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17th of January 2018

2018 – The Year of Optimism?​

By Steuart Pennington

Bill Gates edited the first edition of TIME magazine this year. His editorial is headed “The Good News.” He starts, “reading the news to-day does not exactly leave you feeling optimistic. Hurricanes in the Americas. Horrific mass shootings. Global tensions over nuclear arms, crisis in Myanmar, bloody civil wars in Syria and Yemen. Your heart breaks for every person who is touched by those tragedies. You feel like the world is falling apart.”

“But these events – as awful as they are – have happened in the context of a bigger, positive trend. On the whole, the world is getting better.

Sorry to interrupt Bill, does the same apply to South Africa?
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Jobs and Salaries Set to Rise?

Good news: Jobs and Salaries in South Africa Set to Rise?

With various issues in South Africa already rocking the employment boat in 2018, one has to wonder what lies in store for those seeking work. Matric pass rates, rumours of free university education for all and various listed companies performing poorly all impact the employment rate in the country.

Yet still, the number of vacancies seems to show an increase, while the average salary in South Africa is trending upwards. Partly, with the increase in the cost of goods and services, employees may be demanding higher salaries, with firms having little choice but to comply. But the demand for skills also seems higher than ever, with some companies even looking abroad for certain talent that they find hard to locate within South Africa’s borders.

Job aggregator and recruitment advertiser Adzuna.co.za found that over 2017, the amount of unique job listings across all recruitment-related websites in SA grew over 19% to almost 150,000, while salaries correspondingly increased to an average of just over R350,000 per annum. It is necessary to mention that while these online job listings represent a larger proportion of white collar jobs, BankServ’s overall survey showed the same trends.
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Albany – 5m Meals?

FEED A CHILD, FEED A DREAM IN 2018!

– Albany Bakeries aims to feed 5 million hungry children in Mzansi! –

Johannesburg, 21 December, 2017– Committed to spreading the spirit of Ubuntu, Albany Bakeries, one of South Africa’s award-winning brands in the Sunday Times Top Brand Awards, is celebrating school children returning to the classroom with the “5 Million Meals” campaign, running up until 11 February 2018. In partnership with the Shoprite Mobile Soup Kitchen, the campaign aims to deliver five million meals to underprivileged children across South Africa.

“We are committed to improving the lives of vulnerable school children and their communities by focusing on nutritional and educational enhancement,” says Albany Bakeries Marketing Manager Pondo Belot.
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT

Out of office:
Time out: Sri Lanka is recognised as having the most public holidays of any country in the world, with 25, followed by India with 21. In comparison, South Africa has 12 public holidays, and Mexico has the least with 7.
(Source: www.Eighty20.co.za)

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