Sport24.co.za | Dismal Proteas thrashed in opening Aussie T20

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Cape Town – The Proteas, full of energy, came nowhere near beating Australia in the first T20 at the Wanderers on Friday night. 

As it happened | Ill-disciplined Proteas thrashed for 107 runs

The visitors emerged comfortable 107-run winners, dismissing their rivals for 89 (14.3) for a commanding triumph. 

It was the Proteas’ lowest ever score in T20 cricket. 

The fast bowling effort was poor from South Africa, who then followed that up with a dismal top-order batting performance.

Proteas skipper Quinton de Kock won the toss and opted to bowl first on a strip that most were expecting to be a run machine. 

Dale Steyn removed David Warner with a bumper with just the second ball of the game to get the fans going, but what followed was an onslaught from Aaron Finch (42 off 27) and Steve Smith (45 off 32) that saw the visitors go to 70/1 by the end of the opening powerplay. 

At that stage, a score in excess of 220 seemed very much on the cards, but the Proteas pulled it back somewhat when they took pace off the ball with spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (2/31 in 4) and Andile Phehlukwayo (1/35 in 4). 

The innings was still frantic throughout, with Australia looking to push the tempo all the time, but after the first period South Africa would have been more than happy chasing 197 for victory. 

Kagiso Rabada (0/45 in 3) and Lungi Ngidi (1/37 in 3) were two bowlers the hosts would have expected more from, but given the high-scoring nature of the Johannesburg wicket and what South Africa, and particularly De Kock, had done against England, the match felt evenly poised at the break. 

Easily his side’s biggest batting weapon, De Kock (2 off 3) was out bowled by a peach from Mitchell Starc (1/23 off 3) with the third ball of the innings. 

South Africa never got going despite their efforts, and while their was resistance from the returning, former skipper Faf du Plessis (24 off 22), the rest of the batting was abysmal. 

Ashton Agar (5/24 off 4) took the 12th hat-trick in T20I history when he had Du Plessis, Andile Phehlukwayo (0 off 1) and Dale Steyn (0 off 1) out with the last three balls of his opening over. 

44/7 after 8, the Proteas were buried in an instant as the sold out Wanderers crowd fell silent. 

Kagiso Rabada (22 off 19) gave the crowd some late entertainment, but it meant almost nothing in the greater scheme. 

– Compiled by Lloyd Burnard

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Senior Payroll Administrator in Western Cape | Other Finance/Accounting | Job Mail | 4635204

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Beautiful mountains and forest backdrop will greet you every day on this challenging assignment ! My client, an established concern, is needing to retain the services of a highly numerate, articulate individual who has the following credentials.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Fixed Term Contract / Temporary Role

SECTOR: Finance

BASIC SALARY: R21 600 x 5 day week

START DATE: March 2020

DUTIES

  • Payroll Data Custodian plus reporting
  • Compilation of personnel budgets
  • Related Reports to above
  • Statutory deductions and payment administration
  • Administration for Retirement Funds Data/Contributions
  • The gathering of information and resolution in queries – per request from stakeholders
  • Ad hoc duties

APPLICANTS MUST HAVE

  • Senior Certificate / Relevant 3 year tertiary education
  • Credit and Criminal Clear
  • Relevant 3 year tertiary education
  • At least  4-5 years’ experience working within finance/payroll environs
  • Proficient in Adv Excel/Accpac (similar package will also suffice)
  • Able to work with general ledger/ cash book modules
  • Be a team player
  • Able to manage a small team of x 2-3 staff
  • Must be highly numerate and organized
  • Ability to contribute to Snr Management
  • Be deadline driven

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Category Head: Logistics & Packaging in Kwazulu-Natal | Other Professions | Job Mail | 4647204

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  • Employment Level : Senior Management
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  • Company : Sharon Nurock Recruitment cc

Reporting to the Procurement Director, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of a category strategy to optimize total cost of ownership, minimize risk and ensure sustainability for Logistics and Packaging spend across the group.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required:

  • Degree in Supply Chain, Commerce or Category relevant.
  • CIPS registration and/or qualification would be an added advantage.
  • Minimum 5 to 10 years in strategic sourcing / operations / commercial / category specialist role; procurement in international environment and leadership experience preferable.
  • Proficiency in MS Office suites will be essential.
  • Competent in the use of SAP MM module is preferred.
  • Drivers licence.

