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Sales Administrator (Durban, ZA)
Location: Durban Purpose of the Job To provide administrative, marketing and reporting support to the Reseller Business to contribute to the profitability of the business. Support the Reseller team with Forecast, supply monitoring and allocation communication to customers. Support of the team with Reseller business support activities such as event planning and execution, key account…
Bangladesh suspends job quotas after student protests
Bangladesh’s top court on Wednesday temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands of students staged nationwide protests against what they call a discriminatory system, lawyers said. The quota system reserves more than half of well-paid and massively over-subscribed civil service posts, totalling hundreds of thousands of government jobs, for specific groups including children…
Uganda dismisses UN report’s claims it backs M23 rebels in DRC
Uganda on Wednesday dismissed claims in a report by UN experts that it was backing M23 rebels active in the restive east of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The report commissioned by the UN Security Council and seen by AFP this week alleged “active support” for the M23 by Ugandan army and military intelligence…
Ukraine creates new ‘legion’ to recruit exiled men to fight
The Ukrainian military has launched a new initiative to entice fighting-age men living abroad to enlist, as Kyiv desperately tries to replenish its depleted forces on the front lines. The establishment of the so-called “Ukrainian Legion” comes after more than two years of hard fighting, which has seen heavy casualties drain the military of much-needed…
Gauteng government accepts High Court ruling on Life Esidimeni
The Gauteng Provincial Government has fully accepted the judgment handed down by the High Court in Pretoria on the Life Esidimeni tragedy inquest. The High Court ruled that some of the deaths at Life Esidimeni were due to negligence on the part of the province’s former Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. In delivering her findings, Judge…
Israel defence minister says ’60 percent’ of Hamas dead or wounded
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been “eliminated or wounded” in the Gaza war since the militant group’s October 7 attacks. Gallant reaffirmed in a statement to parliament on the first nine months of the conflict that Israel was “determined” to meet its war goals of eradicating…
Police say two on the run for Freitag’s murder
Police have shared the photos of two people they have obtained warrants of arrest for in connection with former high jump champion Jacques Freitag’s murder. Freitag’s bullet-ridden body was found in a field near the Zandfontein Cemetery in Pretoria West on Monday afternoon, 1 July this year, during an extensive search operation for the missing…
Baragwanath Hospital urges families to collect loved ones’ bodies
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Orlando, Soweto, has appealed to family members to collect the bodies of their deceased loved ones. In a social media post on Tuesday, the hospital listed 10 people who have yet to be claimed and urged their families to visit the on-site mortuary for identification. The list includes:…
Devastating veld fires in KZN leave 53 homeless, claim one life
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government has mourned the loss of Muntukabongwa Gazu, 67, who died in devastating veld fires on Sunday, impacting multiple districts and leaving 53 residents homeless. On Sunday, veld fires caused by strong winds caused damage to the King Cetshwayo, uThukela and uMzinyathi districts, with the uMfolozi, uMlalazi, Mthonjaneni and Nkandla municipalities being…