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The People Specialist The People Specialist The People Specialist Jobs Tenders Page 4 Page 5 1 August 2020 Headlines The News Specialist In a reply to a parliamentary question posed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) on the suitability of the ‘Scooter Ambulances’ as a form of patient transport, the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has confirmed that these scooters do not meet the basic Emergency Medical Services (EMS) regulations. The reply goes on further to state that these R10 million glorified wheelbarrows which have been procured with public money will only be u sed to de- liver medication in rural parts of the Eastern Cape. This is in direct contradiction to what was said when the initiative was launched on the 12th of June where it was stated by the Eastern Cape Health MEC, that these were meant to ferry patients from rural areas to the nearest health facilities. Mkhize further confirms that the province did not consult the National Department of Health (NDOH) on the specifications of these scooters but have since been advised that the fall foul of the regulations governing patient transport. This week, the Bid Adjudication Committee in the Eastern Cape committed to investigating the awarding of the tender to the supplier of these scooters. This is in addition to the investigation the DA has requested for from the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to look into the rights of patients who would have to be subjected to this inhumane transport. The DA will submit this response from the Minister to the SAHRC as supplementary evidence in the investigation they have committed to doing. If the NDOH now backtracks from the initial purported function of the scooters which Minister Mkhize personally endorsed, it begs the question why R 10 million is be- ing spent of a chronic medication distribution system. What is the point of the first aid equipment, drip stands and the stretcher attached to the scooter? This Scooter Scandal is yet another indication of the ineptitude of the Eastern Cape Department of Health leadership. The MEC has recently argued that the department is bankrupt, yet R 10 million can be wasted on scooters which will gather dust in some warehouse. All the while, the province is failing to mount a decent response to the Covid-19 crisis. There is a critical shortage of staff, in- sufficient bed capacity ambulances in some areas, underscored by the rising number of infections and deaths. The call for the Eastern Cape department of health to be placed under administration in accordance with section 100 of the Constitution has become urgent. If Minister Mkhize does not act to operationally manage the province, there will be avoidable loss of lives. Enquires : Siviwe Gwarube MP DA Shadow Minister of Health [email protected] Subscription R 1.00 p/day R 20.00 p/month 067 035 0134

The People Specialist The People Specialist The People Specialist 1 August 2020 Current Affairs The News Specialist Council of Education Ministers considers strong legal action against ongoing disruptions of schools by organised bodies. The Council of Education Ministers (CEM), led by the Minister of Basic Education; Mrs. Angie Motshekga held a meeting early this morning. The meeting discussed developments recorded since the second cohort of learners returned to school around the country on the 6 July 2020. CEM noted that schooling is indeed resuming with good progress, the learners were received well and many schools have made a concerted effort to prepare adequate sanitation, health and safety measures to welcome the learners back. The CEM noted with disappointment and dismay ongoing sporadic attempts by political and civic organisations to disrupt learning at some schools around the country. These organizations have threatened teachers and learners, others have gone to court and failed to stop the school reopening and now are bent on resorting to threats and disruptions to achieve their intended goals. CEM appeals to all aggrieved political and civic organisations to rather engage with their political counterparts and authorities at their usual platforms. These platforms are appropriate avenues to register their concerns and complaints and not our centres of learning and development. The unfolding political ballgame does not belong in schools. CEM said it was regrettable that leaders would choose schools as a theatre of political posturing and muscle-flashing while the Department of Basic Education is working on creating a safe environment for learning and teaching under COVID-19. “Failure to desist from these regrettable acts will leave us no choice but to exercise our options as per the dictates of the South African Schools Act (no. 84 of 1996), to make sure we protect our schools, educators, learners and the rights and interests of parents who wish to take their children back to school,” said Minister Motshekga. The Minister said that some of the organizations had lost in court and now they were resorting to disruptive behavior. “We are disappointed and dis- mayed that these organisations have neglected to recognize the efforts of the department in providing alternatives for parents who out of well- founded anxiety and fear wish not to return their children to school. Some parents wish not to return their children to school because children have comorbidities and this is a fact well understood and embraced by the Department. For these parents we’ve made provision, as allowed by the South African Schools Act for Home Education. This option is available and can be ac- cessed by applying at Provincial Education Departments,” the Minister said. The CEM urges all those aggrieved not to interfere with the rights of those parents wishing to see their children going to school. The CEM has not ruled out the possibility of going to court to seek protection from all those hell-bent on obstructing schooling . Enquiries: Elijah Mhlanga Head of Communications Advertise Your Business Here [email protected] Subscription R 1.00 p/day R 20.00 p/month 067 035 0134

