Phd Interns X3 (12 Months Internship)

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PhD Interns X3 (12 Months Internship) vacancies are available at our Client Wits Health Consortium in the Centre of Health Policy at the University of The Witwatersrand Johannesburg.

Background

The Centre for Health Policy (CHP) and Centre for Health Systems Research & Development (CHSR&D) are South African health policy and systems research units based at the University of the Witwatersrand, and the University of the Free State.

The centres employ public health and social scientists and offer a dynamic environment in which to conduct cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary health systems  and policy research; write academic publications; engage in national & international policy debates; and participate in international consortia.

CHP’s current research focuses on health systems, human resources, health care financing, governance, access to health care, and policy implementation analysis.

CHSR&D’s current research focuses on public health policies, strategies and operational functioning; human resources for health and occupational health issues; health communication; and priority programmes (TB; HIV and AIDS; TB-HIV co-epidemic; and sexual and reproductive health).

In addition, our work includes policy engagement and postgraduate teaching.

We have established national and international reputations, and our success is built on innovation and diversity. 

CHP and CHSR&D are committed to building capacity in health policy and systems research.

We offer a supportive environment that emphasizes mentorship and skills development.

Main purpose of the internship

  • To prepare three research interns for entry to a three-year PhD programme, supported by an NRF SARChI bursary.
  • The interns will be provided with supervisory support to develop a PhD application as well as gain experience by participating in existing research projects.
  • The topic areas under which the interns are likely to work are one of the following: quality of health (Free State-based), digital health, and community-based mental health care.

Location

  • The Centre for Health Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand and Centre for Health Systems Research & Development at the University of the Free State.

Required minimum education and training

Master’s degree in Public Health/Sociology/Political Science/ Development Studies/ Economics.

Knowledge of public health, health systems or health policy will be an added advantage, including the topic areas listed above.

Additional education, work experience and personal abilities

  • Must have good writing and conceptual skills.
  • Able to work well in a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Must be highly motivated with a strong interest in health equity and social justice.
  • Be passionate about research, with some prior experience and an eagerness to learn new methods and approaches.

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  • Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV – Please Apply Online
  • Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
  • The closing date for all applications is 14 February 2020.
  • Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
  • Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
  • In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

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Sales Manager (Ballito)

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Location: Ballito
Education level: Matric
Job level: Mid
Type: Permanent
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Company: MJM Recruitments

Sales Manager: FMCG – BALLITO

Purpose:

To Manage His/ Her departments and Non-foods) so that it functions effectively and that customers are satisfied

Education / Qualifications:

Matric / equivalent

Job Objectives

To ensure effective merchandising in the store

To ensure production according to system

To Ensure Stock availability

To manage wastage in all departments

To ensure effective housekeeping, health and Safety

To manage staff

Competencies

Essential

Deciding and initiating action

Leading and supervising

Planning and organising

Delivering results and meeting customer expectations

Following instructions and procedures

Copy with pressures and setbacks

Analysing

Desirable

Relating and networking

Achieving Personal work Goals and objectives

Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

Applying Expertise and technology

Presenting and communicating information

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Health24.com | Why is there still no vaccine for the coronavirus?

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After the novel coronavirus reared its head in Wuhan, China, the death toll increased rapidly, and the virus spread to other countries around the globe.

Yesterday, the death toll surpassed 100 and new cases were discovered in Ivory Coast on the African continent and in Germany.

In casual conversation, people are asking questions like “Why don’t they simply develop a vaccine?” or “How can we keep ourselves safe if the virus spreads so easily from one human to the next?”

Scientists are in the process of developing a vaccine, but it’s not that simple.

Is there a vaccine for the coronavirus in the works right now?

According to reports, work on a vaccine for coronavirus strains has been going on since the SARS and MERS outbreaks, initiated by multiple organisations, including the University of Washington where it is funded by the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). 

According to the NIAID, they were awarded two contracts in August 2013 to do advanced research on new treatments and vaccines specifically for MERS through its Preclinical Models of Infectious Disease programme.

How will such a vaccine work?

Looking at MERS, scientists saw that the coronavirus enters cells using a protein known as a spike or an “S-protein”. After entering the cell, the virus starts delaying a normal, healthy immune response, allowing infection to brew in the body.

The aim of scientists is to find a way to stop this so-called spike or S-protein from delaying the immune response.

Other research teams are working towards a live vaccination that contains a weakened living microbe of the virus (like the flu vaccine).

