Duties & Responsibilities
International OEM providing enormous career opportunities for successful incumbents is urgently requiring an experienced Interior and Exterior Development Engineer with at least 5 years experience. Position will entail being responsible for the implementation of the purchasing strategy of the Interior and Exterior parts, recommending parts sourcing and potential suppliers, parts cost optimization, etc. Mechanical Engineering or other relevant degree / diploma required. OEM experience essential! For more information, please contact moniquew@mpc.co.za
Cross Border Controllers
Duties, but not limited to: To ensure that all customer deliveries between terminals, customers and depots are executed in accordance with the cartage schedule duties and responsibilities Customer Care – Confirm receipt of delivery instruction. Ensure client receives regular updates on delivery progress, provide feedback where applicable and assist in making contingency plans when service delivery failure. Discuss operational concerns with senior controller Print CTO’s from captured instruction. All delivery dates and times to reflect accordingly Check with cartage on delivery date and time and confirm this to client, any deviations to be confirmed with client. Check cartage plan to ensure all deliveries are planned. Check with client on last turn in day to avoid demurrage or any additional charges Check export stacks to avoid late turn in of export units and check with depots to ensure releases has been received. Check rates are accurately updated on CCTS for clients. Assist admin controller on checking pod’s and saving on share drive. Requirements: Applicant must have cross border transport experience on all procedures and operations Min 5 year’s experience in transport and freight environment. Able to work long hours / weekends / public holidays, if needed Grade 12. Code 8 Driving Licence. Please email cv + recent picture to Marlene at marlene@servicesolutions.co.za
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Digital Printing Expert (Johannesburg)
| Remuneration: | negotiable Cost to company |
| Benefits: | Provident Fund and onsite clinic |
| Location: | Johannesburg, Kew |
| Education level: | Diploma |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | International |
| Job policy: | Employment Equity position |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #DPE001 |
| Company: | Kevro |
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a digital printing expert at our factory in Kew.
The purpose of the Digital Printing expert is to act as advisor in terms of optimal machine efficiency, use of raw materials, purchasing or refurbishing machinery and advise on the optimal process to use in terms of production.
Continuous improvement
- Analyse production data in display and promotional gifts areas and identify lower performing machines
- Conduct root cause analyse to identify the barriers to production and develop and implement SOPs based on machine usage that will improve overall productivity, quality and reduce the amount of time spend in production
- Advise on production standards and turnaround times and assist department to achieve optimal productivity
- Provide training to employees on how to best use the machines and how to work more effectively
Industry Benchmarking
- Conduct site visits, industry conventions and research to keep abreast of latest technological trends
- Provide feedback in terms of how current machinery can be used more effectively and efficiently, what raw materials could be considered to improve productivity and quality and advise on acquisitions of machinery
New product development projects
- Receive brief from product development department and establish printing and product requirements in terms of production to meet the required standards
- Advise on factory’s capability to meet the requirement or provide a solution in terms of what will be required to meet this standard
Sourcing of raw materials and substrates
- Identify and select most appropriate options for binding, inks, paper, varnishes, substrates and special printing processes
- Selecting and negotiating with vendors to agree on the best price, quality and turnaround times
Print estimation
- Writing effective creative briefs and print specs that reflect client goals, printing requirements, scheduling, and budget constraints
- Sending requests for estimates to printers and follow up
- Evaluate samples and approve quality before delivery to the client
Quality improvement
- Evaluate quality investigation reports and identify which operating processes needs to be changed or implemented in order to mitigate the risk
Company Description
Barron – switching brands on since 1990
Requirements
Qualification
- Diploma in printing management (desirable)
- Six Sigma green belt (desirable)
- Diploma in fine art/design (desirable)
Knowledge
- Technical and Mechanical knowledge of digital printing and sublimation machines
- Digital printing processes
- Substrates and materials to print on
- Pantone colours
- Different printing inks
Experience
- Five to eight years’ experience in digital printing industry — preferably from the signage industry
- Three to five years’ experience as a small business owner of a printing company (desirable)
Skills
- Verbal and numeric comprehension
- Verification skills
- Researching and benchmarking
- Ability to train other people
- Ability to create SOPs that are aligned with best practice
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Health24.com | Study finds how the brain sharpens the hearing of the blind
Researchers have long wondered why blind people seem to have a sharpened sense of hearing. Now a Seattle team has pinpointed specific brain adaptations that occur in people without sight.
“There’s this idea that blind people are good at auditory tasks, because they have to make their way in the world without visual information. We wanted to explore how this happens in the brain,” said Ione Fine, a psychology professor at the University of Washington (UW).
