Covid-19.
“We have a number of reports from countries that are doing very detailed contact tracing. They are following asymptomatic cases, they’re following contacts and they’re not finding secondary transmission onward – it’s very rare and not much of that is published in the literature,” said Van Kerkhove in the conference.
On 29 May 2020 Health24 published an article on the possible repercussions that false negatives for coronavirus could have in containing the spread of Covid-19.
According to the latest research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the odds of a false negative through RT-PCR, the most commonly used test, is one in five.
Now, further research from the Geisel Medical School of Dartmouth suggests that even more emphasis should be placed on addressing these inaccuracies, as testing is crucial to containing the pandemic.
According to lead author, Prof Steve Woloshin from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical practice, there are two ways in which the current diagnostic tests, which involve a swab from the nasal passage, can be inaccurate:
“A false-positive result mistakenly labels a person infected, with consequences including unnecessary quarantine and contact tracing. [Secondly], false-negative results are far more consequential because infected persons who might be asymptomatic may not be isolated and can infect others,” he stated in a news release.
Scientist across the world became interested in the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine after an in vitro study (done in a lab) in China in February showed promising results in combatting Covid-19.
The drug which has anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties, also showed promising signs in animal studies and in some small clinical studies done early in the Covid-19 pandemic. Soon the rush was on and countries like Australia and the US began stockpiling the drug previously best known as a treatment for malaria.
Hydroxychloroquine has however to date not been proven effective to treat Covid-19 in humans, especially in placebo-controlled, randomised controlled clinical trials, considered the gold standard for medical evidence.
While low-dose chloroquine has an extensive safety track record of long-term use for malaria prevention and treatment of auto-immune disorders like lupus, higher doses of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine can be toxic and, among others, cause heart problems. Hydroxychloroquine is a less toxic version of its close cousin chloroquine.
• Maintain physical distancing – stay at least one metre away from somebody who is coughing or sneezing
• Practise frequent hand-washing, especially after direct contact with ill people or their environment
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, as your hands touch many surfaces and could potentially transfer the virus
• Practise respiratory hygiene – cover your mouth with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Remember to dispose the tissue immediately after use.