Has any work been done involving the latest strain of coronavirus?

Unfortunately, no. The research is based on the previous strains that caused the SARS and MERS outbreaks as scientists were previously not aware of the existence of this new strain. This is what makes the process so challenging.

Read more: 5 things you need to know about the latest strain of coronavirus 

But is there any hope if the virus keeps on mutating?

Just like the influenza virus, the coronavirus operates stealthily, changing its shape and forming new strains. But since this is the third major outbreak caused by a coronavirus, scientists are investigating and organisations are considering investments in the development of a vaccine that will be able to broadly protect a person against any strain of coronavirus.

How long will it take to develop a vaccine? And what is currently being done?

According to a report published in the New York Times, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland have started on laboratory work to establish the letters of the genetic code that can be used to make a vaccine based on the latest strain of the coronavirus.

They started by using the templates of previous SARS vaccine research and simply swapped the genetic code to make it work for the new virus.

There are also scientists in Australia and at least three large pharmaceutical companies doing research on vaccines against this latest outbreak.

While this is good news, developing a vaccine is a lengthy process and not as simple as it sounds. Developing a vaccine that is approved for clinical use will likely take months.

Will we be protected from such outbreaks in the future?

Experts believe that the possibility and frequency of such outbreaks can increase due to climate change, dense urban population and the ease of global travel – emphasising the need for quick action.  

Dr Peter Hortez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development was involved in work on the production of a vaccine for the SARS virus that can possibly be reworked for this new strain of coronavirus. He is quoted in the New York Times saying that it is probably important to start thinking about creating a special infrastructure for the coronavirus in the same way as for flu.

“We’re just starting to realise that the power of vaccines goes way beyond public health. They are also critical to the global economy and global security.”

According to reports, a more proactive approach, rather than reactive, is needed to curb these outbreaks in the future.

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Sport24.co.za | Time to scrap Super Rugby? Format still flawed after 25 years

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Wellington – Super Rugby marks its 25th anniversary this year still struggling to establish a stable identity and with calls for the unwieldy competition across 16 time zones to be scrapped.

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Staging a multi-national tournament from South Africa to New Zealand every weekend was always going to be fraught with problems even before Argentina joined, and the governing body SANZAAR has never found an acceptable solution.

Perhaps the best answer, according to South African-born former All Blacks great Andrew Mehrtens, would be to scrap the tournament and start all over again without South Africa and Argentina.

“If we push into Asia, if we can develop a competition that’s in the same time zone I think it’s going to be a better product,” the former All Blacks flyhalf said.

“We need to drop South Africa. As much as I love South Africa, logistically it’s a pain, and the same with Argentina.”

The problem is highlighted by the Hurricanes’ start to this season.

Following their final warm-up game in Auckland last weekend, they play in South Africa on Saturday, travel on to Argentina the week after and play their third match the following week back in New Zealand.

Conference complications

Super Rugby was born in 1996 as a 12-team competition with franchises in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa playing in a round-robin competition with the top four advancing to semi-finals.

In 2011, in an attempt to make more money from broadcasters, it was expanded to 15 teams divided into three national conferences under a complicated system in which teams did not play all the other sides.

It was further enlarged to 18 teams in 2016 and spread over 16 time zones with the addition of a sixth South African side as well as the Sunwolves from Japan and Argentina’s Jaguares making it bewildering for even diehard fans to keep up with the action which was taking place at all hours.

The flaws in the conference system were immediate, especially in 2017 when the Lions were ranked the top team for the playoffs despite having not faced a New Zealand team.

When it came to the crunch they lost the final at home to the Crusaders.

So long Sunwolves

Another rethink saw two South African and one Australian side axed in 2018. The widely criticised conference system will be scrapped for next season, as will Japan’s Sunwolves.

SANZAAR’s prime concern now before the next edition is to generate public interest after crowds fell markedly in recent years and television audiences flattened out.

They need impressive data to put to the broadcasters as deals are renegotiated, but the only definite number they have is that there will be less content in 2021 when the tournament drops from an 18-week regular season to 13.

In its early days, Super Rugby was uncomplicated and even though it was professional there was still an amateur feel.

Flanker Daniel Braid, who played for the Blues when they won the title for the third and final time in 2002, recalls “training in public gyms, waiting for regular punters to finish their bench presses before we could jump on”.