More information about sound
Fine is the senior author of a pair of studies in which researchers used functional MRI to detect two specific hearing-related changes in blind people’s brains.
Rather than identifying which parts of the brain are most active while listening, the researchers examined the sensitivity of the brain to slight differences in auditory frequency.
One study was published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience and the other in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
According to Kelly Chang, the lead author of the Journal of Neuroscience study, the researchers “weren’t measuring how rapidly neurons fire, but rather how accurately populations of neurons represent information about sound.” Chang is a graduate student in the UW psychology department.
The investigators found that compared to a sighted person, a blind person’s auditory cortex was better able to detect small differences in sound frequency.
Using sound to track moving objects
Fine said, “This is the first study to show that blindness results in plasticity in the auditory cortex. This is important because this is an area of the brain that receives very similar auditory information in blind and sighted individuals. But in blind individuals, more information needs to be extracted from sound – and this region seems to develop enhanced capacities as a result.”
The other study examined how the brains of people who are born blind or go blind early in life use sound to track moving objects.
The researchers came to focus on an area of the brain called the hMT+, which in sighted people is responsible for tracking moving objects they see. In sightless people, it tracks the sounds of moving objects, such as cars or footsteps, the study authors said.
“These results suggest that early blindness results in visual areas being recruited to solve auditory tasks in a relatively sophisticated way,” Fine said in a university news release.
According to Chang, the research showed “that the brains of blind individuals are better able to represent frequencies”.
In addition, the findings provide “an idea of what changes in the brain explain why blind people are better at picking out and identifying sounds in the environment”.
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Sport24.co.za | Kiwi scribe slams ‘bonkers’ SA TMO Marius Jonker
Cape Town – A renowned New Zealand scribe has hit out at the standard of officiating in the southern hemisphere.
Mark Reason, who writes for the Stuff.co.nz website, said while southern hemisphere teams play better rugby than their northern counterparts, the same cannot be said for the officials.
Reason in particular took a swipe at the television match officials, with South Africa’s Marius Jonker at the top of his list.
Jonker was the subject of much controversy earlier this month when he disallowed a Crusaders try in their 19-all draw with the Stormers at Newlands.
The visitors from New Zealand seemingly scored a match-clinching try, before Jonker claimed there was a forward pass, with SANZAAR afterwards admitting he had erred.
“The application of the television match official protocols are particularly worrying. Half of the TMOs think they are ‘God’ up there. They have been told time and again by World Rugby that it is the referee who remains God, but still they take power into their own hands,” Reason wrote.
Reason said Jonker’s decision “surprised even a couple of the South African commentators”.
He added: “Jonker, heaven help us, will be one of the four TMOs at the World Cup. The other three are Ben Skeen, Graham Hughes and Rowan Kitt. I think we can have a reasonable amount of faith in these three, particularly Hughes who is consistently excellent.
“But bonkers Jonker is a law unto himself. The World Rugby guidelines are very clear around the role of the TMO. He is there to advise the referee. Indeed the word advice is underlined. The TMO must also not overrule the referee unless the evidence is CLEAR and OBVIOUS.
“Jonker breached all of those directives. Jonker said to referee Nic Berry, another who is going to the World Cup, “I’m going to show you a forward pass … Can you hear me. We have a forward pass. There’s clear and compelling evidence of a forward pass back on the halfway.
“This is not advice. Jonker did not ask Berry to look. He did not consult. He took over the referee’s supreme authority and so undermined him. And as it happened, he also got it wrong. And Jonker got it wrong not just once, but twice.”
After sitting out last weekend’s Super Rugby action, Jonker is back in the TMO booth this weekend for the South African derby between the Lions and Stormers at Ellis Park.
In his column, Reason also highlighted errors made by TMO Glenn Newman in this past weekend’s Chiefs v Reds match in Hamilton.
He concluded the column by saying “TMOs are incredibly and consistently wrong. Let’s get rid of them altogether or go to a system like football’s VAR.”
To read the full column on the Stuff.co.nz website, CLICK HERE.
Internal Sales Representative (steel) (bloemfontein)
A TECHNICAL RETAIL SUPPLIER IS LOOKING FOR AN INTERNAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE WITHIN THE STEEL INDUSTRY IN THE BLOEMFONTEIN AREA
Please Note:
If you do not fit the specification with the minimum requirements your application will not be accepted for this position. Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete an Assessment or Test to demonstrate your knowledge of this position.
