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Urgent Notification – City Power replacing Faulty and Inaccessible Meters
City Power has been experiencing an upsurge of customer queries in recent months pertaining to City Power officials requesting access to customers’ properties for meter reading purposes. The utility is continuing with an ongoing efforts of replacing inaccessible, bridged or bypassed by customers as well as those meters that are considered to be faulty or…
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The Randburg Chamber of Commerce Fully Supports The Comments Of The SACCI CEO On This Matter
SACCI Media Release Tuesday 11 October 2016 NPA Press Release The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) notes with concern the developments surrounding the Minister of Finance and other former SARS top officials regarding charges of fraud as announced by the head of the NPA at his media briefing earlier today. As a…
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Changes To Joburg Water Meter Reading Processes
Johannesburg Water is currently in the process of migrating from having some meters read by contractors to full in-house meter reading. This process has involved the recruitment and training of meter reading staff. During the transition there has been an increase in the numbers of customers billed on estimated consumption. Resident’s bills may be higher…
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The Bolting Horse
By Chantelle Gladwin, Partner and Kholofelo Sekele, Candidate Attorney Introduction The metaphor that the “horse has bolted” has been used frequently by our courts, although not with a consistent result. This article examines some of the different ways that our courts have applied the “bolting horse principle” – namely the principle that one ought not…
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Second Generation Outsourcing: Can You Retrench?
BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: [email protected]. This article first appeared in The Star. Go to: http://www.labourlawadvice.co.za It has become highly contentious as to whether second generation outsourcing falls under section 197 of the Labour Relations Act, the…
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SACCI Press Release: COSATU Strike
Media Release Friday 07 October 2016 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) has noted the intention of COSATU to call all government employees to a national strike. Reports indicate that COSATU will be marching to Parliament on Friday 7 October 2016 at 13:00. SACCI further notes that COSATU will be handing over…
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Business Confidence Muddling Through
SACCI today released the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for September 2016 at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) lost 2.6 index points in September 2016 to measure 90.3 compared to 92.9 in August 2016. This figure for the BCI is 4.1 points below September 2015. The BCI average of…
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SACCI Annual Convention – 19-20 October 2016
Building and Sustaining Strong Institutions for South Africa’s Global Competitiveness The convention takes place from 19th – 20th October 2016 at Emperors Palace Keynote speaker for the conference: Governor Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Click here for more information
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SETA Grants Available
Do you struggle to find the funding needed to meet your skills development targets under the new BBBEE codes? If so, take advantage of SETA funding that is now available to develop your own staff, interns and unemployed learners. We can assist you to access additional funds to: Up to R36 000 of grant funding…
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Update on Water Shutdown
The Kensington B reservoir will be dry by late afternoon due to the major leak in Republic Road. This could mean that we will all be without water. Please stock up on water. We are waiting for JW to advise where the location of water tanks will be. This water situation could take as long…
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WARNING: Major water shutdown as burst pipe floods streets
CRESTA – Joburg residents can expect a major water shutdown in the next few hours. Johannesburg Water has issued a warning of a “major shutdown” in numerous suburbs, after a burst pipe flooded parts of Republic Road and Judges Avenue in Cresta. Some cars were left stranded in knee-deep water and had to be towed…
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Attention: All in Randburg Business District – Temporary Road closure
Attention: All in Randburg Business District Please be aware of the following notice for your information – Temporary Road closure for removal of the pedestrian bridge over Bram Fischer Drive and Jan Smuts Ave Kingsway Civils are currently implementing the Randburg PEU for the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) of which all necessary wayleaves are…
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Investment Opportunities
