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Cape Town – Quinton de Kock has been named as the new ODI captain of the Proteas, replacing Faf du Plessis for the upcoming England series.
Du Plessis was largely expected to step away from the format following the Proteas’ poor showing at the 2019 World Cup, and while no indication has been given on his future, he was not included in the 15-man squad for the series that was released on Tuesday.
“We all know the quality of the player that Quinton de Kock has grown to become. Over the years, we have watched him grow in confidence and become one of the top ODI wicket-keeper batsmen in the world,” CSA Director of Cricket Graeme Smith.
“He has a unique outlook and manner in which he goes about his business and is tactically very street smart. We are confident that the new leadership role will bring out the best in him as a cricketer and that he can take the team forward into the future and produce results that South Africans the world over can be very proud of.
“We wish him the very best in this new role and look forward to watching him make his mark in this series against the World Cup Champions.”
Smith and the Proteas brains trust have also included five uncapped players in the squad in the form of Sisanda Magala, Bjorn Fortuin, Lutho Sipamla, Janneman Malan and Kyle Verreynne.
“We are really pleased with the squad we have selected, it is a good indication of the depth that we have in the country,” said acting selection convenor Linda Zondi.
“The road towards the 2023 Cricket World Cup starts now and we want players doing well in our domestic structures to see the rewards of the hard work that they have put in.
“The pool that we build going forward is going to be vital in the selection of that 2023 World Cup squad but also without looking too far ahead, we are confident that we have players that will make South Africa proud in this ODI series against a confident England team.”
Proteas ODI squad for England:
Quinton de Kock (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Jon Jon Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Sisanda Magala, Bjorn Fortuin, Beuran Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Kyle Verreynne
In a blistering complaint to the Judicial Service Commission, the deputy judge president (DJP) in the Western Cape has alleged that her boss, Judge President John Hlophe, wanted certain appointments in a nuclear case in which former president Jacob Zuma was a respondent.
Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath claimed, in a 14-page affidavit, that Hlophe wanted judges who were perceived as “favourably disposed” to Zuma to preside over the so-called Earthlife Africa case involving the nuclear deal.
She said Hlophe told her criticism against the former president about the nuclear deal was “unwarranted”.
“He attempted to influence me to allocate the matter to two judges he perceived to be favourably disposed to the former president,” she said in the affidavit.
“I immediately dismissed the idea and referred him to a Daily Maverick article in which negative aspersions were cast on his allocation in another matter. Although unhappy, he did not pursue the matter and we agreed upon the two judges subsequently appointed to hear the matter.”
She raised the issue when making the claim that the judge president (JP) accused her of not supporting him.
“I accept that on several occasions we had disagreements. I sought on those occasion[s] to uphold and protect the Constitution in keeping with my oath, especially when his conduct fell short of an acceptable standard.”
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In the Western Cape High Court in October 2015, Earthlife Africa and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (Safcei) challenged government’s decision to buy 9.6 GW of nuclear power without debating it in Parliament first, thus flouting democratic processes, Fin24 reported at the time.
The applicants argued in court papers that the government could not afford the mooted R1 trillion nuclear price tag, adding that it acted in secret when it signed an agreement with Russia as part of the procurement plans for a nuclear build programme.
The government, however, countered that South Africa needed nuclear energy as a form of base load power as coal-fired power stations were being phased out.
At the time, Zuma stated that nuclear energy would only be procured at a pace and scale the government could afford.
Not the first complaint
In 2017, Judge Lee Bozalek ruled that the government’s attempts to secure the nuclear energy were unlawful, including the initial determination to procure nuclear energy in 2013, the co-operation agreements signed with Russia, the US and South Korea, as well as former energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s decision to hand over the procurement of nuclear energy to Eskom in 2016.
It is not the first time that a complaint has been raised about Hlophe.
News24 previously reported that it was alleged that he tried to influence Constitutional Court judges in a case involving Zuma.
A complaint was laid by the full Constitutional Court Bench after he allegedly approached justices Bess Nkabinde and Christopher Jafta to improperly influence them in a case before the apex court.
A tribunal was set up at the recommendation of a subcommittee of the Judicial Service Commission in 2013.
It has not yet commenced.
Goliath’s claims were part of a larger complaint which includes allegations of verbal abuse, victimisation, preferential treatment of his wife, Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe, and even the physical assault of an unnamed subordinate.
