Bleak outlook for SA job seekers

South African employers are reporting subdued hiring plans for the second quarter of 2014 in the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Nationally, employers expect only limited opportunities for job seekers this quarter as South Africa’s seasonally adjusted Net...

Technology to ID sinkhole threats

New research from NASA indicates that technology could help to identify sinkholes before they happen. New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near...

Exploding asteroid pictured

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces. Fragile comets, comprised of ice and dust, have been seen falling apart as they near the sun, but nothing like this has ever before been...

SA firms not ready for POPI

South African businesses are not ready for the looming implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI), according to auditing firm Grant Thornton. The POPI Act, which was gazetted in December last year, and which is currently awaiting an effective...

SA firms welcome working mothers

Mindsets in South African companies regarding working mothers are changing quickly, with a new Regus survey indicating that 83% of South African firms believe companies that will not employ women returning from maternity leave are missing out. Far from returning with...

New regulations impede skills

The Draft Immigration Regulations, published for comment on 17 February 2014, could impede the country’s economic growth by restricting new investment and needed foreign skills. This is the word from Leon Isaacson, MD of Global Migration SA, who says if the...