Kindly, see below the link for the investment opportunities, alternatively you can download same from our website: www.sib.gov.sc from the download section. This document is too large for me send by email. https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjo9t3bp937yqrc/Compendium%20of%20opportunities%20reduced%202016.pdf?dl=0
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My Business Mag :: Today is Small Business Friday
Expert insights to give your business the extra edge Today is Small Business Friday The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), with Title Sponsor Nedbank, is gearing up for its fifth Small Business Friday tomorrow, Friday 2 September. The movement is about mobilising all South Africans to support their local small businesses. It’s a one-day high action drive on…
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Alert Power Outages
ALERT! POWER OUTAGE ON 11 SEPTEMBER TOWN NAME; Randburg BLAIRGOWRIE BORDEAUX BRYANSTON EXT.3 FERNDALE FERNDALE EXT.13,15,20,3,6,8,9 FONTAINEBLEAU MALANSHOF MALANSHOF EXT.1,2,4,5,8,9 MORET MORET EXT.1,2,3,4,5,6 OERDER PARK PRAEGVILLE PRESIDENT RIDGE PRESIDENT RIDGE EXT.6,7 RANDPARK RANDPARK EXT.2,3,4,5 RUITERHOF EXT.1,10,2,4,5,6 WINDSOR GLEN
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Notice to all Members : The Randburg Chamber is Moving Office
Notice to all RCCI members and associates : The Chamber will be moving to new office premise from Thursday 11 August 2016 the move to finalized ideally on the 15th August 2016. There will be a disruption in the normal operations and activities at the Chambers offices. We will also have limited access to connectivity…
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Tender Bulletin 05 August 2016
We post on a continuous basis a number of Government tender opportunities for our members and for all who visit our website. We encourage people take advantage of these opportunities in order for them to grow their business. To view the recent tender opportunities, click on the document link below. Tender Bulletin _5 Aug 2016
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Water Interruption Notice | 11-12 August 2016 (Large area – Randburg & Surrounds)
Water Outage Notification Suburb: Randburg Suburbs Streets: All streets Start Date: 11-12 August 2016 Time: 19h00 on the 11th August – 06:00am on the 12th August 2016 Restoration: From 06:00am untill late on the 12th August Reason: Repair a burst within the chamber at Cnr. Viscount and Republic Road-Windsor Impact on customers: No water Suburbs to be affected: Kensington Reservoir Zone Bryanston Ext.5, Bryanston…
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RCCI on Behalf of SACCI: Mending Business Confidence
SACCI PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: 11:30 on Monday, 8 August 2016 Mending Business Confidence SACCI today released the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for July 2016 at the Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) recorded 96.0 in July 2016 compared to 95.1 in June 2016 – a monthly improvement of 0.9 index…
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FALSE JOB CREDENTIALS A FREQUENT REALITY
In South Africa, where there is heavy competition for jobs it is not unusual for job applicants to deceive prospective employers in order to improve their chances of being offered a job. This type of deception includes: Claiming qualifications that do not exist Falsification of CVs and academic certificates Provision of false reference letters Exaggeration…
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MASTER MONEY AND WIN THE WEALTH GAME
The Silver Lining Project’s event MASTER MONEY AND WIN THE WEALTH GAME takes place on 06 August 2016 at Montecasino, Sandton. This August, globally respected authorities, international speakers and visionary entrepreneurs will take to The Ballroom stage at Joburg’s Monte Casino. Their mission? To educate and empower the delegates toward their own financial mastery and…
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RCCI On Behalf of SACCI: Media Release
Wednesday 01 August 2016 PETROLEUM SECTOR STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) notes with great concern the ongoing strike by the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing and Wood Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU). SACCI further notes that the strike is due to a wage negotiation dispute over the quantum of…
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UNFAIR DEMOTION WILL BE PUNISHED BY CCMA
Employers fairly frequently demote employees. This could be for any of many legitimate and illegitimate reasons including: The boss dislikes the employee The employee has broken a rule The employee’s work performance is unsatisfactory The boss wants to create a vacancy for somebody else Things have gone wrong and the boss needs a scapegoat The…
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JAMES BOND EMPLOYERS FALL FOUL OF PROBATIONARY LAW
Employers frequently misuse probation agreements to get rid of employees instantly because: the employee has committed misconduct the employer wants to make space for a friend or cousin of the owner the employee ‘does not fit in’ a manager ‘does not like the employee’s face’ As probation is not a licence to fire, ‘James Bond’…
