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Minister Davies Welcomes the R150M Chinese Investment at the Dube Trade Port

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Minister Davies Welcomes the R150M Chinese Investment at the Dube Trade Port: The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies has welcomed the manufacturing investment by a Chinese company, Yangtze Optics Africa Cable (YOAC) at the Dube Trade Port Industrial Development Zone in Durban. According to Minister Davies, the investment is strategic in terms of building local capacity in manufacturing of fibre optic cables.  YOAC is a R150 million investment to set up and operate a modern … [Read more...] about Minister Davies Welcomes the R150M Chinese Investment at the Dube Trade Port

Chinese tops list of best languages for job seekers

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Chinese tops list of best languages for job seekers: Those job seekers with a command of far eastern and local indigenous languages have better salaries awaiting them if their work requires the language. Adzuna in South Africa has completed research on which languages bring home the bacon best. Chinese/Mandarin, Japanese, Xhosa and Zulu topped the rankings, while Russian and various European languages made up the rest of the top 10. According to the job aggregator website, being bilingual or … [Read more...] about Chinese tops list of best languages for job seekers

Minister Radebe hosts Chinese Delegation

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Minister Radebe hosts Chinese Delegation: The Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Chairperson of the National Planning Commission, Jeff Radebe will lead a delegation of Ministers who will host a high level Chinese delegation from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China. The main objective of the meeting with the Chinese delegation is to exchange views on issues of mutual concern relating to trade and industry agreements signed between … [Read more...] about Minister Radebe hosts Chinese Delegation

PE in the news: Chinese to Invest $819 Million in South African Car Industry

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Chinese to Invest 9 Million in South African Car Industry: Beijing Automotive International Corp. signed the deal with the Coega Development Corporation, the operator of an industrial development zone in South Africa’s southern coast city of Port Elizabeth, Coega said in an e-mailed statement on Friday. Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Dolly Parton reveals secret to her 50 year marriage: There’s just some kind of a rawness about her music that I relate to." Studio Tel (Port Elizabeth): … [Read more...] about PE in the news: Chinese to Invest $819 Million in South African Car Industry

Is celebrating Chinese New Year out? #RaceFreeMonth

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February has been declared Race Free Month and every day in February we at MyPE will be combating the subtle racist nuances that hamper our thinking, cloud our judgement, restrict our development and increase the tension in South Africa. Today I thought to myself; "Is the fact that I am promoting Race Free Month racist?" Am I making a concern of mine (and most like minded citizens) more of a problem than it really is? By focussing on something and giving it voice are we allowing people to … [Read more...] about Is celebrating Chinese New Year out? #RaceFreeMonth

Chinese Lanterns mistaken for red distress flares

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Before that "uniquely British Colonial celebration" called Guy Fawkes the NSRI issued a plea to the public to NOT set off Chinese Lanterns - see: Sky Lantern and Those Chinese Lanterns AGAIN. But, and these are my own words people; "Some idiots are determined to remain selfish and set off Chinese Lanterns which other people interpret as distress flares when the lanterns burn out. This results in hard working VOLUNTEERS having to race up and down the coast looking for 'seamen and boats in … [Read more...] about Chinese Lanterns mistaken for red distress flares

High Profile Chinese Delegation Seeking Local Ties

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A high profile Chinese delegation swept into the city this week to foster economic and cultural ties with Nelson Mandela Bay. The delegation from Changchun City, known as the cradle of China's automotive industry, met with industry leaders in manufacturing, agriculture and education before visiting the Coega IDZ. South African Automotive Week director, Andrew Binning, hosted the group on their first visit to the city, after having made contact with them in July on an official visit to … [Read more...] about High Profile Chinese Delegation Seeking Local Ties

Yi Pin – Top Class

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The Longhair and I wandered along to the media bash for the opening of Yi Pin on Thursday 4 August - apparently a favourable day on the Chinese Calendar for opening a business. Willy Fan, ex restaurant manager for both Kyoto and Lai Kung along with Joe Lin, ex head chef at Lai Kung, are the proud owners of the new Chinese and Japanese restaurant Yi Pin, which, according to Willy Fan, means "Top Class". We were greeted at the door and invited to choose our poison - a tot of Japanese Whisky … [Read more...] about Yi Pin – Top Class

Chinese Nationals Nabbed in PE Raid

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An operation by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) dubbed 'The Hawks' and the Home Affairs Immigration Inspectorate led to the arrest of 18 Chinese nationals on charges relating to the alleged use of fraudulent South African documents on Wednesday. The Hawks and the Immigration Inspectorate embarked on nationwide raids on the operations of ZTE - a Chinese IT company based in South Africa. The raids were carried out at the ZTE premises in Johannesburg, Cape Town and … [Read more...] about Chinese Nationals Nabbed in PE Raid