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Good start to matric exams in Gauteng

The matric examination in all centers in Gauteng got off to a good start with no incidents or irregularities reported.

About 140 000 learner across the province wrote English Home Language and First Additional Language papers this morning.

All districts reported that the distribution of question papers proceeded well and most schools started on time.

Gauteng has this year registered a total of 101 265 full time candidates and 42 382 part time candidates.  These candidates are writing their exams in 928 centres across all our Districts in Gauteng. 

The department has established an exams war room to monitor the process and a rapid response team is also on standby to respond to any eventuality.

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Youghurt: Mayo Diary enhances family vibe on the factory floor

Family bonds have been so strong at MAYO DAIRY, in Benoni that the only industrial strike ever to take place at the company was way back in 1974! ANANDA OLWAGEN , the human resource officer, tells Thembi Masser that the friendly former milk factory has been taken over by Danone but the culture of comradeship will not just fade away because of that.

Mayo, as it is called by the locals, employs 95 people from all races, at present and Olwagen says everybody knows everybody by name on the premises. “Even the general manger have time to ask every one about the weather,” Olwagen remarks. “He (the general manager, Marcus Blotanittz) espouses that spirit that makes this company a friendly place to be at and the company that all should want to work for, the employer of choice.”

That friendly atmosphere is what Olwagen says makes it possible for their staff turnover to be low throughout the years and their work rate to be top notch and their quality of products to be always excellent. “I mean since the Strauss family established this business there has never been union activity here until August this year,” she points out.  Workers joined the union out of fear of not knowing what the new employers are going to be like. Danone now has, since July, a 100% ownership of Mayo Dairy.  

She says there are over thirty job categories at Mayo. Al most all of these do not require martic as an entry requirement. Mayo, she says , has an intensive in-service training system that has seen countless employees arrive with no more than a knowledge of a job but have gone on to step up the ladder in the company and have also moved on horizontally in pursuance of excellence. People like Thabo Mohlala and Mandla Ngwenya started as packers but are now processing managers. Both received training here on the premises and they have done every other job here and have now joined management, “Olwagen says. “We want to see where we will end up now that a corporate structure is place.”

Mayo also prides itself in its offer of generous fringe benefits. Employees, all 95 of them, are given a litter of amasi every day to enjoy. And Mayo has just introduced a medical scheme only for its employees and a provident fund is in place. And there is, of course, an educational allowance.  

The company also creates employment out of itself by using a subcontractor provides labour for it. Most of the women personnel are outsourced and they do menial labour like packing products. Males are involved in more mechanical work on the factory floor like in machine operators, fork lift operators and there some of them who cook yoghurt and amasi. Cooks do not have to be established chefs, they are taught the business on the floor. The same goes for machine operators.   

    

Products are shipped to mostly outlying places in the rural areas and the spaza shops. But that only up to now. Olwagen says they are planning in supplying wholesalers and the broader marketplace.

English is the preferred language for communication. However, there are roving interpreters who help out in times of communication barriers. “Now that Danone has come to the fore now have supervisors and have structures in place. Hopefully these will enhance the work we do and the camaraderie that goes with it.” She jokingly remarks that those that have personal disagreements and think that the only way to solve them is through a fist fight are not stopped. “They are encouraged to sort it out outside company premises.

Mayo has, for the first time she says, sent an employee out on an apprenticeship.  Mpho Mokoena is at Millwright doing an electrical and mechanical maintenance.

“There is a family vibe here. New employees are introduced to everyone on their first day and we play and work together. “ 

There is no night shift except for say four cooks at a time. Mayo was started by the Strauss family as a milk farm. “A family member from Ireland then cooked tons and tons of yoghurt which was sold until no drop was left behind. So the business took off since then.”

So yoghurt has been a favourite dessert and snack in Benoni and the whole of the East Rand. 

Grade 12 Jobs Grade 12: Traffic Officer Learnership 2015 at Road Traffic Management Corporation Closing Date:  07 November 2014 Location:  Pretoria Ref:  RTMC / TT / 2014 Requirements A Matric / Senior certificate (minimum) A valid Code B driver’s licence South African citizen No criminal record Please Note : Applicants must not be older than 35 years... Grade 12: Traffic Officer Learnership 2015 at Road Traffic Management Corporation Closing Date: 07 November 2014Location: Pretoria Ref: RTMC / TT / 2014 Requirements A Matric / Senior certificate (minimum) A valid Code B drive...

Funding for SMMEs: Export Assistance for South African Products and Services

Objectives

• Provide marketing assistance to develop new export markets and grow existing export markets;
• Assist with the identification of new export markets through market research;
• Assist companies to increase their competitive by supporting patent registrations, quality marks and product marks;
• Assist with facilitation to grow FDI through missions and FDI research; and
• Increase the contribution of black-owned businesses and SMMEs to South Africa's economy.

Benefits

• Individual Exhibition Participation:
  • Transport of samples;
  • Rental of exhibition space;
  • Construction of stands;
  • Interpretation fees;
  • Internet connection;
  • Telephone installation;
  • Subsistence allowance per day;
  • Return economy-class airfare; and
  • Exhibition fees up to a maximum of R45 000.
• Primary Market Research & Foreign Direct Investment:
  Exporters will be compensated for costs incurred recruiting in new FDI into South Africa through personal contact by visiting potential investors in foreign countries.
  • Return economy-class airfare;
  • Subsistence allowance per day;
  • Transport of samples; and
  • Marketing material.
• Individual Inward Missions:
  Assistance is provided to South African entities organising an inward buying investor, to make contact with them to conclude an exporters order or to attract foreign direct investment.
  • Registration of a patent in a foreign market: 50% of the additional costs capped at R100 000 pa;
  • Return economy class-airfare;
  • Subsistence allowance per day; and
  • Rental of exhibition space.

