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| Remuneration: | R16000 – R20000 per month negotiable TCTC |
| Benefits: | Medical Aid, Group Risk |
| Location: | Port Shepstone |
| Education level: | Diploma |
| Job level: | Junior/Mid |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Occasional |
| Job policy: | Employment Equity position |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #AGMM |
| Company: | Avidity Group |
Our Marketing Manager will be pivotal in designing and executing against a research-based marketing strategy for a newly renovated regional shopping centre.
The incumbent will lead a small vibrant team in delivery across the related fields of PR, advertising, digital, social media, events and promotions.
This position will suit a self driven individual who enjoys ideating customised solutions, pitching to client and project managing execution.
At Avidity, we are building a leading customer experience company. Avidity is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to consumer environments. We measure our efforts by the value our customers enjoy. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.
Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change consumer environments for good.
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It doesn't get any better than heading outside and going for a killer run under the sun….Well, there's actually one thing that can make that run better: knowing exactly how many calories you burned while doing it. Tracking calories definitely isn't for everyone, and that's perfectly fine. But some of us only feel seriously accomplished knowing that number.
Julie Upton, RD, tells Health that as a very general estimate, you can assume you burn about 100 calories per mile. Again, that's super general, and we know sometimes you want to nail the amount down more specifically. To get a more accurate number, you have to factor in both your weight and speed.
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The faster you run, the more calories you burn. The same goes for weight: The more you weigh, the more you burn while exercising. If two people run the same distance at the same speed, the person who weighs more will always burn more calories.
"The person who weighs more has to move a heavier body against gravity," says Cynthia Sass, RD, Health contributing nutrition editor. "It's harder to move a 165-pound body than it is a 150-pound body, so it burns more calories."
As to why a faster pace burns more, Sass says, "When you're running faster, your cells are working harder, so you're burning more calories." That means if you run three miles in 30 minutes or three miles in 45 minutes, you'll always burn more calories doing it in 30.
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So how can you know how many calories you're burning per mile? A chart by The American Council on Exercise says a 140-pound person burns about 13.2 calories per minute running. Let's say that person runs a 10-minute mile; that means they’ll burn 132 calories per mile. A 160-pound person, on the other hand, burns about 15.1 calories per minute, putting them at a 151 calories per mile.
If you want to get even more specific, you can check out MyFitnessPal's calories burned calculator. Enter your running speed (e.g. 10-minute mile), your weight, and the duration of your run—and viola, you'll have your calories burned number. This calculator also estimates the calories burned for other exercises, like spinning, hiking, and rowing.
Before you get too caught up in counting calories, Sass says to remember that there's much more to staying healthy than tracking calories in versus calories out. "The key to exercise and weight management is consistency—consistency with a healthy, balanced diet and moving your body. It doesn't have to be the toughest workout, as long as you're getting your heart rate up, you enjoy it, and you can do it regularly."
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Prominent Polokwane lawyer Tumi Mokwena, who has represented EFF leader Julius Malema, has to make available for inspection all trust accounts and books relating to his practice to the Law Society of the Northern Provinces.
This is part of an order granted in the Limpopo High Court.
The order also compels Mokwena and his partner, Floyd Legodi, to hand over complete files relating to instructions they handled on behalf of clients.
Mokwena confirmed the existence of the court order, which News24 has seen.
But he said it hasn’t been implemented yet because he has taken the matter further to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein.
“The matter is sub judice. I won’t comment much on it,” Mokwena said.
Zebediela Citrus Estate
The matter dates back to 2015 when the Law Society received a complaint about Mokwena over his involvement in the Zebediela Citrus Estate in Limpopo.
The estate – once the largest producer of oranges and lemons in the southern hemisphere – was returned to the Bjatladi communal property association (CPA) under the land restitution programme.
The CPA hired Mokwena’s services to assist them to terminate the contract with the strategic partner at the estate.
According to the allegations against him, Mokwena initially charged the CPA R200 000 legal fees but later asked them to deposit R2.5m plus another R1.8m into his trust account.
When the civil case was under way, two senior executives of the strategic partner had criminal charges laid against them and they were arrested for exporting the produce when it had citrus black spot.
However, a settlement agreement was reached, which was endorsed by the Limpopo High Court. It entailed that the civil and criminal cases would be dropped and the strategic partner would pay R10m to the CPA via Mokwena’s trust account.
Mokwena allegedly failed to transfer the money to the CPA.
On March 23, 2016, Mokwena introduced himself to the workers of the estate as the managing director and his partner, Legodi, as the company secretary.
Mokwena then went to Cape Town and entered into a sale crop agreement with a company known as Exotic Fruit to the value of R67m without the full knowledge of land beneficiaries. In terms of the agreement, the money had to be paid into Mokwena’s trust account.
Complaint
The complaint to the Law Society read in part: “It is with all these in mind that we approach your good office for a thorough investigation on Tumi Mokwena and Floyd Legodi so that you can help us to remove them from the farm.