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The People Specialist The People Specialist The People Specialist 1 August 2020 Jobs The News Specialist POST 16/66 : DIRECTOR: HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT REF NO: 1/ POST 16/69 : DIRECTOR: INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT REF NO: POST 16/66 : DIRECTOR: HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT REF NO: 1/ 2020 (HRMD) Chief Directorate: Human Resource Management & 2/2020 (MID) Chief Directorate: Municipal Infrastructure Directorate: 2020 (HRMD) Chief Directorate: Human Resource Management & Development Directorate: Human Capital Development Infrastructure Development Development Directorate: Human Capital Development SALARY : R1 057 326 - R1 245 495 per annum (All inclusive remunera- SALARY : R1 057 326 - R1 245 495 per annum (All inclusive remuneration SALARY : R1 057 326 - R1 245 495 per annum (All inclusive remunera- tion package to be structured in accordance with the rules of the Senior package to be structured in accordance with the rules of the Senior Man- tion package to be structured in accordance with the rules of the Management Service) agement Service) Senior Management Service) CENTRE : Pietermaritzburg REQUIREMENTS : The ideal candidate must CENTRE : Pietermaritzburg REQUIREMENTS : The ideal candidate must be be in possession of an undergraduate (NQF level 7) qualification as in possession of an undergraduate (NQF level 7) qualification as recog- CENTRE : Pietermaritzburg REQUIREMENTS : The ideal candidate must recognised by SAQA in Human Resource Management/ Human Re- nised by SAQA in Engineering coupled with 5 years’ experience at a mid- be in possession of an undergraduate (NQF level 7) qualification as source Development or related qualification coupled with 5 years’ recognised by SAQA in Human Resource Management/ Human Re- dle/ senior management level in engineering and/or project and construc- source Development or related qualification coupled with 5 years’ experience at a middle management/ senior management level in the tion management. Furthermore the recommended candidate will be re- human resource management/ human resource development environ- experience at a middle management/ senior management level in the quired to produce his/her SMS Pre-entry certificate as offered by the human resource management/ human resource development envi- ment. Furthermore the recommended candidate will be required to National School of Government (NSG) prior to the appointment being ronment. Furthermore the recommended candidate will be required produce his/her SMS Pre-entry certificate as offered by the National made. Essential Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Required: The suc- School of Government (NSG) prior to the appointment being made. cessful candidate must have:- Knowledge and understanding of the struc- to produce his/her SMS Pre-entry certificate as offered by the Nation- Essential Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Required: The successful ture and functioning of government, Knowledge of budget and cash flow al School of Government (NSG) prior to the appointment being made. candidate must have, Understanding of relevant legislation, Under- management, Knowledge of project life cycle costing and cash flow man- Essential Knowledge, Skills And Competencies Required: The success- standing of Human Resource Development strategies in the public agement, Knowledge of infrastructure investment planning, Knowledge of service, skills development, skills audit as well as facilitation of skills relevant policies (municipal grant, infrastructure development and public ful candidate must have, Understanding of relevant legislation, Un- service), Knowledge of supply chain management, Knowledge of labour derstanding of Human Resource Development strategies in the public development competencies, Knowledge of project management, intensive construction methodologies, Financial management sklls, Deci- service, skills development, skills audit as well as facilitation of skills Awareness and understanding of cultural climate within the Public sion making and team leadership skills, Conflict management, problem Service, Knowledge of Public Service legislation, Knowledge of health solving and analysis skills, Planning, presentation and leadership skills, development competencies, Knowledge of project management, and wellness programmes, Organisational and Development as well as Project management skills, Analytical and problem solving skills, Infor- Awareness and understanding of cultural climate within the Public management skills, Leadership skills, Decision making and problem mation management and reporting skills, Good communication skills Service, Knowledge of Public Service legislation, Knowledge of health solving skills, Organizing ability, Good communication skills (written (verbal & written), Computer literacy in MS Office, A valid code 8 driver’s and wellness programmes, Organisational and Development as well and verbal), Financial management and strategic management skills, license. DUTIES : The successful candidate will be required to manage and as management skills, Leadership skills, Decision making and problem co-ordinate municipal infrastructure development with the following key solving skills, Organizing ability, Good communication skills (written Computer literacy in MS Office, A valid code 8 driver’s license. responsibilities:-, Manage and facilitate municipal infrastructure develop- and verbal), Financial management and strategic management skills, DUTIES : The successful candidate will be required to develop and im- ment progammes and project management, Administer sustainable ser- plement Human Capital Development Strategies with the following key vice delivery, Manage infrastructure finance, Manage the development Computer literacy in MS Office, A valid code 8 driver’s license. responsibilities:- Develop, implement and monitor HRD systems, Coor- and implementation of policies, Manage the resources of the Direc- DUTIES : The successful candidate will be required to develop and dinate management development programmes, Manage training and implement Human Capital Development Strategies with the following development, Manage performance management and development torate. key responsibilities:- Develop, implement and monitor HRD systems, systems, Manage the provision of employee health and wellness pro- Coordinate management development programmes, Manage training ENQUIRIES : Ms A Dipa at Tel No: (033) 355 6188 and development, Manage performance management and develop- grammes, Manage the resources of the directorate. ment systems, Manage the provision of employee health and well- CLOSING DATE : 10 July 2020 ENQUIRIES : Adv. 