Eligible Enterprises

• South African manufactures and exporters;
• South African export trading houses representing at least three SMMEs or businesses owned by Historical Disadvantaged Individuals (HDIs);
• South African commission agents representing at least three SMMEs / HDI-owned businesses; and
• South African exports councils, industry associations and JAGs representing at least five South African entities.

Funding Connection
Dagmar Breiling
Senior Funding Strategist
Tel 031 764 4914
Cell 079 5071346

info@fundingconnection.co.za

TOWNSHIP ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION PRIORITISED IN EKURHULENI

Member of Mayoral Committee for Economic Development in Ekurhuleni, Bennett Nikani, will represent hundreds of township entrepreneurs from the region at the Township Economy Revitalisation Summit to be hosted by Gauteng MEC for Economic Development Lebogang Maile. 

Nikani last week held a consultative summit in Tsakane with business owners from all corners of the City of Ekurhuleni and will be voicing their views and concerns at the provincial gathering. 

One of the burning issues that were highlighted at the Ekurhuleni Township Economy Revitalisation Summit is the need for entrepreneurs to have access to resources for production, such as land, to allow them to independently generate their own livelihoods. 

Ekurhuleni mayor,  Mondli Gungubele, assured the drivers of the township economy that the City was considering various development models that focused on ensuring that previously disadvantaged individuals are the drivers of economic growth through appropriate sectors like manufacturing. 

"This approach has proven to be the most successful in reducing poverty and inequality in countries like Nigeria where the informal economy is alive," said Gungubele. 

"The focus has to be economic growth through the inclusion of the poor in the economy and building of quality infrastructure in the townships that will radically transform our spatial patterns in the townships." 

He continued to explain inherent need for a city like Ekurhuleni to revive some of the industries that were affected by the global economic downturn and that there as an opportunity to build those industries in the townships. 

During the summit, the City of Ekurhuleni committed itself to support both informal traders and entrepreneurs who aspire to grow their small businesses into larger enterprises. 

The inputs by entrepreneurs will be presented at tomorrow's provincial summit where a bottom-up economic strategy to foster economic development and support productive, labour intensive economic activities in townships will be discussed and endorsed. This strategy will guide Gauteng's township economic development agenda. 

Several pillars underpin this strategy, which is aimed at addressing the main challenges faced by township entrepreneurs. These include access to land, industrial space and economic infrastructure; funding and technical assistance; manufacturing and production as well as market access and competitiveness. 

Ekurhuleni metro's  mayor Mondli Gungubele ,left, with MMC for Economic development Bennett Nikani during the summit. 

Entrepreneurs in full attendance at the township economy revitalization summit at Faranani Multi-purpose centre. 

Gauteng Ready for 2014 Grade 12 Exams

Twenty Five (25) days from today, 143 647 Grade 12 learners across the Gauteng province will begin their year-end National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations.

This will be a trying time for them, as the outcome of these important exams will determine their future plans for the years to come.

We have this year registered a total of 101 265 full time candidates and 42 382 part time candidates.  These candidates will be writing their exams in 928 centres across all our 15 Districts in Gauteng. 

We have appointed 8090 markers and 4789 invigilators in 11 marking centres across the province. 

Preparations to ensure that these exams run smoothly can be a huge logistical nightmare.  We however, want to assure the people of Gauteng that we are ready as a province and it will be all systems go come the 27 October when the exams commence.

We have also done everything possible to ensure that our learners have been given the best possible chance to do well in these exams.

As a province we have high expectations for every learner to succeed.

As part of our final push strategy to ensure the preparedness of learners for these exams, we have established Matric Revision Camps across the province in areas such as Magaliesburg, Hammanskraal and Vanderbijlpark .  These camps will provide opportunities for intensified study and drill sessions aimed at increased content coverage as well as intensified exam practice.

The Matric Camps will also focus on the following two goals:

·         Covering key topics that have not been sufficiently covered during the year

·         Drilling learners in possible exam questions

We have divided these camps into three categories, High Risk Learners Camps, Residential Matric Camps and Walk-In Camps.

The High Risk Learners Camp will be implemented across the province from the 6 to 10 October.  5318 learners from all 15 districts will be bussed to 15 camps.  These are learners who have been identified as performing below set standards by the department.

From the 13 to 24 October will accommodate 13 712 learners in 19 Residential Camps across all 15 districts.

We also have Walk in Camps in the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni areas that will accommodate 40 327 learners in 108 sites.

Matric revision camps have been running since the beginning of the year during Saturdays and school holidays to sustain the improved Grade12 performance over the past years.

As part of measures to support learners during this period, the Department has a standing agreement with Child line to assist learners who find themselves in stressful situations as a result of pressure they might experience from these exams.  Learners can phone Child line on 08000 55 555 for counselling assistance.

We are determined to continuously improve the quality of public education in Gauteng and build an education system that can compete internationally.

The results of these exams will be released on the 6 January 2015 at schools and will give us a clear indication on how we are doing as we aim to compete on an international scale especially in maths, science and technology.

We would like to wish all our Grade 12 learners the best of luck and assure them that they have our full support.  We are saying to them, when combining inspiration and hard work, the reward is always fulfilling.