“But if possible, can you help us with a thorough forensic audit to establish as to how much money due to Zebediela Citrus Estate was paid to Tumi Mokwena and Floyd Legodi and how that money can be recuperated.”
The complaint laid the basis for the Law Society decision to approach the compel Mokwena to make available all the accounting records.
Mokwena was recently acquitted of attempted murder in the same court.
This was after he opened fire on a group of disillusioned workers at the estate. The court found that he had acted in self-defence.
READ: Malema lawyer Tumi Mokwena acquitted of attempted murder – reports
OUR CLIENT WITHIN THE CLEARING AND FORWARDING INDUSTRY IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A SHIPPING OPERATIONS MANAGER IN CAPE TOWN
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:
Applicants must reside in CAPE TOWN 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.
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INTERNATIONAL HIGH END JEWELLERY STORE REQUIRES A DYNAMIC JEWELLERY SALES CONSULTANT IN AMANZIMTOTI
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:
Applicants must reside in AMANZIMTOTI 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
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Scary WhatsApp “warnings” and other viral content shared on that platform have contributed to the fear and paranoia of many a user.
Does an empty cool drink can on my pavement mean my house has been “marked” to be burgled? Are people posing as home affairs officials going to rob me? And is my Jack Russel going to end up in a dog-fighting ring?
South African WhatsApp users often get bombarded by viral messages making a variety of claims, be it from a neurotic neighbour or a loony relative. It’s often very difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is fake. On open platforms such as Facebook or Twitter, fake news or alerts are usually spotted by someone and reported. But on WhatsApp, fake messages are hard to spot and are often taken at face value.
This is why fact-checking NGO Africa Check has decided to launch a service that can either authenticate or disprove content shared on WhatsApp.
Kate Wilkinson, acting deputy chief editor at Africa Check, told News24 that the organisation will be launching a new fact-checking mechanism aimed specifically at WhatsApp users. “It is a ‘show’ of sorts that is going to be produced and shared as a voice note on WhatsApp,” says Wilkinson.
READ: WhatsApp limits message forwards to rein in fake news
This is how it works: if you receive a dodgy WhatsApp or in any way doubt the authenticity of information that you received in a WhatsApp message, you can send it to Africa Check’s dedicated WhatsApp number or tweet a screenshot to its Twitter page.
“If they receive a viral video or something they think might be a hoax, they can forward that to us on WhatsApp. Over the course of a month, we will have a look at what we get and then put together a two- to three-minute breakdown of what is true and what not.”
The name of the ‘show’ is going to be What’s Crap on WhatsApp, says Wilkinson, and will be produced by Africa Check and Volume Investigations, an NPO dedicated to the production of investigative audio shows and improving the state of radio journalism in Africa.
“We have weekly broadcast lists where we send out a roundup of everything we have fact-checked – that’s how we usually engage with people. So at this stage we will send it out as a broadcast to people who have added us and people can respond to us and we engage with our followers on WhatsApp and respond to follow-up questions.”
Dark social media
Wilkinson says it’s extremely hard to determine the extent of fake news and bogus messages shared on WhatsApp. “We don’t actually know. WhatsApp is often described as ‘dark social media’ because we don’t know what is being shared on WhatsApp groups and people like the platform because they know that they can communicate without anyone [other than the intended recipients] seeing what is being shared.
“We know that fake news is being shared on WhatsApp but we can’t fact-check it if we don’t know what is being shared.
“If you look at the work we do with traditional media, such as Twitter and Facebook, we are able to see if something is amiss, but when it comes to WhatsApp we rely on users to send that information to us and we hope with the new voice note show that more people will learn about our work. We hope people will simply click ‘forward’ to our WhatsApp number so that we can check it out.”
Though the service has not been launched officially as yet, people are encouraged to start sending suspicious content to Africa Check’s dedicated WhatsApp line, 073 749 7875 (South Africa only), or to tweet screenshots to its Twitter handle, @AfricaCheck.
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“Once we have a range of fact-checks to make we’ll hopefully send out the first show within a month or so,” Wilkinson says.
“So far we’ve received viral videos of quite graphic violence that people have asked us to verify; we’ve also received what appear to be fake police warnings about criminals putting stickers on the back of cars and we’ve also received an interesting voice note about some sinister plot of criminals poisoning people before robbing them.
“So we’ve been getting some really interesting stuff which, alarmingly, gets shared widely in WhatsApp groups. It’s mostly about preying on people’s fear, so we hope that our voice note show can help bring some reasonable thought into what people share on WhatsApp in South Africa.
“That is why this is so important. We can’t expect to keep doing our normal fact-checking and publishing it on our website, going on radio and TV and just hope that our fact-checks are going to end up in a WhatsApp group.
“We need to produce content that can be easily shared on WhatsApp groups and voice notes and potentially images or short videos have a much better chance of countering false information shared on that platform.”
Africa Check is a non-profit, non-partisan fact-checking group established in June 2012 with the stated aim of improving news gathering in Africa. Its website is partnered with the School of Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa to support the training of journalists on how to check the factual accuracy of statements by politicians and media outlets. – Wikipedia
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