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The People Specialist The People Specialist The People Specialist 1 August 2020 LifeStyle The News Specialist The History of Joburg City of Gold Johannesburg, the metropolis with the country’s tallest skyscrapers, was once just veld (bush), dotted with rocky outcrops, scrubby bush and a network of streams. Today it is a cosmopolitan city of more than four million people, one of the few of its size in the world that is not located on a river or at the sea. It is located in Gauteng, the smallest of the country’s nine provinces, which contributes around 40% to South Africa’s GDP. Johannesburg has seen waves of different peoples occupying the area that is now the city: Stone Age ancestors dating back 500 000 years; Bushmen from 1 000 years ago; 500-year-old Iron Age furnaces belonging to Tswana people, and Boer farmhouses dating from the 1860s. But the city really started in 1886 when gold was discovered by Australian gold prospector George Harrison. Soon tents and wagons appeared, to be replaced by wood and iron structures, and again replaced by brick buildings. A town was demarcated, and a large, bustling market square. Buildings got taller and taller, and today the city boasts one of the tallest buildings in Africa - the 50-storey Carlton Centre, built in 1973. The gold rush saw prospectors from around the world trek up to the Witwatersrand, precipitating the Anglo-Boer or South African War of 1899 -1902, in which the British fought the Boers over control of the then Transvaal and its gold. After the war another wave of migrants entered Jo- hannesburg - up to 60 000 Chinese labourers were imported to kick start the mines again, only to be repatriated six years later. But Chinese merchants had established themselves in the city, and still have a presence. The mines also brought European migrants to the burgeoning town. They provided the capital to reach deeper into the earth to get the gold, while black South Africans were recruited at low wages to mine the gold. Today Johannesburg still struggles to undo apartheid’s segregation, but the city hardly stops to take a breath, such is the drive of its residents to explore, make money, be better, have fun. Some of that fun happens in its many parks and green lungs; some of it dancing on top of its tall buildings, some of it in its many excellent restaurants, pubs and shebeens, usually with residents basking in its beautiful sunsets. Advertise Advertise Your Your Business Business Here Here [email protected] Subscription R 1.00 p/day R 20.00 p/month 067 035 0134

The People Specialist The People Specialist The People Specialist 1 August 2020 Entertainment The News Specialist Work belongs to one of the most important preconditions for individual self-fulfillment in the people’s life. Our occupation and career are Inextricably linked to our self-awareness as a significant member of society. The psychologists affirm that this significance is the core need for people to feel full-fledged and happy. Indeed, how many times a life we ask our- selves “who we are?” and “what is our social value?” Not once, is not it? Moreover, day by day we make tremendous efforts to get an incredibly satisfactory answer to them one day in future. One can say that it is the only right way to live a decent life and it sounds a rather convincing. However, there are other questions we should answer honestly “do we have a life beyond our office?” and “how much time do we spend with our families?” We can bet that you would not be able to re- mark the border between these two spheres of your life and when you succeed in this the answer will unlikely be in favor of family. It was not be- cause you were so bad family man but, most likely, you became the hostage of a crazy workaholic century as many others. The essence of the problem and how to leave work at the office Nowadays high rates of business activity, fast technological progress, and ruthless competition on labor markets create numerous challenges for working people. Employee’s circle of tasks becomes much broader alongside with ris- ing their complicatedness. To save the workplace and succeed in completing all official obligations the person should meet the new requirements of the century. Such high standards and dynamic surrounding cause informational and emotional overloading of the employee. People suffer from a permanent excessive business. Just before solving one issue they start thinking about the other working problem and continue to keep it in the mind even when working hours end. They should be in touch almost 24 hours a day (it is possible thanks to the latest technological inventions). Thus, even when people are at home (in transport, guests or even resort) they anyhow continue working. Of course, it happens at the expense of family time. The problem of work-life balance is especially urgent for the work-life leaders and the working women. Therefore, it has little different hues for these two main categories. The business leaders have a great responsibility for numerous areas of activity and the endless list of tasks which could not be left without their individual contribution or