South Africa

AstroTech Says South African Government Needs To Devalue Rand

By Shout-Africa – JOHANNESBURG – AstroTech, one of South Africa’s top corporate trainers says, the Government of South Africa needs to devalue rand to push exports and job creation potential Exporters are supporting a likely government move to devalue a strong rand that has hammered export growth. “We track opinions in the import/export industry through a course we run on importing and exporting and there is a very strong view that the rand needs to be devalued to relieve constraints on exports, which in turn are hitting an already weakened manufacturing sector – which is a primary employer,” Liza van... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Wednesday, July 7th 2010 | Read Comments

Job Vacancies In South Africa and Nigeria

Shout-Africa Job News 1-Business Development Officer-Joburg 2-Commercial Vehicles Sales Manager Gaborone Botswana 3-Diesel Technicians for Commercial Vehicles x 6positions Eastern Cape 4-Biology School Teacher from Septmber 2010 5-Factory Manager-Nigeria Lagos 6-Operations Manager for a Food and Entertaiment Company Nigeria 7-Senior Resident Engineer-Pretoria 8-Regional Operations Manager-Nigeria 9-Senior Sales Exexcutive Eastern Cape PLEASE EMAIL OR FAX CV AND REQUEST JOB DESCRIPTION Top Notch Personnel Tel+27(0)116788357 Fax+27(0)865142593 Email: topnotch@telkomsa.net

Publish Date: Monday, July 5th 2010 | Read Comments

ANC Mourns The Death Of Durban Fire Tragedy

By Novell Zwangendaba – The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal said it is deeply saddened by the death of two people in the fire that broke out at Kennedy Road Informal Settlement in Durban yesterday. A massive fire at Durban’s Kennedy Road informal settlement has claimed the lives of two people and has left more than 2 000 others homeless. It is alleged that the cause of the fire was a paraffin primus stove which burst into flames and the shacks caught fire. “The ANC commends the Ethekwini Fire Department that was on the scene within minutes to fight the blaze. We... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Monday, July 5th 2010 | Read Comments

Ziggy Marley Africa Unite concert

Ziggy Marley The Show:  ZIGGY MARLEY AFRICA UNITE CONCERT Venue: BASSLINE, NEWTOWN Johannesburg South Africa Date: 04 July 2010 Doors open: 19h30 Ticket price: R300 (limited to 800 tickets) Line up: Ziggy Marley backed by The Tidal Waves

Publish Date: Sunday, July 4th 2010 | Read Comments

World Journalists Meet In South Africa

By Janine Erasmus South Africa’s Rhodes University is hosting a three-day conference on journalism education in July 2010, with the theme Journalism education in an age of radical change. The second edition of the World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC2) takes place in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, from 5 to 7 July 2010. Hosted by Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies, the conference has almost 350 confirmed attendees from 42 countries across Africa and further afield. With thousands of the world’s media currently in South Africa to cover the 2010 Fifa World Cup, the conference is an ideal opportunity to... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Thursday, July 1st 2010 | Read Comments