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‘Coffee badging’ might be the next big thing — or a storm in a teacup – The Mail & Guardian
The human resources world loves a buzzword — think “quiet quitting” or “the great resignation”. The latest one is “coffee badging”. This term describes employees who come into the office just long enough to be seen, grab a coffee and go home.
Born from the shift towards hybrid work post-Covid, coffee badging reflects a balance between remote flexibility and the expectation of office presence. Many companies are reinstating five-day work weeks in the hope of incre ...
SA Human Rights Commission takes on ex-DA MP Renaldo Gouws over hate speech allegations
The South African Human Rights Commission’s litigation against Renaldo Gouws will go ahead in the Gqeberha High Court on Thursday.
The SAHRC is taking the former Democratic Alliance MP to task over his alleged hate speech.
“This action stems from a video in which Gouws allegedly calls for the killing of Black people, using highly offensive and derogatory language published on his YouTube channel in March 2010. The videos were later deleted but resurfaced through archived co ...
Trump’s Africa Policy to Focus on Business and Conservative Values - iAfrica
Trump’s Africa Policy to Focus on Business and Conservative ValuesNovember 21, 2024November 21, 2024AFRICA TOP 101 min readPresident-elect Donald Trump’s advisors are advocating for a revamped US-Africa policy centered on “deals and deterrence,” with a focus on pro-business strategies, conflict mitigation, and conservative social values. Unlike the Biden administration’s “woke diplomacy,” Trump’s approach may prioritize evangelical Christian interests and roll back pro-LGBT policies, particularl ...
Ramokgopa again moots policy interventions to provide relief from Eskom hike
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who is Eskom’s shareholder Minister, has reiterated his opposition to the utility receiving a 36.15% tariff hike next year, while also indicating that various policy interventions are being considered to reduce the increase.
Speaking at a briefing in Pretoria that coincided with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) nationwi ...
NTCSA says independent transmission projects must not reflect as balance-sheet liability
The head of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has confirmed that the entity’s board will insist that any independent transmission projects (ITPs) procured in the coming years should not reflect as a liability on the new entity’s balance sheet.
However, interim CEO Segomoco Scheppers tells Engineering News that he remains confident that such a framework will be f ...
Fast won the 2024 China Aquatic Products Industry Top 100 Brands - The Gremlin
Fast won the 2024 China Aquatic Products Industry Top 100 Brands
November 14, 2024 southcapenetPress Releases
On March 28-29, the “Davos Forum of Aquaculture-2024 8th China International Aquaculture Science and Technology Conference” was successfully held in the beautiful Chengdu, Sichuan. With the theme of “Empowering Technological Innovation and Building a Powerful Fishery Country”, the political, academic, scientific, and business c ...
Police in standoff with hundreds of illegal miners in disused shaft
South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to "smoke them out".
Police have been trying for weeks to empty the abandoned gold mine in the North West province as part of a crackdown on illegal mining, which has plagued South Africa for decades through small-time ...
IPP Office confirms ongoing dispute with 13 projects over payment of bid bonds
The head of South Africa’s Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) has confirmed that it has called the bid bonds for 14 projects that failed to advance to commercial close during the fifth bid window (BW5) of the country’s renewables procurement programme.
Bernard Magoro told lawmakers this week that one preferred bidder had agreed to pay the bid bond, but that the other 13 were s ...
Journalism is bleeding. The wound must be staunched – The Mail & Guardian
This is my last column as an employee of the Mail & Guardian. As I take my next step in a struggling media landscape, it is fitting to talk about the wound that journalism has become in South Africa and the world.
Revenue is drying up, job cuts are rife, advertising is rapidly diminishing. Jobs like mine, as a climate editor, are increasingly scarce.
Niche journalism in fields such as health, education and the environment is hard to come by without d ...
Tsakane police sergeant to face disciplinary action after she was caught on camera slapping a man
A Tsakane police sergeant is facing disciplinary action after she was caught on camera slapping a member of the public, who came to the police station to find answers.
In the short clip, that has gone viral on social media, a man is seen entering the police station.
He then questions police about a gender-based violence (GBV) case. He further questions police about their reasons for not assisting a woman who wanted to open a GBV case.
The man claims that the woma ...
Ibrahim report finds SA’s governance has not improved much since 2014 – The Mail & Guardian
South Africa ranked fourth in 2023 for overall governance on the African continent, with Seychelles being the best-performing and most improved country, according to the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) report.
The index, released on Wednesday, contains the latest iteration of the biennial dataset assessing governance performance and trends in the 54 African countries from 2014 to 2023.
Collected from 49 independent sources, with some data ...
Two months after he escaped prison, Thabo Bester was arrested for speeding, and then released
In July 2022, two months after his infamous escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre, Thabo Bester was arrested for speeding - but released - because the public had not been informed of his crime.
In a bizarre twist in the Bester escape saga, the Minister of Police revealed that Bester's escape status was unknown to officers at the time.
Answering questions put forward by the Democratic Alliance’s Nicholas Gotsell, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu said on July 12, Laingsbu ...
Study finds that negative media stereotypes drain African economies – The Mail & Guardian
African nations could be losing up to $4.2 billion annually on debt servicing alone as their risk profiles increase, driven by media stereotypes, a new study has found.
The study, titled The Cost of Media Stereotypes to Africa, was conducted by Africa No Filter, a nonprofit organisation that works to challenge African narratives, and strategic advisory firm Africa Practice.
As the basis for their research, the companies hypothesised that “negative or biased m ...
Flying high, fighting crime! Air Wing pilot urges young women to consider aviation
A thriving female pilot from the South African Police Service Air Wing has urged young women to strongly consider aviation as a career path due to the demand in the sector for more female pilots, technicians, engineers and other specialised skills.
Lieutenant Colonel Kgothatso Khunou spoke to IOL during a recorded interview earlier this week after she was named as the aviation winner in the prestigious Forty Under 40 award.
The awards recognize some of Mzansi's finest young ...
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