Requirements:
- Matric Certificate with Mathematics as a subject
- 2-3 years sales experience within the Steel Industry
- Knowledge of Fluid Control (Irrigation, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings)
- Excellent Written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent Customer Service Skills
- Computer Literate
Applicants must reside in BLOEMFONTEIN or surrounding area.
Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Visit our website to view all of our current vacancies: www.mprtc.co.za
24 May 2019 – SARS extends Track and Trace tender timelines
Pretoria, Friday 24 May 2019 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) wishes to announce the extension of a tender for the provision of a Production Management and a Track and Trace solution for cigarettes that is published on the SARS Website.
The extension allows the Commissioner, Mr Edward Kieswetter the opportunity to apply his mind, consider all relevant factors and consult further.
SARS re-emphasises that this strategic intent seeks to address a significant compliance and revenue risk emanating from illegal and unethical practices, whilst tackling unlawful economic activities, especially in the tobacco industry.
Further details will be provided in due course through the normal procurement process including the extension period.
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News24.com | Stolen VBS money paid for EFF birthday bash – report
An investigation by Scorpio has revealed that money stolen from VBS Mutual Bank funded the EFF’s fourth birthday bash at a popular party venue in Umlazi, Durban, in July 2017.
According to Daily Maverick, this forms part of a chunk of the illegal R16.1m received by Sgameka Projects – a company owned by Brian Shivambu, the brother of EFF chief whip Floyd Shivambu – from VBS, that was ultimately channelled to the EFF.
Scorpio has reportedly isolated about R4.13m in VBS loot paid toward the EFF.
While EFF leader Julius Malema has denied that his party ever benefited from VBS funds, most notably in a pre-election interview with Radio 702, Scorpio claims VBS money flowed through companies over which Malema and Floyd Shivambu have ultimate control “in a scheme designed to mask the origin and ultimate beneficiaries of the funds”.
According to Daily Maverick, VBS money was used to fund the EFF’s fourth birthday bash, paid for printing of T-shirts, transport and what was reportedly described as “Jhb Office Rental”.
The source of these VBS funds was reportedly obscured when two proxy companies for Malema and Shivambu were used to effect the payments.
According to a damning forensic report by advocate Terry Motau and law firm Werksmans Attorneys, Brian Shivambu, owner of Sgameka projects, received R16m, News24 reported in October last year.
The report, titled “The Great Bank Heist”, was published following investigations into the bank.
EFF was main beneficiary
According to the latest report by Scorpio, “An analysis of Sgameka’s bank account shows the main beneficiaries were the EFF, Grand Azania (a company which is an alter ego of Floyd), and Mahuna Investments (an alter ego of the EFF Commander-in-Chief, Julius Malema).”
According to Scorpio, its investigative reporter, Pauli van Wyk, followed up on Malema’s invitation to journalists to have the party’s financials scrutinised, but she was snubbed on two occasions.
Malema reportedly replied: “I won’t be answering any questions from this moloi; she can write anything she wants to write. I’ve responded to all her questions before and won’t be doing it going forward. She extraordinarily personal (sic) and I’m not answerable to white madam. She can go to the nearest hell.”
‘Recycled news’
EFF leader Julius Malema told eNCA on Tuesday that the latest report by Daily Maverick is nothing new and that he was not going to be “entertained by recycled news”.
Malema admitted that a birthday party was held, but denied that money from VBS was used to pay for it.
“We [the EFF] paid for it.
“I’m not going to entertain this thing that every time Pravin [Gordhan] is in hot water and the EFF takes a stand, [investigative reporter] Pauli [van Wyk] goes to her dustbin to dig the old stuff… I don’t have time for that. She must go and be buried in that dustbin where she digs up recycled stories of VBS. There’s nothing new.”
Malema said if there were any wrongdoing, “the doors of the police stations are open”.
Malema also denied that he or the EFF had refused journalists access to its financial records. “[That offer] is standing. Any time.”
Malema said the elections have just been finalised. “Even Cabinet has not yet been appointed. What is the hurry? We are all getting our houses in order. So I will go back to the EFF treasurer’s office to check what went wrong with this issue.
“It’s not like a month or a year has finished. But when you are on a witch hunt, you see an hour to be equal to a year,” Malema said.
‘Money paid to Shivambu’s and Malema’s companies’
In its latest report, Scorpio found that Sgameka sent R1.3m in three tranches directly to two EFF bank accounts; R5.16m in 22 tranches to Grand Azania, an alter ego of Floyd Shivambu; R4.8m in nine tranches to Mahuna Investments, an alter ego of Julius Malema.
The VBS money was used to prop up the EFF as well as the lifestyle of Malema and Shivambu, Scorpio reported, saying it had evidence that would stand up to scrutiny in court.
