SIU to probe National Skills Fund, DPWI, among others President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed five proclamations – two new and three amendments – authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the National Skills Fund and the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. In addition, the President has amended existing proclamations to expand the scope of investigations into the South African … [Read more...] about SIU to probe National Skills Fund, DPWI, among others
Marketing
MakeMyTrip Brings Excitement To Upcoming T20I Series
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) is excited to announce a partnership with MakeMyTrip, India’s leading player for online travel. Established in 2000, MakeMyTrip has since positioned itself as one of the leading players in the online travel industry, providing great offers, exclusive discounts, and a seamless online booking experience to many of its customers. MakeMyTrip comes on board as a sponsor for the upcoming Wonder Cement T20 International (T20I) inbound series against India … [Read more...] about MakeMyTrip Brings Excitement To Upcoming T20I Series
Biggi and Ster-Kinekor are bringing popping moments to South African homes
Watching a movie on the huge screen is not the full experience if you aren’t munching on a bag of freshly popped popcorn. Taking this a step outside the cinema, leading cinema exhibitor Ster-Kinekor has partnered with Biggi Brands to announce a popping current collaboration. Biggi, who has been supplying every Ster-Kinekor’s cinemas with top-quality popcorn kernels for more than 25 years, will now offer moviegoers the opportunity to purchase Biggi’s premium microwave popcorn product at the … [Read more...] about Biggi and Ster-Kinekor are bringing popping moments to South African homes
Solved: WordPress White Screen of Nothing
Sometimes you will try to load your Wordpress Site and be met with a 'White Screen of Nothing'. The most common cause for this is a plugin conflict. The PROBLEM is how to deactivate the offending plugins if you cannot get to your WP-Admin. This video shows you a solution. If you own a Port Elizabeth based Wordpress site and are having problems - CONTACT ME for a one-on-one session. … [Read more...] about Solved: WordPress White Screen of Nothing
Submit URL to Google
In the 'old days' the simplest way to submit new and updated URL's from your web site was to register your site and app with Google's Search Console. Once you had registered, you uploaded your sitemap through a simple interface by navigating to the Crawl > Sitemaps section. BUT, even that had technophobes hyperventilating and reaching for the old Brown Paper Bag from last night's takeaways. Now Google has taken a leaf out of the Social Media norm of sharing a link to something that … [Read more...] about Submit URL to Google
Port Elizabeth is…
50 51 Reasons to be proud of Port Elizabeth. Civic pride and love of Port Elizabeth drove us at MyPE to compile this (not exhaustive) list. Please add your thoughts below: PE is named for love after Sir Rufane Donkin lost his wife, Elizabeth. PE is home to the world's only monument to Prester John. PE is South Africa's second largest city - with regards to its area of around 250 square kilometres. PE is the fifth largest city by population. PE is the least windy coastal city in … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth is…
Craft a CV that Stands Out and Land that Dream Job
Everything about you says something about you and your CV is your personal billboard that either attracts positive attention or is glossed over during the recruitment process; a two page CV sums up 20 odd years of life experience and qualifications - so every word must count. That's the opinion of Isilumko Activate Director, Brendan Powell who adds that employers screen hundreds of potential employees every week and in recruitment, candidates are rightly or wrongly, pre-judged before they even … [Read more...] about Craft a CV that Stands Out and Land that Dream Job
$500 fine per negative review! Challenge Accepted
Often we learn from others mistakes. Our good friend John Cleese of Monty Python fame started in video training with lessons in how not to market. It has been found that humour certainly helps in getting messages across (see the video at the bottom of this article). Local Port Elizabeth Guest Houses will learn from the recent major social media marketing mistake that a hotel in Hudson, New York, like John Cleese, blundered into what they thought was a novel way to keep negative reviews off … [Read more...] about $500 fine per negative review! Challenge Accepted
Port Elizabeth to host Joomla Day 2015
2015 JoomlaDay South Africa is being hosted in Port Elizabeth on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 March 2015. Port Elizabeth was chosen as a result of a suggestion made at the last JoomlaDay South Africa that the event be rotated where the weekend is held allowing for developers and users of the Joomla Content Management System to see more of our beautiful country and give an opportunity to those unable to travel out of town the ability to share in the knowledge, expertise and camaraderie that these … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth to host Joomla Day 2015
Eastern Region Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award winners
This year, the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards celebrate 20 years of democracy and mark the 20th anniversary of Vodacom. It's a double celebration, both of journalistic excellence and communication facilitated by Vodacom. During this period, journalists covered stories with global reach and significance, requiring in depth research to bring their stories to life. Convenor of the judging panel, Mary Papayya said: "Once again, the judging process was filled with vigorous debate, and I … [Read more...] about Eastern Region Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award winners
Does your WordPress Add Media or Tag insert not work?
Wordpress has just updated from Version 3.9 to Version 4.0. As is always the case with a major number update I always wait a day or two before pushing the update button on one of my sites, checking it, and then updating the rest. As luck would have it MyPE had a problem with the latest update in that I was unable to Add Media or Insert Tags. A workaround for Adding Media was to use the Add Featured Image facility until I could get time to research the problem. Normally what happens is that … [Read more...] about Does your WordPress Add Media or Tag insert not work?
Your MyPE rating info and reviews on Google
As part of the ongoing upgrade of the MyPE business directory we are incorporating schema markup on the listing pages for each business. HUH, I hear you say. Just hang in there or scroll down to the image to see what we are on about and why it is a good thing for your business. Search engines including Bing, Google, Yahoo! and Yandex rely on schema markup to improve the display of search results, making it easier for people to find the right Web pages. On-page markup enables search … [Read more...] about Your MyPE rating info and reviews on Google
Did a pigeon poop on your web site?
No matter what happens online, the fortunes of our businesses are tied to our rankings on Google - if you appear on the first page for any number of search queries related to your business then the money will flow. Drop off of the organic rankings and you have to spend money to get your traffic back - a simple equation that creates a win win for Google and SEO experts. Amidst all the hype and flurry over the 24 July 2014 change to Google's Algorithm - this determines which sites are listed on … [Read more...] about Did a pigeon poop on your web site?
Recognition for Hopewell architectural excellence
The architecture of a “signature” visitor centre at the entrance to Port Elizabeth’s Hopewell Conservation Estate has been recognised by the South African Institute of Architects, which conferred the 2013/2014 Corobrik SAIA Award of Merit for the building. It is the second major award for the building, which received the Regional Award for Architecture from the Eastern Cape Institute of Architects in 2013. Designed by multi award-winning architect Richard Stretton of Koop Design, the … [Read more...] about Recognition for Hopewell architectural excellence
Gaining more eyeballs for MyPE Advertisers
I am quietly optimistic that the latest change to MyPE will be good for our advertisers and give them an even greater return on investment. The theory is that people always pause to look at an image when scrolling down a page. In the past the images accompanying any article on MyPE were either placed at the bottom of the article or on the left surrounded by text. MyPE is now placing the images at the top of the article (above the fold so to speak) - this will help to get more eyeballs … [Read more...] about Gaining more eyeballs for MyPE Advertisers