control. Such situation makes them work at the home time. If speaking about women, the issue sounds like a need to be present in two places at the same time. A wide range of obligations on house holding, caring children or aged parents are only a few reasons for this. Thus, both are under constant pressure. #VilaKasiPeople I remember I was around 4 years old, Sure enough, that was the first and I was learning to ride my bike time that I rode that bike without Who couldn’t use a few of the with my uncle and my father. Of any help. best motivational speeches course, I fell off multiple times while I After that, I was so glad I kept for entrepreneurs? was learning to cycle, moving forward, and that I never gave up. Business can be hard. Heck, life can be hard. and I remember I one time I cut my Now, that probably wasn’t the knee pretty badly. motivational speech that you We’re all on a journey, and expected when you clicked on we’ve all been down in the At that point I really just wanted to this article, but it’s evidence, if dumps before, wondering if quit and go home. But, my family told you ever needed it, that we can what we’re doing is really worth me: “you can’t quit now, you’re almost do so much more than we think it. there. Just try it once more!” we’re capable of when we’re spurred on by others. Wondering if what we’re doing You’ve probably heard that before And that’s exactly why we’ve is really making an impact. too, right? created this article – we’ve listed So, I got back on that bike. I didn’t all of our favorite motivational But, it’s important that we’re al- want to, but you just need to power speeches here, because we al- ways moving forward. This is a through and face your challenges ready know how much more you lesson that I learned early in head on. can achieve with a little bit of life. extra motivation. So, let’s jump into it! [email protected] Subscription R 1.00 p/day R 20.00 p/month 067 035 0134

The People Specialist The People Specialist The People Specialist 1 August 2020 Sports The News Specialist Stanford, which has long boasted one of the most robust collections of varsity sports in the country, will cut 11 of its varsity programs at the conclusion of the 2020-21 academic year as it deals with the ongoing financial ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic. The 11 sports that will be discontinued are men's and women's fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men's rowing, co-ed and women's sailing, \"As you can imagine, this has been a heartbreaking day for all of us, especially with those student-athletes and coaches involved,\" Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir said. \"We came to this decision only [after] exhausting all other viable alternatives. It recently became painfully clear we would not remain financially stable and support 36 varsity sports at a nationally competitive level, which is what we desire.\" The school announced the decision in an open letter to the Stanford community on behalf of Muir, president Marc Tessier-Lavigne and provost Persis Drell. The letter stated that continuing to fund 36 athletic programs was \"not sustainable\" and that alternatives such as budget reductions and fundraising were \"insufficient to meet the magnitude of the financial challenge before us.\" \"These 11 programs consist of more than 240 incredible student-athletes and 22 dedicated coaches,\" the administrators wrote in the letter. \"They were built by more than 4,000 alumni whose contributions led to 20 national championships, 27 Olympic medals, and an untold number of academic and professional achievements. Each of the individuals associated with these programs will forever have a place in Stanford's history.\" Stanford will honor all of its scholarship commitments and assist any athletes who wish to continue their careers elsewhere. Coaches' contracts also will be honored. Stanford cited an already dire situation before the coronavirus spread throughout the United States. The school projected the deficit to exceed $12 million in the fiscal year, which would \"grow steadily.\" Then came the pandemic, which it said exacerbated the issue. \"We've been punching above our weight for quite some time,\" Muir said. \"It just became more acute and became such a large issue, we had to take this measure.\" Before the cuts to the 11 programs, the school estimated a best-case scenario of a $25 million deficit in the fiscal year and a cumulative shortfall of $70 million over the next three years. \"The primary alternative to this decision would have been a broad and deep reduction in support for all 36 of our varsity sports, including the elimination of scholarships and the erosion of our efforts to attract and retain the high-caliber coaches and staff needed to provide an unparalleled scholar-athletics experience,\" the administrators wrote in the letter. \"After considering the effects of this model, we deter- mined that operating our varsity athletics programs in this manner would be antithetical to Stanford's values and our determination to be excellent in all that we do. \"While painful, the discontinuation of these 11 sports at the varsity level and the associated reductions in our support staff will create a path for Stanford Athletics to return to fiscal stability while maintaining gender equity and competitiveness.\" The letter gave several criteria for how the school chose which programs to cut, including fan interest, potential savings and the impact on Title IX compliance, as well as each sports' history at Stanford and their prospects for future success. While Stanford is hardly alone in discontinuing athletic programs in recent months, it is the first to make such a high number of cuts. Recently, UConn eliminated four teams to reduce its overall offering to 20 sports. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report Advertise Your Business [email protected] Here 067 035 0134 Subscription R 1.00 p/day R 20.00 p/month

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