Former President Nelson Mandela is in good health, good spirits and enjoying the festive season at his home in Qunu.

The Presidency has received calls from the media enquiring about Madiba's health. It appears that an end of year review done by a media house may have unfortunately triggered a rumour of ill-health. 

On behalf of government and the people of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma wishes Madiba a very happy and…

Season's Greetings to all South Africans and all our guests from many parts of Africa and the world.

We have come to the end of yet another eventful and in some ways challenging year; a year that represents another critical milestone along our development as a young democratic nation.

No matter how we evaluate 2011, we can come to one conclusion. 

We are ending the year better off than we were back in January, and certainly far better off than…

With all the concern about the pending changes to the future of private providers, the uncertainty of the future of learnerships and the proposed roll-out of the National Artisan Moderating Body (NAMB) it is ironic that the demand for learnerships with a technical focus is growing exponentially. Judging by the trends below (obtained via trend analysis examining online searches in South Africa over the last 12 months), the demand is quite specifically focused on a limited number of…

What is Financial Freedom?

Being truly free has 2 parts.The first is having freedom to make choices NOT based on what things cost.Being financially free implies that you will ALWAYS have plenty of money to pay for any desired lifestyle that you may have.It is all about…

I would like to bring to the attention of the Skills Universe administrator/s that I have received a very suspicious email from a person who accessed my profile on this website - not a friend. Please would you contact me so I can give you more details. I suspect a number members received this email with subject line 'interesting'

A brilliant similarity of stance in this speach by the great Charlie Chaplin http://bit.ly/s4v95t

President Zuma's end of year message is repeated in full.  Please look for the Early Childhood Development, Education, and skills development sections of the message.

"We have reached the end of a very industrious year. We are pleased with the progress we have made this year, in which we scored through working with various sectors.

 

A lot was achieved in the government's programme of action locally and internationally.

 

We will mention just a few…

A time for giving, receiving and sharing

A time for reflection on all that has passed

A time to ponder, maybe just wonder

What might have been and what might have changed?

Reflect now and think - not of yourself

Of those in your life, you love or perhaps hate

Think of the good, forget all the bad

Forget all the hurt others have caused

Look at the good that surrounds you each day

Look for the good in all those you meet

Consider your faults, not…

Planned success



That is a strange title because there is nothing like accidental success. The very work success means there was a planned goal that was to be achieved. You may say they are people that were trying to do something and some how without knowing how they bumped into success. Well again there was a predetermined goal that was to be achieved the method was not known but the result was envisioned.



Anyway I said that to say this. If you are to see success in your…

Whereas for some employees this might seem a good idea, for many employers holidays are associated with costs.

In essence, i fail to comprehend the rationale behind this declaration, it would be appreciated if more details are provided as to how did the presidency come to this conclusion

May be in future such developments should be attended to in advance to allow proper preparation by all affected, both  employers and…

COMMUNITY TOURISM

Learning from Jamaica and the Caribbean…

Acting President Kgalema Motlanthe has on Wednesday, 14th December 2011, in terms of Section 2A of the Public Holidays Act, 1994 (Act No.36 of 1994) declared   the 27th day of December 2011 as a public holiday throughout the Republic.

Enquiries: Thabo Masebe 082 410 8087

Issued by: The Presidency

Website: www.thepresidency.gov.za

I have noticed that many service providers run into dishonesty from clients - particularly when payment is concerned. I have been asked many times what can be done - here I list some control measures which may or may not fit everyone's profile. Please add others or highlight examples.

First, let's examine the notion: "No service. No pay" or "No work. No pay". This common saying implies that payment follows service. Sometimes we are able to offer the…

Many of us these days are either semi self employed or fully self employed. In any case, decision making in business (ours or someone else's) has lost it's focus.

Much research was once directed at how decisions should be made. The models for decision making often started with "Identify (something eg. a goal, or objective, or need)" and ended with "Evaluate".

I want to present my own…

Programme Director, Cheryl Carolous;

Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng;

Former Chief Justice, Sandile Ngcobo;

Deputy Chief Justice, Dikgang Moseneke;

Judge Present;

Former Justices;

Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane;

Chairperson of the Constitutional Hill Trust, Cyril Ramaphosa;

Members of the Trust;

Excellencies Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Fellow South Africans

I thank you most sincerely for this…

Listening to the silent talk

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It's too much, we have to listen to our inner-voice now, this expect say this and this book say that everyone want to tell us to follow certain ways of living our own lives, because we are so desperate we just follow and take anything. i decided to be my own guru.       

This story happens secretly and quietly within all of us.

In a Regular…

 Hi Guys

can someone help me I am urgently looking for a service provide who could conduct training on HRM short courses for 3 days from 19,20,21December 2011.

kindly send me your quotation for both accredited and non accredited qualification 

Duduzile Zwane

duduzile.zwane@ympg.org

Location Johannesburg

 Anyone trying to contact the ETDP-SETA can try:

Mr.Thabani Gula at 0829602018.

Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Nigeria,

Excellency the former Vice President of the Republic of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar,

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Nigeria, Mr Ahmed Joda,

The President of the American…