It was a world far-removed from the high-tech facilities of modern teams, coupled with scientifically managed workloads, in no small part financed by broadcast income.

In Australia, Fox has already warned rugby executives that it is on a cost-slashing campaign with Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle pinning her hopes on a competitive tendering process to negotiate an improved broadcast deal for the next five years.

“We believe that we have more than one party that’s prepared to step forward and have a serious look at the rights for rugby,” Castle said.

Mehrtens believes the Australian situation is further reason to end Super Rugby with South Africa and Argentina peeling off to join tournaments more closely in line with their time zones.

“We’re up against big northern hemisphere economies in Europe and England, so Australia being strong as a rugby brand is important to New Zealand as well,” he said.

“Australia has a bigger economic footprint into Asia and I’m fully of the belief that’s our future getting into that market there and helping develop that.”

Driver (Johannesburg)

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Remuneration: R9000 per month Basic salary 
Benefits: Discovery Group Life Cover
Location: Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni
Type: Permanent
Reference: #DRIV/EKUR02
Company: Community Media Trust

Job description

Community Media Trust (CMT) is a South African NGO focusing on communication in the fields of basic human rights. CMT aims to empower individuals and communities, encouraging them to take part in managing and improving their own lives, promoting healthy and health seeking behaviour and basic human rights. It does this through media and outreach programmes that provide scientific information in a format that is easy to understand.

Please visit our website to find out more about CMT – www.cmt.org.za

CMT wishes to appoint two suitably experienced individuals to serve as drivers in Ekurhuleni. Applicants must have an unendorsed valid SA drivers’ licence with a PDP and be available to start immediately. Salary commensurate with experience.

 Key duties and responsibilities (may include but are not limited to)

  • Careful and cautious driving of vehicles
  • Abiding by the rules of road and being responsible for any/all traffic fines incurred
  • Inspecting cars for defects and safe operating conditions before, during and after trips and submitting written reports on the condition of the vehicle(s) each month
  • Reporting any problems with vehicle(s) and ensuring it is repaired
  • Completing and maintaining an accurate vehicle log book
  • Management of petrol card and vehicle keys
  • Ensuring vehicle is well maintained, is kept clean and receives regular services
  • Ensuring car is safely parked at office premises overnight and is locked and alarmed
  • Passenger transporter – driving Ekurhuleni field staff for work-related meetings/events
  • Running errands for work-related needs
  • Providing support for team overall
  • To complete ad-hoc duties as requested from time to time by your supervisor.

To apply:
When applying please quote the reference number DRIVER/EKUR02 in the subject line to the attention HR Assistant at recruitment@cmt.org.za

Only online applications with the above attachment will be accepted – should you not quote the reference number; your application will not be viewed.

CMT is committed to equity in our employment practices. It is with intention to appoint individuals with the aim of meeting our equity objectives. CMT reserve the right not to appoint if no suitable candidates are identified.

Closing date: 14 February (12:00 PM)

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. If you do not receive a response within two weeks after the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

CMT reserves the right to amend and/or withdraw adverts at any time without notification.

Personal attributes

  • Punctuality, discretion, tact and diplomacy (essential to maintain complete confidentiality of information)
  • High attention to detail
  • Ability to work within a team
  • Ability to take responsibility and accountability
  • Planning, organising and accuracy
  • Enjoy travelling as part of the norm
  • Can do attitude

Requirements

  • Minimum three years of driving experience
  • Unendorsed valid SA Code 8 or 10 drivers licence with a PDP
  • Fully functioning mobile phone
  • Good Vehicle maintenance experience
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good communication skills in English
  • Ability to manage petty cash issued
  • Knowledge of Ekurhuleni and surrounds

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News24.com | Tracker disputes Public Protector’s finding on ‘improper’ 21-year tender with SAPS

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Tracker has disputed Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s finding that the agreements between Trackers SA and the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the provision of the vehicle-tracking system in vehicles belonging to SAPS, were improper.

“It is unfortunate, and in our view incorrect that the Public Protector suggests that the benefit which Tracker derives from its contract with the SAPS is ‘improper’.

“While Tracker is disappointed by the Public Protector’s findings, believes those findings to be flawed and contends that its submissions were not properly taken into account, we have no difficulty with the remedial action contained in the report,” the vehicle tracking company said in a statement dated January 24, 2020.

This comes after the Public Protector found that the process followed by the SAPS in concluding agreements with Tracker/Tracker Connect for the provision of the vehicle-tracking system in vehicles belonging to SAPS was improper.