But attorney Barnabas Xulu, who represents Hlophe and his wife, said the complaint contained gossip, rumours and information “obtained from the grapevine”, adding that it brought disrepute to the court.
Xulu added that the complaint had “nothing to do with judicial misconduct but a series of gossips, rumour-mongering and information allegedly obtained from the grapevine”.
According to him, the deputy judge president “obviously disagrees with the management of the division which is solely reserved for the JP”.
Xulu said it was “well known” that because of this, tension existed between Goliath and Hlophe and that it was “unfortunate” that the complaint, “rather than raise legitimate issues that improve this performance, brings disrepute to the court”.
Hlophe, he said, would “demonstrate at the right time, before the correct forum, that the complaint revealed a deeply worrying standard of judicial competence from a member of the Bench in the position of the DJP”, adding that it would be unconstitutional for a judge president to allocate cases to judges in the division based on the date of their appointment.
Hlophe intended to show there is no merit to the complaint which, Xulu said, brought the administration of justice “into serious disrepute” based on irrelevant material and “vague and embarrassing” information.
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A manufacturing concern is seeking a Scrap and Yield Manager to join their team.
Open position : Scrap and Yield Manager
Location : Port Elizabeth
Salary : Market related
Type : Permanent position
EE / AA position : Yes
Job requirements :
– Diploma in Quality, Polymer or Engineering
– 5 years working experience in production, process, and product industrialization
– Project management experience
– 2 years leadership experience
– Technical background in product industrialization / Process and Quality and able to operate at a senior level
Duties :
– Virgin yield of new articles / warehouse yield at article level
– Participate in the evaluation of the requirements of new introductions (quotation process)
– Provide feedback about yields in ESP from ETO’s development process
– Provide commitment about warehouse virgin yield at OE Level to KAMS, GTS, Global Demand Management
– Implement recommendations to achieve desired virgin yield targets
– Drive continuous improvement activities to maintain and improve virgin yield, warehouse yield and scrap
– Perform through statistical analysis, interpret data, optimise and coordinate the process via application of standard work procedures for yield management with primary focus on OE virgin yield
– Stop production in order to resolve issues relevant to scrap and yield
– Involved in new technology, material, equipment and process changes
– Provide data for yield estimation process
– Quality development, planning and controlling – Drive and implement with Quality, Process, Production, Engineering and Industrial Engineering scrap and yield relevant solutions
– Analyse, implement and track corrective actions with regards to scrap and yield management
– Quality reporting system – Provide regular statistical reports to management and teams
– Out of yield for the replacement market – Responsible for ensuring that there will be opportunities for selling the product to the replacement market
– Reduce scrap across the plant using a systematic approach
– Coordinating problem solving activities with teams
– Facilitate cross departmental problem solving activities
– Look at trends of scrap and direct teams where needed
– Ensure implementation of measures and maintain controls
– Raise awareness and provide information about ESH responsibilities and duties
– Ensure immediate notification and response and initiate preventative measures in case of unsafe or polluting hazards
Candidates meeting the above criteria are invited to apply for the position by emailing their CV to dee@kingrec.co.za
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Ever since Ashli Stewart was a kid, people have told her that she’s old at heart.
Raised by a single mother, Stewart often made dinner and helped her little brother with his homework. Today, as a mother of three and an executive assistant for a company in Bakersfield, California, she still considers herself a “fixer” of other people’s problems.
“I’m just wired that way,” Stewart said. “It’s part of my personality to stay logical, reasonable and rational.”
She took the same approach with her own health.
After years of yo-yo dieting, she stopped eating red meat and fried foods, cut down on processed carbs and started working out four times per week. The next time she stepped on a scale, she had lost 25 pounds. Within one year, she dropped nearly 25 more.
“You give up a lot, so it was really nice to see that the hard work was paying off,” Stewart said.
One day during her workout, she felt a burning sensation in her chest. Unconcerned, she pushed through it and completed her routine.
During her next workout, it happened again.
Researching her symptoms online, Stewart became increasingly worried as website after website advised her to call 911 or go straight to the emergency room. Instead, she visited urgent care, where she received a chest X-ray and an electrocardiogram. They told her everything was fine and to return if the pain got any worse.
It did get worse.
Just sitting on her sofa, her chest felt tight. Other times, pain shot down her arm. At her second visit to urgent care, they diagnosed her with exercise-induced asthma and prescribed a drug that can increase heart rate. Her symptoms only became more severe.