Responsibilities / KPA’s:

  • Develop a category strategy (3 to 5 years), develop roadmaps to implement the strategy and monitor against this.
  • Ensure category alignment with the Group Procurement team.
  • Scope and source at a global level.
  • Drive supplier negotiations and facilitate contract implementation. Manage against these contracts to ensure SLA compliance.
  • Conduct supplier relationship management including supplier audits and evaluations.
  • Perform regular market analysis and benchmarking.
  • Focus on buying channel digitalisation and automation.
  • Monitor risks and ensure that the strategy and roadmaps are adjusted to account for any changes.
  • Minimise Total Cost of Ownership.
  • Drive value creation and innovative thinking.
  • Build strong relationship with Operations and maintain a good understanding of Operations.
  • Ensure effective people management.

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  • High level of commercial acumen.
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Our client is seeking a Maintenance Electrician to join their team.

Open position : Maintenance Electrician
Location : Port Elizabeth
Salary : Market related
Type : Permanent position
EE / AA position : Yes
Reporting to : Maintenance Supervisor

Job requirements :
•Qualified Artisan (N6), Trade Tested
•Minimum 5 years’ experience in a heavy industrial environment
•A good understanding of Quality requirements in a Manufacturing environment
•Must be able to work shifts when required
•Must be prepared to work well within a team
•Must have a sound knowledge of automated manufacturing equipment
•Must be a self-starter and be able to work without supervision
•Assertive & resilient
•Flexible, yet disciplined

Duties :
•Daily planned maintenance routines
•Daily preventative maintenance routines
•Daily predictive maintenance routines
•Communication with supervisors / production to arrange preventative maintenance time
•Arranging for parts to be available timeously to carry out preventative maintenance routines
•Fault diagnosis / repairs to equipment
•Diagnose root cause of equipment failure
•Plan action to remove cause of failure
•Repair failure to “good as new” as speedily as possible
•Report on action taken and record downtime
•Ensure equipment’s correct operation due to the action taken and obtain manufacturing process approval of equipment’s operating condition
•Service to production requirements
•Availability at all times to assist with production requests
•Assist production in resolving process related problems
•Assist with operator training where required
•Communicate with production on planning changes to ensure production runs timeously
•Identify and communicate with production problems not yet apparent with production, and advise accordingly and report in writing to maintenance superior.
•Daily Housekeeping

Should you meet the above job requirements, please email your CV to dee@kingrec.co.za

 

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Health24.com | How parents can help their sleep-deprived teens

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Mom and dad may be key in curbing the epidemic of drowsy teens, a new study suggests.

American teens aren’t getting enough sleep, which can lead to anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts. Sleepy teens also are more likely to get into car crashes and have a greater risk of being injured while playing sports.

A sleep diary

The lack of sleep may be due to too much homework, too many extracurricular activities, too much caffeine, early school start times and too much screen time, researchers say.

But parents can play a pivotal role in helping their teens get the rest they need.

“Greater enforcement of parent-set bedtimes for teenagers aged 14 to 17 are associated with longer sleep duration,” said study lead author Jack Peltz, who conducted the research while at the University of Rochester in New York. He is now an assistant professor of psychology at Daemen College in Amherst, New York.

For the study, teens kept a sleep diary over seven days and parents gave information about their enforcement of sleep-related rules and bedtimes.

The study found that enforced bedtimes, along with later school start times, had the greatest influence on sleep duration, daytime energy and depressive symptoms. But more than 50% of parents had no specific or enforced bedtime rules.

Contrary to their expectations, the researchers didn’t find that caffeine or screen time had any effect on how long teens slept.

Circadian rhythm

The study team acknowledged that enforcing a specific bedtime for teens is difficult, but doing so improves their mental health.

“Ideally, parents should be able to work collaboratively with their teenagers to develop bedtimes that still support the child’s autonomy,” Peltz said in a University of Rochester news release.

Study co-author Dr Heidi Connolly, chief of the Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine at Rochester, said most teens need nine to 10 hours of sleep each night. That’s also the recommendation of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“It’s inherently more difficult for teenagers to fall asleep earlier than later because of their circadian rhythm,” Connolly said in the release. “That’s why it’s so important for high school start times to be later, as the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended across the board.”

Getting enough sleep means feeling well-rested during the day and waking up at your usual wake-up time even when allowed to sleep in, the researchers said.