“The process followed by the SAPS in concluding the agreements over the past 21 years failed to meet the standards imposed in terms of Section 217 of the Constitution and Section 2 of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act and amounts to improper conduct and maladministration,” Mkhwebane said at a briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday.

This investigation emanates from a complaint lodged by Niemesh Singh on August 19, 2013 relating to the “irregular awarding of a contract to Tracker Network Pty (Ltd) by the SAPS”.

The complainant alleged that Tracker enjoyed a favourable relationship with the police since a deal was reached in 1995, as police resources were being used by Tracker to track and recover the stolen vehicles of Tracker clients.

This relationship between the two allegedly allowed Tracker to use state resources to fund their organisation, leading to significantly higher profit margins for Tracker as they did not pay for such resources themselves, Singh further alleged.

‘Better returns and profits for Tracker’

According to the complainant, the SAPS does not benefit from the relationship as expenses such as fuel and vehicle maintenance are not borne by Tracker.

This led the complainant to believe this was anti-competitive behaviour, prejudicing other tracking companies as Tracker was utilising police resources at no cost. This saw better returns and profits for Tracker, Singh argued.

He further alleged the original agreement was irregularly renewed, and as it approached expiry in June 2013 it was extended for a further three months by the national commissioner at the time to allow for the finalisation of tender processes.

The Public Protector found the claims to be substantiated and found that the conduct of police bosses “amounts to improper conduct as envisaged in Section 182(1) of the Constitution and maladministration as envisaged in section 6(4) of the Public Protector Act, 1994”.

The SAPS and Tracker have both noted the Public Protector’s final report.

“I can confirm that we have received the report and are currently studying it. If necessary, we will respond at a later stage,” police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo told News24 on Wednesday.

Tracker, meanwhile, said the Public Protector did not make any findings against the company.

“The Public Protector’s findings were made against the backdrop that Tracker has been awarded the contract for the provision of vehicle-tracking technology to the SAPS in a series of open-tender processes over the years,” the vehicle tracking company said in a statement released on January 24, 2020.

The company further said it was “considering whether or not to take any action in relation to the report”.

Tracker also said there is no finding of corruption or unlawfulness on Tracker’s part.

“Tracker is proud of its relationship with the SAPS and the significant impact that our involvement has had, at no cost to the SAPS, in combating vehicle and related crime over the years. 

“We will endeavour to continue to work together with the SAPS in this vital area and intend to participate in the next SAPS tender process,” the statement concludes.

for Rent. R 4 000 : 1.0 BEDROOM FLAT TO LET IN PIETERMARITZBURG CENTRAL… South Africa Property Portal

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   Fantastic 2 bedroom home, comprising of full bathroom, kitchen, lounge, dining room, lovely balcony that can be converted as third bedroom, Great investment opportunity, in a secure complex, you are secured with cctv cameras, biometric access and guards. This complex also has a creche, shop and huge communal pool and park with braai are and braai facilities for your entertainment.
 
     

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Team Leader – Outbound / Financial (Maitland)

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Location: Maitland
Job level: Junior/Mid
Type: Permanent
Company: Persuade

Job description

We are seeking an experienced team leader to join our small but growing based company based in Maitland
you will join the team as team lead generating leads for the financial industry. You will be required to supervise 2-3 agents

Direct report is to head of production / general manager 

Team leader responsibilities will be:

  • Coach staff, provide training and on-boarding of all new staff in your unit
  • Continued training of current staff, plan and schedule training days 
  • Make sure team hits they daily and weekly KPI’s
  • Providing regular, timely feedback to the marketing team on number of calls made, pending bookings/hot prospects, any objections etc
  • Be a team player and team leader and join in the retention team to generate leads for our clients 

Type of person we looking for:

  • Excellent at motivating others and hitting daily targets 
  • Training and peoples person. Must be a bubbly individual
  • Knows how to motivate, inspire people on all levels 
  • Must have experience in outbound, cold calling with businesses 

ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE OUTBOUND EXPERIENCE 

What we offering:

  • Base salary of R7000 per month flexible hours 
  • Flexible work hours Monday-Thursday 08:00 – 16:00pm – Friday 08:00 – 14:00pm
  • KPI monthly bonus if targets are hit in the team
  • Untapped learning opportunity. R10 000 contribution to any online course
  • Weekly, monthly incentives inclu weekends away and company retreats 

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