Prostitutes, Beer and The SA Economy

The South African Government is sending each of us a R10 260 rebate. If we spend that money at The Plaza, the money goes to China. If we spend it on gasoline it goes to the Arabs. If we buy a computer, it will go to India. If we purchase fruits and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. If we purchase a good car, it will go to Germany. If we purchase useless crap, it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the South African economy.

The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it on prostitutes and beer, since these are the only products still produced in SA.

I’ve been doing my part…..”

A victim of violent crime at the hands of criminals, again

Less than 5 months later, gunmen struck again. This 72 year old pensioner was critically injured as she fought off four armed men who attacked her in the kitchen of their Bryanston home. It came five months after she was followed in her car while driving home one night when she and her husband were attacked and beaten in their driveway as she arrived home.

Just not good enough Cele !!!!!!!

A hit for money.

This 72 year old elderly woman was again badly injured and had to be taken to hospital after a black armed gang of house robbers broke into their home in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on Saturday evening, 12 February, while she was preparing dinner in the kitchen. Her assailant’s raced off after her husband, who was in the bedroom, heard her screams for help and fired a shot at the robbers.

The world's least safe destinations

Online MSN Travel UK asked nearly 3,000 British holidaymakers where they feel most and least safe, based on holidays over the last three years.

Read on for the countdown of top 10 places that most travellers felt least safe in.
After you've finished, discover which hotspots made in onto the list of places people felt most safe in.

The countries that made it onto the top 10 list of the world's least safe destinations

10: Dominican Republic
Rating: 3.9
Why: Incidents of crime and violence, credit card cloning and fraud are common.

9: Cuba
Rating: 3.8
Why: Opportunistic theft is common.

8: Tunisia
Rating: 3.6
Why: Recent political unrest and protests

7: Thailand
Rating: 3.6
Why: Political upheaval

6: Egypt
Rating: 3.5
Why: Current political turbulence

5: Dubai
Rating: 3.4
Why: Cultural differences

4: Jamaica
Rating: 3.2
Why: High levels of crime and violence

3: Bulgaria
Rating: 2.5
Why: Over-charging and robberies

2: South Africa
Rating: 2
Why: High level of crime, many fatal road accidents.

1: Mexico
Rating: 1.8
Why: High level of drug-related violence, criminal activity, armed robberies & theft.

The countries that made it onto the top 10 list of the world's safest destinations

10: Switzerland - Rating: 7.1
9: Singapore - Rating: 7.4
8: Italy - Rating: 7.6
7: Florida - Rating: 7.9
6: Australia - Rating: 8
5: Denmark - Rating: 8
4: New Zealand - Rating: 8.3
3: Cyprus - Rating: 9.4
2: France - Rating: 9.5
1: Spain - Rating: 9.8

WHY? For all reasons South Africa is NOT!

• safety and wellbeing are of prime importance
  
• ...has one of the world's highest personal and property safety records.
  
• crime rates are low, good healthcare, efficient transport, multilingual locals, violent crime is virtually unheard of.
  
• clean, organised and civil unrest is almost unheard of
  
• relatively uncrowded streets, clean and orderly, streets and pavements are well-lit at night and muggings are rare
  
• easy to travel around, has a stable economy and low crime rate
  
• hospitals and airports are modern
  

Source - http://travel.uk.msn.com/inspiration/adventure-activities/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=156067311

State plans to control job market

Proposed law could see state recruiting the jobless

IF THE GOVERNMENT has its way, private companies will no longer be able to hire employees without going through a government database of unemployed South Africans.

Failure to do so could result in heavy fines for companies that don’t comply.

This is according to the Employment Services Bill, gazetted in December.

According to the bill, the government intends to establish a public employment service whose task would be to create a database of all unemployed people in the country.

The employment service would then link job seekers to companies that have vacancies.

The bill also stipulates that various employers would have to register all their vacancies with the public employment service within 14 days.

The government would then be expected to provide those companies with the names of possible candidates to fill those posts. If these companies failed to meet the requirements, they would need to provide written reasons for not appointing candidates from the database.

The bill also proposes conditional employment of foreigners. If a company employs a foreigner, it would have to prove to the public employment service that it was unable to find a suitable local candidate.

The government has also vowed to deal with recruitment agencies that charge a fee to job seekers. It has proposed that all agencies be registered or face punitive measures for failing to do so. They also want agencies to charge employers instead.

In addition, the bill provides for temporary workers to be paid at the same rate as permanent workers.

Labour law expert Johan Botes, of the law firm Cliffe Decker Hofmeyer, slammed the proposed bill.

He said it was aimed at allowing the government to run the affairs of the private sector.

“The government must allow the business sector to run its affairs while they continue to govern the country,” he said.

Government departments in South Africa were notoriously inefficient and the labour department was a prime example of poor service delivery. The current employment assistance offered by the department, namely the Employment Services South Africa (ESSA) project, a grossly under-utilised system seldom used by the private sector, was a case in point.