The report was published in the journal Sleep.

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Sport24.co.za | Rugby star Cipriani reveals he tried to buy a gun to kill himself

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London – England Test star Danny Cipriani revealed on Friday he once tried to buy a gun to kill himself in an emotional video posted on Instagram just days after the death of his ex-girlfriend Caroline Flack.

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British TV presenter Flack, best known for hosting hit reality show “Love Island”, was found dead at her London flat last Saturday having taken her own life at the age of 40.

Cipriani, who is with Gloucester in the English Premiership and played 16 times for England winning his last cap in 2018, talked about his past mental health struggles in the video posted to his 213 000 followers.

In the 18-minute speech he paid tribute to Flack, whom he dated last year, and with whom he was still in regular contact.

“I told her everything about me because I felt safe with her,” said Cipriani. “I told her all the things I was embarrassed and shameful about. She made me feel OK and ultimately it was embarrassment and shame that killed her.”

Cipriani, 32, said when he was 22 he was severely depressed and was seeing a psychiatrist.

“I decided at a point it was time for me to take my own life. I tried to buy a gun,” he said. “And I pulled out of it and I tried to buy it and I pulled out and this went on for two months and I couldn’t do it because I had some fight in me.”

The flyhalf said embarrassment and shame should not lead people to consider ending their lives.

“Everyone has embarrassment and shame to some sort of degree,” he said. “Whatever it is, we (should) be kind, we try and be gentle.”

Cipriani, whose career has been blighted by off-the-field issues, was convicted of drink-driving in 2016 and was fined for assault and resisting arrest at a Jersey nightclub in 2018.

Flack stepped down from presenting the current winter series of Love Island after an alleged assault on her boyfriend, Lewis Burton.

She pleaded not guilty at a court hearing in December and was released on bail. A trial had been due to begin in March.

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group has a 24-hour Suicide Crisis Line, which can be contacted on 0800 567 567.

21 February 2020 – Tax fraudsters sentenced in high court

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  • Case against SARS accomplice postponed for a further pre-trial.

Pretoria, 21 February 2020, Two Cape Town businesspersons were sentenced to 16 and 17 years respectively direct imprisonment in the Cape High Court earlier today. They were found guilty on 487 counts of VAT fraud and alternative charges such as racketeering, money laundering and corruption in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.

Mr Luis Filipe Duarte D’Almeida [Fernandes] from Melkbosstrand and Mr Nazmien Warner of Glenhaven, Bellville both pleaded guilty in terms of a plea bargain reached with the state following an in-depth investigation by the Criminal Investigation Unit of SARS in Cape Town.

Mr Fernandes pleaded guilty to 471 charges relating to racketeering, fraud as well as corruption and for corrupting a SARS official. He was sentenced to 158 years of imprisonment. With sentences running concurrently, he will spend 17 years in jail. 

Mr Warner pleaded guilty to 409 charges, including to racketeering, fraud and corruption in terms of the POCA Act. He was sentenced to 136 years imprisonment. With sentences running concurrently, he will serve an effective 16 years jail sentence. Mr Warner will pay SARS R900 000 as well as the proceeds of the sale of nine properties.
The charges emanated from a R115 million VAT fraud scheme ran by Mr Fernandes and Mr Warner between 2008 and 2015.

During this time, they claimed fraudulent Value-Added Tax Returns amounting to R115 million with the use of fictitious invoices from non-existent businesses, misrepresenting to SARS that they purchased goods in South Africa and exported this to countries in Africa. Mr Fernandes and Mr Warner furthermore forged export documents as well as supplier invoices and handed this to SARS upon request for supporting documents. SARS was prejudiced by R111 million.  

Fraud charges emanating from Mr Fernandes misrepresenting to his employees that the PAYE deducted from their remuneration was paid to SARS while the companies were never registered with SARS as employers, were also included in the indictment.

The accused admitted that they had enlisted the services of a SARS accountant to assist them with authorisation of refunds and get the refunds paid out fast. The case against the SARS employee has been postponed, although Messieurs Fernandes and Warner have agreed to testify against him.

According to the two accused they used the money to fund several failed business ventures, an internet gaming and social interaction website, low cost housing projects in Namibia and Cameroon, the importation and installation of revolving doors and a pre-paid fuel card.

They also used the money to maintain a high lifestyle, spending money on travel, motor vehicles, and luxuries.  Mr Warner also invested his share in properties.