A few weeks later, Stewart visited a primary care physician. She urged him to consider her high blood pressure and her family history of heart disease: Her grandfather died of a heart attack at 47 and an uncle died after open-heart surgery.
A stress echocardiogram showed her heart wasn’t pumping enough blood. She would need to consult with a cardiologist within 24 hours.
“At this point, I was shaking and having a panic attack,” said Stewart, who was only 32 at the time. “How do we fix this?”
Dr Viral Mehta, an interventional cardiologist, scheduled an angiogram to get a better look at Stewart’s heart. When they began the procedure, Mehta and his team chatted jovially. The tone changed when they got a closer look at her heart.
Her left anterior descending artery, the so-called “widow maker”, was 100% blocked, and she had a 70% blockage in another artery.
Mehta immediately performed a balloon angioplasty and placed two stents.
“She is extremely lucky that she did not have a very adverse outcome,” he said. “The most adverse outcomes would be heart attack or sudden death.”
Symptom-free since the procedure in 2016, Stewart has continued to eat a healthy diet and educate her family about their history of heart disease. She also reconnected and fell in love with an old childhood friend. They live together and have a two-year-old son, Jace, who has no trouble keeping up with his older brothers, 12-year-old Bradley and 11-year-old Jerry Lee.
Stewart believes her youth and gender made doctors overlook obvious symptoms of heart disease. To raise awareness that heart disease can happen to anybody, she became involved with the American Heart Association.
“I want people to know their numbers and know their bodies so they can be advocates for themselves and push through wrong diagnoses,” she said. “We have to get away from these stereotypes, because they are killing people.”
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SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) officials encountered a locked gate at Nyati Bush and Riverbreak Lodge near Brits in the North West on Tuesday when it arrived to conduct an inspection of the scene where 13-year-old Enoch Mpianzi died.
Mpianzi drowned while taking part in a Parktown Boys’ High School Grade 8 orientation camp last week.
He went missing on Wednesday when a raft he was on overturned in the Crocodile River. His body was discovered on Friday.
The SAHRC’s Buang Jones said the SAHRC stepped in to assist the boy’s family, pointing out that there were many unanswered questions about the circumstances of the boy’s death.
Jones said the owner of the lodge had been notified about the visit and had agreed to open his gates. He added, however, that en route to the venue, the owner informed SAHRC officials that he would consult his lawyers to discuss the visit.
Mpianzi’s parents, Itamba Guy and Antionette Mpianzi, were among those who were supposed to take part in the inspection.
“We view this as an obstruction of the work of the SAHRC. It demonstrates an uncaring attitude on the part of Nyati Bush,” Jones said.
He added that the commission was permitted to enter any premises and perform its functions in terms of Section 16 of the Commission’s Act.
Jones emphasised that the lodge remained a crime scene until the police finalised its investigation and that they hoped the lodge would assist with the investigation.
The commission also raised concerns after it discovered that it was not the first time a pupil died at the lodge. It intended to bring this to the attention of the tourism department.
“Ten years ago there was a learner who also perished here. This is something that concerns us. We will also bring the conduct of Nyati Bush to the Department of Tourism because they are accredited.”
The police were expected to assist the commission with the inspection.
Jones said the owner’s behaviour suggested that the lodge was hiding information and that a subpoena would be issued if necessary.
“The gate is locked as you can see. It is really disheartening and it is something we really condemn in the strongest terms.”
By 13:00 the gates remained locked and Jones said they may be forced to jump over the fence.
Just before 14:00 some members of the media had jumped over the gate.
| Remuneration: | negotiable Cost to company |
| Benefits: | Within the cost to company package |
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Education level: | Degree |
| Job level: | Mid |
| Type: | Permanent |
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| Company: | Viv Gordon Placements (VGP) |
A small but growing, boutique PR agency in Cape Town has an exciting job opportunity for a mid-weight Account Manager with a particular focus on media pitching and writing. This young and dynamic communications hub is looking for a creative and self-motivated team player! The successful candidate will take on a media manager role to place content for clients and oversee the media team. We’re looking for someone with key contacts who will train/mentor two junior staff, particularly on the media pitching side. From a writing perspective, you will work on opinion pieces, thought leadership pieces and press releases etc. The agency works with SMEs and you will work on the business, finance and tech portfolios – mostly consumer-focused. Lovely opportunity at a super agency – not to be missed!
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| Remuneration: | negotiable |
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Job level: | Senior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #MJM 5041 |
| Company: | MJM Recruitment |
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Minimum Requirements
Additional Requirements
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