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New wage structure for domestic workers

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has approved the new wage structure for the domestic workers' sector following the upward adjustment of the minimum wage. The latest relief comes on the eve of the festive season. The minimum wage adjustment is in line with the legislation to protect workers in South Africa in sectors in which they are likely to be exploited, or where worker organisations and trade unions are absent and workers are not covered by regulating mechanisms. The new sectoral determination of domestic workers, starting from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015, prescribes the …

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Sharp increase in bank card fraud

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The banking industry's gross losses due to South African issued credit card fraud has increased by as much as 23% from last year. The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) on Tuesday said bank card fraud came in at R453.9 million in 2014, up from R366 million in 2013. SABRIC CEO Kalyani Pillay said the biggest contributor to the increase has been false applications fraud, which saw a very significant increase from R6.2 million in 2013 to R78.3 million in 2014. Of all fraud perpetrated on cards acquired through false applications, 88% of the transactions occurred in …

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SA’s GDP increases by 1.4%

South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 1.4% in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. "The seasonally adjusted real GDP at market prices for the third quarter of 2014 increased by an annualised rate of 1.4% compared with an increase of 0.5% (revised from 0.6%) during the second quarter of 2014," said Stats SA. The main contributors to the quarterly growth of 1.4% was the finance, real estate and business services and the wholesale, retail and motor trade; catering and accommodation industry (each contributing 0.5%), general government …

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R9.3 Billion profit for ………… Eskom

Eskom on Tuesday reported a profit of R9.3 billion for the six months ended on 30 September 2014. This is down 24% from R12.2 billion for the same period the previous year. "While Eskom reported a profit of R9.3 billion in the first half of its financial year, these profits are expected to decline to R0.5 billion for the full financial year. "This is because traditionally, revenue in winter is much higher than during summer due to time-of-use tariffs to key industrial customers and there is less maintenance performed on Eskom power plants, which contributes to the profitability of the …

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Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens Tournament

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The official TV ad (for those like me who don't watch TV at all) for the Cell C Nelson Mandela Bay SA Sevens Tournament taking place in Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium from 13 to 14 December 2014. http://youtu.be/maNuYVofnTY Creator: BokTube SARU Posted to MyPE by: Alan Straton Submit your favourite Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch videos for consideration for publication on MyPE by filling in the form below: Click here to see more PE Videos. …

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Business Breakfast – Networking at it’s finest

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Friday the 21st of November saw the annual Varsity College Business Breakfast, hosted by the Career Centre and The Business School. The aim of the business breakfast was to network with both small local busiensses and national companies in order to establish a link to assist one another. Vice Principal of Marketing, Danielle Campbell, gave a short presentation on the Career Centre and The Business School, focusing on the services offered by both departments. The Career Centre provides support to both current students and alumni in the form of a work-readiness programme and job placement in …

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No Violence against Women

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This is an extract of a speech delivered by Celeste Barker, MPL in Molteno today. The Democratic Alliance Women's Network (DAWN) launched a rape awareness DVD: Today, 25 November is the international day of "No Violence against Women". This campaign closes on 10 December - Human Rights Day. It is therefore no coincidence that Eastern Cape DAWN (Democratic Alliance Women’s Network) stands united in the fight to secure women's rights as Human rights today and every other day of every other year until the women of our province are truly free, equal and safe. DAWN has a constitutional and …

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Four in a row for Dylan Finlay

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Favourable weather saw hundreds of people from around the country taking to Hobie Beach on Sunday morning to contest the 4th round of the Nelson Mandela Bay's aQuellé Ocean Racing Series™ and enjoying the 6 events on offer on the morning. As anticipated, 15 year old Dylan Finlay managed to snatch his 4th successive win in the 5km Beach Run, but this didn't come without a strong tussle with silver medalist Frederik Jantjies with Siphamandla Swartbooi claiming the bronze. In the ladies 5km Beach Run it was 12 year old Megan Snyman who secured the gold medal from seasoned runner Johannette …

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Premier and Executive to Visit Nelson Mandela Bay

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, the economic hub of the Eastern Cape Province, will be hosting the Eastern Cape Premier, Phumulo Masuale, and his Executive on a two-day EXCO Outreach visit starting tomorrow. This visit forms part of the Executive's programme for the 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women and Children, which is starting tomorrow. The visit also forms part of the Inter-governmental relations and cooperation programme between the Provincial government and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. During this two-day visit, the Premier and his Executive is expected to …

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Top local athletes offer coaching in Kirkwood

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Some of the Eastern Cape’s top coaches and athletes will share their expertise with aspiring track and field stars at a three-day coaching clinic that starts at Kirkwood High School on January 14. The clinic, which is presented by the NMMU Madibaz Athletics Club, is open to all schools as well as individual athletes and coaches across the province. Madibaz athletics manager Nellis Bothma said the event’s purpose would be to enhance the performance of both athletes and coaches in the region. “We have so much raw talent here in the Eastern Cape and there is a definite need for …

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What Port Elizabeth Blogs say on 25 November 2014

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Instagrammers at play - portelizabethdailyphoto.blogspot.com11/25/2014I'm quite active on social media but only started dabbling in Instagram recently after getting rid of my Blackberry.  On Sunday morning I joined my first official Instawalk.  An Instawalk (o more... SAMREC tour photobomb - portelizabethdailyphoto.blogspot.com11/24/2014I have posted so many times about SAMREC and what an awesome job they do on the conservation side as well as educating people young and old about the plight of the African Penguin and other marin more... BrainStorms – Ed Lunnon’s Blog: …

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Maven Connection

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Power supply expected to be ‘tight’

South Africa’s power system is expected to be tight for the next few days, says Eskom. “The system is expected to be very tight over the evening peaks for the next few days. However, the risk of load shedding is medium to low. This is owing to steady progress made in building reserves over the weekend to limit the risk of load shedding this week,” said the power utility in its system status bulletin on Monday. The utility said, however, that the risk for load-shedding will increase later in the week. “This risk does increase later in the week as water and diesel reserves decline. Mild …

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Your choice – Read about Ubuntu or Trash

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South Africans are an inspiring and inquisitive lot - we represent so many different cultures and yet seldom exercise our natural loving curiosity to explore those cultures. Often that hesitancy, which leads to our being less informed, is most often used in it's capability to shock. Take a viral tweet doing the rounds at present by @EricJWest - a screenshot of a Facebook post purportedly by Smanga Mphephetse Ndukuzabafo that talks of getting black people to place various bodily fluids in the plates of white diners. Personally I cannot believe that the Facebook page of Smanga is genuine …

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