Contrary to popular belief, tax crime is not victimless. By deliberately defrauding the tax system including claiming a refund one is not entitled to, one is stealing from the whole community and disadvantaging South Africans who do the right thing.

Today’s result demonstrates SARS’ commitment to detecting and prosecuting tax crimes and should serve as a warning to those who think they can flout the law and get away with it.

SARS Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter highlights that “Slowly the institutional rebuilding gains momentum, and whilst it is our strategic intent to make things easier for honest taxpayers, we are improving our capability to detect criminal and negligent taxpayer behavior to ensure they are successfully prosecuted”

If a taxpayer suspects or is aware of a SARS employee who is involved in tax fraud, they can report it confidentially at 0800 002 870.

News24.com | Your weather update: Inclement conditions for Eastern Cape, KZN, pleasant elsewhere

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Pleasant, sunny conditions are forecast for Saturday across the republic, with watches for severe thunderstorms for the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.

Watches

Severe thunderstorms are expected over the north-eastern parts of the Eastern Cape and the interior of KwaZulu-Natal.

Special Weather Advisories

Heavy rain leading to flash flooding is expected over the northern and eastern parts of Mpumalanga as well as in places in Limpopo on Sunday into Monday morning.

The weather in your region

Gauteng and the North West will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index in Gauteng is high.

Mpumalanga will be cloudy in places at first with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers but isolated on the Lowveld, where it will be hot.

For Limpopo, it will be cloudy in places at first with morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated thundershowers, except on the Lowveld but scattered in the south-western Bushveld. It will be hot in places in the Limpopo Valley and Lowveld.

The Free State will be cloudy in the east with morning fog patches, otherwise fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.

Conditions in the Northern Cape will be cloudy in the west in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west.

Scattered thundershowers are expected in the north-east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly becoming strong late afternoon. 

The Western Cape can expect morning fog along the west coast, otherwise it will be partly cloudy to fine and cool to warm over the interior but cloudy with drizzle and light rain along the south-western and south coast.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly becoming southerly to south-easterly becoming strong in the evening south of Langebaan.

The expected UVB sunburn index is high.

The western half of the Eastern Cape will be cloudy and warm with morning fog patches south of the escarpment. Isolated showers and thundershowers with windy conditions are expected by the afternoon.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming strong by the afternoon.

In the eastern half of the Eastern Cape it will be cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.

The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-westerly.

KwaZulu-Natal can expect morning fog over the interior, otherwise fine and warm but hot in the north. 

It will become cloudy in the afternoon with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the extreme north-east.

The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north-easterly becoming moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly towards afternoon, strengthening in the evening.

The expected UVB sunburn index is low.

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– Compiled by Kamva Somdyala

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Sales Executive (Johannesburg)

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Remuneration: negotiable Market related 
Benefits: Provident and Funeral
Location: Johannesburg
Education level: Diploma
Job level: Mid/Senior
Type: Permanent

Job description

A Leading Hotel Group is seeking a Sales Executive to join their team. 

A minimum of 2 years Hotel Sales Experience with previous Government experience is required.

Job description

Responsible for all sales activities, from lead generation through close in an assigned territory and sector. (National). Develops and implements agreed upon Sales Plan which will meet both personal and business goals of expanding customer base in the sales region. Works within the sales and support teams for the achievement of customer satisfaction, revenue generation, and long-term account goals in line with company vision and values. Sector: Government.

Requirements

Critical skills:

  • Computer Literacy – Excel, Word, Power Point
  • Professional telephone manner
  • Language – speak/write in English (professional)
  • Accuracy in data capturing
  • Presentation Skills

Minimum Requirements:

  • Relevant diploma and/or 1- or 2-years’ experience in Hotel, Tourism industry sales
  • PC literate
  • Proven track record

Criteria:

  • Meeting targets
  • Accurate reporting and pipeline management of portfolio
  • Attendance and Timekeeping
  • General Appearance and Uniform
  • System knowledge and compliance of procedures
  • Guest relations/handling of client complaints
  • Communications skills
  • Hotel and Company knowledge
  • Problem solving
  • Going the extra mile

If you believe that you qualify and are looking for a challenging career requiring unquestionable commitment and passion and wish to apply, kindly e-mail your application together with your portfolio in support of your application to [Please apply below]

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