In addition, Scorpio found that Sgameka Projects and Mahuna Investments paid R454 000 in four tranches to Eyadini Lounge between July 25 and August 1, 2017. It reported that the allocated money paid for the party’s exclusive fourth birthday party at the popular Umlazi venue held over the last weekend of July 2017.
The EFF further received R1.5m in VBS money directly into two bank accounts held by the party, according to Scorpio.
Malema’s house
Daily Maverick also reported that payments totalling about R460 000 were paid toward a house in Sandown, Johannesburg, which was rented by Malema and was now registered as an asset on the books of the EFF.
The house was reportedly bought for R5.25m, and although EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi told Scorpio that the house was bought using a bank loan, it was found to be unbonded and was therefore paid for in cash.
In April, a former senior EFF leader in its central command team has accused party president Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu of financial mismanagement and accepting a donation from VBS Mutual Bank, News24 reported.
In a Facebook post, Thembinkosi Rawula accused Malema and Shivambu of abuse and running a dictatorship. Rawula, who has resigned from the organisation, was the party’s national disciplinary chairperson.
He told News24 that, over the past four years, he has was not shown a report of the party’s finances.
“We have offices, but we don’t know how much we pay for these offices. You will not find any books of the EFF. There is no consistency; there is no accountability. All you see is them living a flashy lifestyle. The lives they are leading is beyond their financial means,” Rawula said.
READ: Malema: Linking EFF to VBS an attempt to weaken the party
Malema and Shivambu have repeatedly denied any claims of wrongdoing.
“Sgameka projects does not have any working relationship with VBS Mutual Bank and has never received any payment from VBS Mutual Bank,” Shivambu said in a statement in October last year.
In November, the DA opened a criminal case against Malema and Shivambu, Shivambu’s brother Brian, and Malema’s cousin, Matsobane Phaleng, for alleged criminal offences in relation to the looting of VBS Mutual Bank.
The Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) also confirmed to News24 that a team of 16 investigators and prosecutors were investigating the matter, News24 reported earlier.
In this interview on Radio 702, Malema denies claims that the party ever received money from VBS.
During a post-elections press conference two weeks ago, Malema said the party’s increased support at the polls showed it was “doing well”, adding “we are cruising nicely”.
On Tuesday, hours after Daily Maverick published its investigation, Malema posted a veiled message to Twitter, urging his EFF supporters, referred to as “fighters”, to “go for [sic] kill” and to “hit hard”.
In it he refers to “bana ba baloi (children of witches)” who are not happy.
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Manager — Student Wellness (Grahamstown)
| Remuneration: | R866638 per month Cost to company |
| Benefits: | Medical Aid, Pension Fund, 13th Cheque |
| Location: | Grahamstown |
| Reference: | #CPT002441/JES |
| Company: | Intelligent Placement |
An exciting career opportunity exists in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape for a Manager: Student Wellness within a Higher Education environment. If you have the following behavioural competency and experience, we look forward to receiving your application.
Behavioural Competency
- Expert understanding and knowledge of adolescent/early adulthood development
- Genuine interest in working with students and preferably a good track record of having done so
- Ethical and professional orientation at all times
- Sound overall knowledge of wellness and well-being
- Sound understanding of budgetary procedures
- Proven competence in report-writing
- Problem-solving skills: logical and analytical
- People management skills with a collaborative approach
- A strong track record of service delivery
- Decision-making skills, able to be objective, flexible but decisive
- Sound numerical ability
Requirements:
The job incumbent must be a Counselling Psychologist, registered with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA), with approximately seven years’ relevant work experience over and above their internship where such experience includes:
- Previous experience working with adolescents or individuals in early adulthood. The greater diversity of the experience with adolescents the better. Those individuals with specific experience of working with University students will also be at an advantage.
- Previous experience supervising interns with a good track record of having done so
- Previous experience working at a strategic level (at least middle management)
- At least 5 years’ management experience
- Previous experience in developing new policies, practices and processes that will improve the overall quality of the well-being of students
- Previous experience in being part of initiatives to introduce new ways of thinking where the individual has worked with individuals to change their current way of thinking and functioning
Application Process:
Vacancy Reference no: CPT002441 Closing Date: 30 May 2019
To apply for the above mentioned position, please visit our website www.intelligentplacement.co.za/vacancies
If you don’t hear from us within 3 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful
Posted on 28 May 07:56
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Intelligent Placement will, through its expertise, service standards and national network provide a unique value proposition which will differentiate Intelligent Placement to be the preferred South African Recruitment brand.
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