The ANC has expressed outrage at a painting entitled the The Spear which depicts President Jacob Zuma with his penis exposed, saying the representation of its leader is distasteful and indecent.
via ANC fumes over Zuma’s Spear.
Zuma is not my favourite president, but this, this is just not acceptable…
Please share this with all. This is a good example of why you should look around your vehicle before leaving your driveway/parking area. 
Please see this young child in the wheel well of the truck. A Pike crew working for another Utility found this child while conducting a CIRCLE OF SAFETY of the company truck the crew members were driving.
I don’t want to think about what would have happened if the employee had gotten in the truck and drove off without doing a walk around. Please share this eye opening, bone chilling photo and experience with your work groups.
This crew has also reported children climbing into the back of company vehicles. Keep in mind children will be out of school on summer break soon so be sure to watch out for them!!
Just another reason for us to do the vehicle CIRCLE OF SAFETY before driving off in our vehicles.
Dear anti-toll petitioner,
With your support the DA petition against the tolls at www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/dashr has risen to more than 90 000 supporters.
The DA has vigorously fought the tolls. This includes the launch of the TollfreeGP website and facebook page (see www.tollfreegp.co.za), the petition hearings in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, and support for the e-tag boycott.
The DA participated in the formation of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) that has successfully obtained a court interdict against the tolls. We have to date contributed R75 000 to their legal costs.
OUTA needs your assistance to ensure that the court fight continues and the tolls are STOPPED.
Please go to their website at www.outa.co.za and contribute NOW.
Please pass this on to everyone that you know. We can win this if everyone contributes!
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Location: Pretoria
Closing Date: 25 May 2012
CSIR Built Environment (BE) unit has a vacant position for an Intern in the Transport
Systems and Operations competence area. There are a number of research areas within
this competence area where significant growth is being experienced. These include the
weighbridge (overload control) software application; the Road Transport Management
System (RTMS) accreditation programme; and the Smart Truck/Performance-Based
Standards research project. The number of heavy vehicles participating in the RTMS has
more or less doubled in the last 12 months to around 1 600. There are currently 45 vehicles participating in the Smart Truck demonstration project, and this is likely to double in the next year or two. One of the ultimate goals of the project is to generate new knowledge and human capital development to support the transport infrastructure sector in South Africa. The project team recognises the shortages of skills and human capacity in the transport infrastructure sector, and plans to use this project to effectively train young researchers, technologists and artisans.
The current vacancy seeks a young engineer who is registered minimally for an Honours
degree at an accredited South African university. The position is based in Pretoria.
Key performance areas:
Conduct basic and applied research relating to Structures Management Systems,
and specifically the Struman Bridge Management System/Structures Management System.
Conduct joint and collaborative research with the CSIR and South African universities around Performance-based Standards for Heavy vehicles.
Set up formal structures that will be able to support the RTMS initiative.
Set up a website for monitoring RTMS-accredited fleets and individual vehicles.
Conduct further research and development in RTMS, including performance
monitoring.
Develop an RTMS support framework.
Qualifications, skills and experience:
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in civil or mechanical engineering, and studying towards an Honours or Master’s degree at an accredited South African university.
Excellent computer presentation skills.
Good interpersonal and team skills.
Must have the ability to work independently as well as in an interdisciplinary team.
Must be self-motivated.
Problem-solving and solution-seeking orientation.
Must have good communication, presentation and writing skills.
Should you meet the above requirements, please go to the URL indicated below in order to apply; select the position reference number 301192; complete the application form and attach your CV: www.csir.co.za/apply.php
PLEASE NOTE THAT FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN TO SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES ONLY.
Location: Cape Town
Learnership Candidates
Introduction
Based in Century City, Cape Town, Nasatech (Pty) Ltd is seeking 3 Learners for a Junior Bookkeeping Learnership running from 1 June 2012 to 1 June 2013.
Successful candidates will receive theoretical and practical training which will assist them in becoming a Junior Bookkeeper.
Minimum requirements:
Job Specification:
Learners will study to achieve the following: Bookkeeping to trial balance, debtors clerk function, creditors clerk function, inventory systems and bank statement reconciliation and payroll and monthly SARS returns
Mark CVs “Learnership” and send to: cv@kmwc.co.za
ABOUT 40 unemployed young people will develop their skills in the field of building and civil construction (NQF 3) through a learnership programme offered by the North West Department of Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison. The gesture is aimed at encouraging more young people to enter into the building construction industry and will run for the next twelve months.
The department secured funding from the Provincial Treasury through the Office of the Premier to implement the programme. These learners were recruited from various districts of the province through recruitment processes. The contracted individuals will go through a theoretical and practical training in the following various specialties: Masonry, roofer, joinery and tiling. According to the department, these learners will spend at least 70% of practical exposure at construction sites in the province and will further receive a monthly stipend for duration of the programme.
The purpose of the Xpdian Business Analysis Internship Programme is to facilitate and accelerate the skills development and work experience of graduates that are new to the information systems field.
It is a fast track developmental programme that aims to teach and develop specific skills in an individual to empower them to function as a successful business analyst in a business environment.
It is an energetic, fast-paced and high pressure learning track that will demand the utmost commitment and dedication from the selected interns. With this in mind we are looking for exceptional candidates that are willing to dedicate twelve months to learn the skills presented by this programme.
