Brand South Africa recently announced the appointment of Uitenhage born Ramon Thomas, as Country Manager to lead its operations in the Peoples Republic of China. Thomas, who has acquired at least 15 years of global and cross-cultural experience in, amongst others, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, China, and South Africa, will be responsible for managing the reputation of the Nation Brand in China. He will also be tasked with, working with a range of stakeholders including the … [Read more...] about Local man appointed as Brand SA’s new Country Manager in China
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News for @RamonThomas
Editor: This news will excite son of Uitenhage and great supporter of MyPE, Ramon Thomas, who is off to China (after completing his MBA there) to promote and market South Africa as part of the Brand SA Team: Brand South Africa's clean audit performance is a clear indication that the entity is well on track to ensure that South Africa's reputation at home and abroad is not in tatters, says Communications Minister Faith Muthambi. Minister Muthambi was presenting the 2015/16 Annual report and … [Read more...] about News for @RamonThomas
Jonathan Jansen is coming for dinner
A Uitenhage Community Fundraising event, Dinner with Prof Jonathan Jansen, will take place on Tuesday 22 March (booking details below). Professor Jonathan Jansen, the Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS) from 1 July 2009, is known for his strong views on transformation, peaceful reconciliation and unity, which he has pursued in earnest at UFS. Despite setbacks like the notorious Reitz Four video incident, under Jansen’s leadership, this former bastion of … [Read more...] about Jonathan Jansen is coming for dinner
Making business happen in Uitenhage
In a recent online survey, 60% of respondents agreed their biggest challenge remains unemployment. This was followed closely by 40% identifying high cost of electricity as a major obstacle. With Youth unemployment approaching 50% in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro according to 2011 Census data, three entrepreneurs will launch the Uitenhage Business Hub on Friday 30 August. "Many students after graduating with a degree or diploma relocate to Gauteng or Cape Town to find employment and … [Read more...] about Making business happen in Uitenhage
Unlock your mind and unchain your passion
The TEDxSummerstrand event took place at the NMMU South Campus auditorium on Monday 6 May 2013. Leading up this event I experienced a lot of anticipation as in 2007 I attended TED Global in Arusha, Tanzania as a TED Fellow. TED stands for Technology Entertainment and Design and the speakers at these organised events are usually representative of a wide spectrum of fields TEDx is the franchised version of the big annual TED Conference that used to take place in California and Oxford. A … [Read more...] about Unlock your mind and unchain your passion
The Uitenhage Chess Festival
The Uitenhage Chess tournament was established in 2004 as part of Uitenhage's 200th birthday celebrations. From 2004 - 2010, the tournament was organised by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Uitenhage Library in cooperation with Drostdy Chess Club. Elizabeth Müller (from the Uitenhage library) and Ria Diedericks (from the Drostdy Chess Club) were the organisers at the time. The 2012 Uitenhage Chess Festival is being organised once again by Elizabeth and Ria, joined by Elsa Daniell. They … [Read more...] about The Uitenhage Chess Festival
I Admit I am Only Publishing This Because …..
Earlier this week I was called out as being a Twitter Spammer and 'not active' and then, as part of my 'not active' function on Twitter I read a plea from Ramon Thomas (see Tweet below) to please use some of MyPE's influence to help a project called the SmilingOne out to raise a bit of cash. Reading the SmilingOne's Tweets I was not quite apprised of what the cash was needed for so asked for more detail, hence this introductory missive from Karina Andersen, the Founder of The SmilingOne … [Read more...] about I Admit I am Only Publishing This Because …..
Shashi Naidoo, Port Elizabeth Model, Tops the Hot 100
So there I was minding my own business when Ramon Thomas let me know that Shashi Naidoo from Port Elizabeth has just been voted the FHM sexiest woman in the world and has beaten out international women to grab the title. By the way, the many mentions of Shashi also spell her name as Sashi, but her Twitter Profile - Shashi Naidoo is, I presume, the correct spelling. The editor of FHM South Africa, Hagen Engler, is also a son of Port Elizabeth (I just hope that there was no collusion! Only … [Read more...] about Shashi Naidoo, Port Elizabeth Model, Tops the Hot 100