We are looking for recent B degree graduates(all disciplines) who are confident self starters with good communication skills with a strong sense of morals and ethics that are interested to pursue a career in the information technology field.
For more information on how to apply to enter this programme please contact us.
Date:
28 February 2012
City/Town:
Pretoria
Location:
Gauteng
Wage/Salary:
None – Discretionary allowance
Start:
1 August 2011
Duration:
12 Months
Type:
Traineeship
How to apply:
Contact by email : info@xpdian.com
Company:
Xpdian (http://www.xpdian.com)
Contact:
Francois Coetzee
Closing Date: 31 Augus 2012
Download Application Form
Altech offers a number of bursaries to persons who wish to engage in tertiary study with a view to obtaining undergraduate degrees through to postgraduate research. Currently, Altech is not offering bursaries for technikon studies.
Bursaries are awarded in the following fields of study:
Qualification
Any person with an appropriate qualification is eligible to be considered for a bursary, provided that their academic achievements satisfies the requirements of Altech and ensures admission to an appropriate South African institution.
Entry requirements
The bursary scheme is open to students who are entering their second, third and fourth year of studies. This is a talent-based scheme aimed at attracting and retaining exceptional individuals.
Value
The value of the bursary covers registration, tuition, books and residence fees. Bursars who do not stay in an official residence are entitled to the equivalent amount in lieu of the cost of residence applicable to the particular institution. The bursary is awarded for the length of the prescribed Degree, but reviewed on an annual basis, based on academic performance.
Commitment
The bursar has to remain in the service of Altech for a continuous period on a one-on-one basis i.e. 12 months service for each academic year that the bursar is supported, and the bursar will on an annual basis do minimum six weeks vocational work during his/her period of study in Altech.
Kindly note that 31 August is the closing date for applications. Completed application forms with copies of academic transcripts can be sent to us via:Fax: (011) 715 9046
Email: bursaries@altech.co.za
Post: P. O. Box 153, Bergvlei, Johannesburg 2012
Correspondence will only be conducted with candidates who reach the short list. Applicants who have not received a letter of acknowledgement within two months of the closing date can assume that they were not short listed for an interview and are hereby thanked
If you are the kind of person who doesn’t settle for mediocre, who aims high, dreams of creating a new Southern Africa and enjoys a challenge – you’re going to love this opportunity. The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation awards university scholarships to ambitious, entrepreneurial Grade 12s who aren’t afraid of a bit of hard work and who long to achieve greatness. The student Scholarships provide full financial support to complete a university degree in the fields of commerce, engineering and science (excluding medicine).
If you think you’ve got what it takes to become an Allan Gray Fellow, you should definitely apply for this university scholarship opportunity. There are a few essentials:
Got what it takes to qualify for the student Scholarships on offer from the Foundation?
With a student bursary from the Foundation, your university tuition and residence fees will be covered. You will also get a book and living allowance – making your life at university a lot easier by allowing you to focus on the things that really matter, rather than worrying about money and part-time jobs. In addition to these benefits, the university scholarships include exposure to business, mentorship and entrepreneurial mindset developmentprogrammes as well as access to funding for post graduate studies.
Source: Allan Gray
The Foundation offers student Scholarships at the following institutions: the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), the University of Johannesburg (UJ), the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), Rhodes University (RU) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC).
Closing Date: 30 June 2012
This applies to undergraduate level degrees in those fields of study which meet the needs and skills requirements of the Group:
In my culture I have learnt that when people are faced with danger or can sense danger they cry “Mmaweee” (mom call). The includes elderly people (yep even the former President Nelson Mandela would cry like that), people who lost their mothers, people who never met or seen their mothers, those who are mad at their mothers, even those who hate their mothers (if there are such), those who were raised by their fathers
I wonder why all these people say that, “mmawee” instead of “papawee”? I still can’t find that answer to this question or a person who can explain that to me. Well I’ve reached a conclusion that this happens for the very same reason a calf knows it has to stand up and start suckling, a joey (baby kangaroo) knows how to find the mother Kangaroo’s pouch and when it gets there it knows that it has to find the teat, of which if it doesn’t it’ll die.
Having said that, there are great mothers out there that makes you not even wonder why we cry like that. Also there are terrible mothers out there, but their kids still cry “mmawee”. So regardless of how terrible a mother she is, she has been appointed a duty, to care, nurture, guide, protect, empathise, understand, appreciate, encourage, heal, etc. Nobody can take that away from a mother.
It’s through that I encourage all the mothers in the whole wild or wide world to become the best mothers they can be in whatever conditions they find themselves in. Don’t let a bad husband/boyfriend, government laws, community/society, religion, friendships, family(in-laws), turn you into a bad mother. Some say “Every woman is capable of bearing a child, but not every woman is capable of rearing a child”. I disagree with that, because I believe every woman, has it in her from birth, it’s an inborn thin. A mother’s love is instinctual, unconditional, ever-growing and eternal.
Some say it’s an abbreviation which stands for:
“M” is for the million things she gave me,
“O” means only that she’s growing old,
“T” is for the tears she shed to save me,
“H” is for her heart of purest gold,
“E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
“R” means right, and right she’ll always be.
M:MOST
O:ORIGNAL
T:TOPCLASS
H:HONOURABLE
E:EXCELLENT
R:RESPECTABLE
